CATL’s 30-year sodium-ion battery takes over grid storage
CATL’s 30-year sodium-ion battery takes over grid storage

CATL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch energy company Alfen to deploy 5 GWh of its Tener Sodium energy storage systems across Europe, one of the largest sodium-ion commitments the region has seen.
The batteries are rated for 15,000 cy…

Chinese sodium-ion battery matches Tesla on build quality, teardown finds
Chinese sodium-ion battery matches Tesla on build quality, teardown finds

A commercial sodium-ion battery from Chinese manufacturer Hina matches Tesla’s lithium-ion cells on manufacturing quality and internal design, according to an independent teardown published in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports Physical Science.
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