World's first sodium-ion battery has arrived and this is what makes it such a game changing difference from lithium

EV lovers take note, as the world’s first sodium-ion battery has arrived, and it will blow your socks off.

The new cell from CATL is set to put sodium-ion and dual battery technology on many brands’ radar as it launches later this year.

From cold-weather capability to extended capacity, the battery could remedy many of the issues faced daily by drivers.

The first car to debut the battery is set to launch later this year, with more models lined up to benefit, too.

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This is the world’s first sodium-ion battery

CATL is set to change the battery world completely as the new tech has been launched in a brand new EV for the first time.

Chinese EV giant Changan has formed a partnership with tech company CATL, and revealed the ‘world’s first mass-production passenger vehicle equipped with sodium-ion batteries’.

The Naxtra sodium-ion batteries will be used across the giant’s brands, such as UNI and Qiyuan, and are a key step towards dual-chemistry technology that will see sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries work together.

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This is why sodium-ion batteries could shape the future

The world’s first sodium-ion battery is different from lithium in more ways than one.

The sodium-ion battery has an energy density of around 175 Wh/kg with a range of 400km of pure electricity.

But the range isn’t the only attractive thing about them – the world’s first sodium-ion battery can work better than ever before in super cold conditions.

CATL detailed that it can maintain more than 90 percent of capacity at -40°C, alongside ‘stable power delivery’ at -50°C.

CATL has even gone as far as subjecting the world’s first sodium-ion battery to harsh testing conditions that included sawing and even drilling it, with the battery not producing a single speck of smoke or fire.

“The arrival of sodium-ion technology marks the beginning of a dual-chemistry era.

“At CATL, we value the opportunity to work alongside such an industry leader and fully support its strategy, combining our expertise to bring safe, reliable, and high-performance sodium-ion technology to market,” said CTO of CATL’s China E-car Business, Gao Huan.

According to various reports, the world’s first sodium-ion battery will make its debut in the Changan Nevo A06, which is expected to be revealed in just a few months.

Gizmochina even claimed that testing of the Nevo A06 proved that it was able to charge ordinarily at temperatures of -30°C and handle -50°C.

Sodium is cheaper, too, making the new battery even better than ever before.

China will benefit from this tech first, but it could one day make its way to America.

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