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

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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. JAC Motors has developed a new EV sporting a sodium-ion battery that it says has lower costs and more abundant raw materials.

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

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The world’s largest EV maker, BYD , broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. The Blade Battery is an LFP battery designed and built by BYD’s FinDreams. Last June, the unit created its own joint venture with Huaihai Holding Group to expand into sodium-ion batteries. BYD is investing $1.4

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Hyundai Motor and Kia collaborate with Next Hydrogen to develop advanced alkaline water electrolysis system

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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding with Canada-based Next Hydrogen Corporation, a specialist in water electrolysis technology and a subsidiary of Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc., Hyundai Motor and Kia will also oversee the test performance of the new stack.

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GE testing sodium halide battery/Li-ion battery/fuel cell hybrid system for transit bus

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GE’s ecomagination.com publication reports that GE engineers have begun testing a transit bus equipped with a new hybrid energy system integrating GE’s Durathon sodium-halide battery ( earlier post ), a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. The energy management technology is a combination of hardware and software all in one box.

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Faraday Battery Challenge awards $14M to 17 battery projects

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CASCADE (Cathode and Anode Supply Chain for Advanced DEmonstrator)—led by Echion Technologies Ltd.

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GE Durathon batteries successfully power underground mining scoop

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In trials, GE’s sodium metal halide Durathon batteries ( earlier post ) have successfully powered GE Mining’s Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy, LLC in Alum Creek, West Virginia. Sodium-metal halide cell basic chemistry. Click to enlarge.

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Sandia Successfully Completes Hydrogen Storage System for GM

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The hydrogen storage system Sandia designed for GM. The sodium alanate material used to store the hydrogen resides within the tubes. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material—sodium alanate.

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