According to media reports, CATL and BYD wish to utilize sodium-ion batteries in a series of electrical cars this year. At first it will be a hybrid of sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries.
As the website “36 kr”, which is typically educated on subjects associated with Asian cell producers, declares to have actually gained from experts, CATL strategies to present a brand-new energy storage at first in the very first design of the Chery brand name iCar, which will be set up. it was introduced in the 4th quarter of this year, and later on likewise in other Chery designs. CATL just recently validated Chery as the launch consumer for its salt ion batteries, without offering any information.
Chery released the iCar brand name specifically in the run-up to the Shanghai auto program– with 2 principle cars. The iCar GT is a flat electrical cars, the iCar 03 is an angular compact SUV with a length of 4.20 meters. The cars and truck displayed in Shanghai was still a design with tinted windows, so there are still no indications of interior decoration. Considering that sodium-ion batteries are extremely inexpensive however likewise have low energy density, it is likely that the iCar 03 will be the very first design with a combined battery pack of Li-ion and Na-ion cells and not a cars.
Technical information of the iCar 03 were obviously not discussed throughout the discussion in Shanghai. The report from “36 kr” still does not have any details about the expected hybrid battery pack.
BYD prepares to release its brand-new batteries, which will at first likewise be a mix of salt and lithium batteries, from the 2nd half of this year, initially in its Seagull design, according to the brand-new report. A little electrical automobile from BYD has actually simply gone on sale in the Chinese market– at first with LFP batteries at a beginning cost of 78,800 yuan (comparable to about 10,500 euros).
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As early as November 2022, there were reports in China that BYD had an interest in salt batteries– even then designs of the Qin EV, the Dolphin compact automobile and the Seagull were discussed. In specific, it was reported that BYD’s FinDreams battery department had actually currently established the cells to sample verification. BYD had actually rapidly rejected the reports at the time.
But even now, it is unofficial details. From a modern advancement viewpoint, a minimum of some preliminary usage of salt cells in hybrid battery loads appears possible. Because the rate of lithium has actually just recently fallen dramatically once again, the instant interest of Chinese battery makers might reduce once again for a while. “Sodium-ion batteries remain in bad shape today,” 36 kr estimated a confidential source as stating. In the long term, nevertheless, its usage will not be questioned– if just to minimize the reliance on lithium resources.
36 kr.com(in Chinese), cnevpost.com, carscoops.com(iCar Show)
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