New China Automaker Backed By Volkswagen Debuts First EV With Novel Sodium Battery: 'An Entirely New Battery Chemistry'

28 Feb 2024 | Abstracted from The Cool Down

"...the Yiwei 3...uses HiNa Battery’s sodium-ion cylindrical cells. Yiwei also announced another sodium-ion powered vehicle, the Sehol E10X, which can recharge from 10% to 80% in 20 minute...Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper to make than lithium-ion ones and are also more sustainable to produce...they store less energy than lithium-ion batteries... a low-cost solution that promotes the popularization of mass electric vehicles to masses..."

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