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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

The Truth About Cars

Today, most EVs use lithium-ion batteries, just like the phone in your pocket. While the battery chemistry is well-known and thoroughly tested at this point in time, the setup has weaknesses that could be addressed by alternative designs.

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Faradion and Phillips 66 to develop lower cost and higher-performing sodium-ion battery materials

Green Car Congress

UK-based Faradion, a developer of sodium-ion battery technology ( earlier post ), and Phillips 66 have launched a new technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Earlier post.).

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Jitendra EV expects to roll out sodium-ion-fuelled e-2ws in two years | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Jitendra New EV Tech, a Nashik-based electric two-wheeler maker focused on Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, is targeting a CY25 or early CY26 launch for indigenously sodium-battery powered vehicles, according to the co-founder Samkit Shah. “In India, 2-3 big companies are looking to work on sodium batteries.

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BYD breaks ground on its first sodium-ion EV battery plant

Baua Electric

The world’s largest EV maker, BYD , broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. However, BYD is also a top global battery manufacturer. BYD’s Blade Battery powers other automakers’ EVs, including Tesla, Hyundai, Toyota, and Ford, to name a few. BYD is investing $1.4

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India’s Top 10 Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturers for 2023

Electric Vehicles India

A lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, an electrolyte, and a current collector. When the battery is charged, the positive electrode releases some of the lithium ions, which migrate through the electrolyte to the negative electrode. The battery absorbs and stores this energy.

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Seaweed-Based Battery Powers Confidence in Sustainable Energy Storage

CleanTechnica EVs

Bristol-led team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for greener and more efficient energy storage. Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) are one of the most promising high-energy and low-cost energy storage systems for the next-generation of large-scale applications.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. In plug-in hybrid vehicles, the battery must also perform hybrid functions (i.e. Nickel-metal hydride batteries.

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