05-14-2023, 11:02 AM
Sodium-Ion Battery – How China Supercharge Rechargeable Batteries To Dominate The Next Big Technology
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Long before BYD – “Build Your Dream” – produced Seagull, the cheapest EV (electric vehicle) at just US$11,000 (£8,855; RM48,813), China has been churning out thousands of chemists and engineers to do research on future batteries. Deep in the country’s interior, Central South University produces graduates in advance technology, despite the perception that China was a copycat nation.
When BYD Auto Co finally unveiled the “Seagull” at the Shanghai Motor Show in April 2023, the world’s attention quickly shifts to the BYD Blade battery, which is not only cheaper but allows very fast charging – from 30% to 80% charge within 30 minutes. More importantly, it is the first commercialised car in the world to use sodium-ion batteries. The BYD Seagull offers two variants – 300 km and 400 km.
When BYD Auto Co finally unveiled the “Seagull” at the Shanghai Motor Show in April 2023, the world’s attention quickly shifts to the BYD Blade battery, which is not only cheaper but allows very fast charging – from 30% to 80% charge within 30 minutes. More importantly, it is the first commercialised car in the world to use sodium-ion batteries. The BYD Seagull offers two variants – 300 km and 400 km.
The Seagull equipped with sodium-ion batteries has a range of 305 kilometres (190 miles), while the lithium-ion version has a range of 405 kilometres (251 miles). The two types of batteries show not only the transformation of lithium-sodium batteries, but also the warning that China is about to supercharge and dominate the next big technology in rechargeable batteries.
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