Get Electric Vehicle

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. Why Sodium-ion Batteries?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The Chinese-built BYD eBuses will run on the CentreLink and EcoLink routes which have been designed to cut the amount of traffic entering the city centre. Thirteen new electric buses have been added to Nottingham’s existing fleet of 45 electric vehicles, turning another two park and ride services into fully zero emission services.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Automotive battery production currently releases around half a dozen tonnes of CO2. Also on the cards, and often touted as a solution, are sodium-ion batteries. Also equally important, Chinese battery giants CATL and BYD who have been ‘showing’ plenty of progress in recent years, especially in their projections.

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