Why CATL and BYD Are STILL Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Описание: Sodium-ion batteries are back in the spotlight — but not for the reasons most people think. Sodium-ion chemistry has been written off for high-performance applications in the past, but new research reveals how ion transport and electrode design are transforming sodium-ion into a product that can genuinely challenge lithium-ion's dominance. Maybe that's why CATL and BYD are now accelerating real-world deployment despite lingering scepticism.

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Reference Links

Clean Technica's take on Sodium-ion
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/05/...

Fujii et al - Revealing the kinetic limits of sodiation and lithiation at hard carbon using the diluted electrode method
https://www.livescience.com/technolog...

BAM (Germany) research paper

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/e...

https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/11...

CATL news

https://insideevs.com/news/786509/cat...

https://cnevpost.com/2026/02/03/chang...

https://carnewschina.com/2026/01/30/c...

https://carnewschina.com/2026/01/30/c...

BYD news
https://carnewschina.com/2024/01/05/b...

https://www.reuters.com/business/auto...

https://www.electrive.com/2024/01/05/...

Lithium prices
https://carboncredits.com/lithium-pri...

Another recent breakthrough since making this video
https://www.bgr.com/2096333/sodium-io...


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