Baua Electric
JANUARY 5, 2024
The world’s largest EV maker, BYD , broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. Although lithium-ion is currently the primary battery in vehicles, companies are developing new chemistries to unlock lower prices, more range, faster charging, and less raw material use. BYD is investing $1.4
Baua Electric
JANUARY 5, 2024
Sodium-ion batteries have long been touted as a possible successor to the lithium-ion kind—they may have lower energy density, but they rely on more abundant sodium rather than lithium, perform better in cold temperatures, and above all, tend to be cheaper. The model’s sodium battery version has a smaller battery pack (21.4
Green Car Congress
JUNE 7, 2019
Production at locations with high electricity prices—such as Germany—is, therefore, very high-cost. Our dry transfer coating process aims to noticeably reduce the process costs in electrode coating. BroadBit uses it to produce new types of sodium-ion batteries. The Fraunhofer engineers want to change this.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.
Baua Electric
APRIL 9, 2024
Based on today’s metals prices, the materials supplied under this offtake agreement will have an estimated value of over $50 million annually once the two facilities reach capacity. At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2018
The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … According to the researchers, this gives rise to strong concerns about a possible shortage and associated price increase of LIBs in the near future. —Vaalma et al.
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