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Sodium-Ion Powered EVs Roll off From Chinese EV Factories

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The first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) using a sodium-ion battery has been introduced by JAC Motors. While lithium-ion batteries are more developed and have a higher density than sodium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries are cheaper, dependable, and have better cold-weather performance.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

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By Kamlesh & Raphae Every major automaker has announced plans to build Lithium-Ion battery gigafactories. The aim is to build batteries at a large scale to reduce prices. In addition, about 90% of the world’s supply of lithium is controlled by Chinese companies. Sodium is bigger and heavier than lithium cell.

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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

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Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. The competitiveness of the Eramet DLE process ranks it in the first quartile of the cash cost curve of the lithium industry (cash cost of c.$3,500/t 3,500/t LCE EXW), with large-scale drainable resources (nearly 10 Mt LCE).

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Tech Talk: How sodium-ion batteries could slash the price of EVs | Autocar Professional

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Car technology has never been in such a state of flux as it is now, and given lithium-ion batteries only really became a commercial big deal in the 1990s, the sudden shift towards cars powered by them is extraordinary. JMEV, another Chinese firm, also announced the rollout of a new EV powered by SIBs from Farasis Energy.

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Tesla China supplier CATL launches cost-effective sodium-ion battery cell

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Tesla China battery cell supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. Moreover, they’re compatible and complementary with lithium-ion batteries. CATL sold 34.1

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What Causes Electric Scooters to Be Expensive in India?

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The one-word answer is the battery or, if you are looking for an essay, I am afraid because the answer is still the battery there is nothing else. Right now in India, an electric scooter with a decent range and power will cost you somewhere around one lack or above. The other option is to import batteries.

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Lithium carbonate prices likely to fall below RMB 100,000, says chairman of battery maker Farasis Energy

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A Chinese battery maker's chairman believes lithium carbonate prices could even fall below RMB 100,000 ($14,530), with the battery raw material not seeing a single day of gains this year. The actual cost of lithium carbonate per ton is around RMB 30,000, and there is no reason for it to go up to RMB 500,000 or 600,000, he said.

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