This Sodium Battery From China Matched Tesla in a Surprising Head-to-Head Test

This Sodium Battery From China Matched Tesla in a Surprising Head-to-Head Test

A new study found that a commercial sodium-ion battery from China rivals Tesla’s batteries in manufacturing quality and several key performance benchmarks. With improvements to cold-weather charging and energy density, sodium-ion batteries could become a more affordable alternative for electric v

New Chinese sodium-ion battery tests suggest lower-cost technology may be closer than expected

A Chinese-made sodium-ion battery is drawing attention because testing suggests the technology may be more mature than expected: researchers reported performance and manufacturing quality broadly comparable to Tesla's lithium-ion cells, a finding that could signal lower-cost batteries for electric vehicles and backup power. What happened? In a study published in Cell Reports Physical Science and cited by Science Daily, a team in Germany examined…

Scientists confirm: Sodium-ion batteries could topple Tesla’s lithium empire

A study in Cell Reports Physical Science confirmed that Hina's commercial sodium-ion battery matches the performance and production quality of Tesla's lithium-ion batteries. Sodium-ion technology offers cheap, abundant materials derived from salt, eliminating the need for rare and conflict-ridden minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel. The Hina battery, available in a 9.8 kWh unit, boasts a 95% round-trip efficiency and a 6,500-cycle lifespa…

Energy transition: sodium-ion batteries. Salt is the new oil

The Corner There are already cars with sodium-ion batteries on the road. They are much more stable and 30–40% cheaper than LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries. Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect sodium-ion batteries to reach a 2% market share of total battery deployment by 2027, accelerating to 20% by 2030 and 37% by 2035. Morgan Stanley analysis MS explains that “In a world increasingly driven by AI and highly energy-intensive … sodium-ion...