Electric Car News Researchers Crack A Key Problem With Sodium Ion Batteries For Electric Vehicles And Grid Energy Storage

Solid-state sodium batteries breakthrough to challenge lithium dominance with safer, cheaper alternative

A new class of solid-state sodium-ion batteries could reshape the future of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage that may replace the dominant lithium batteries and solve several headaches ... Read More

Modified sodium-ion battery material boosts energy storage and durability

Sodium-ion batteries are a cheaper and more abundant alternative to lithium-ion batteries, and they could power future electric cars and grid storage if they could be made to store enough energy. Read More

New solid-state sodium-ion battery could make EVs cheaper and safer

Electric vehicles are colliding with a hard reality: lithium is expensive, supply chains are fragile, and safety concerns still unsettle buyers. A new generation of solid-state sodium-ion batteries ... Read More

Researchers find sodium-ion batteries using hard carbon anodes can intrinsically charge faster

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science showed that sodium-ion batteries with hard carbon anodes can charge faster than lithium-ion batteries by using a diluted electrode method that reveals sodium ... Read More

Modification improves sodium‐ion batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries

In research published in Carbon Energy, scientists used what’s called a valence engineering strategy to modify the oxidation state of NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 so that it is both higher energy and more ... Read More

Why Sodium-Ion Batteries Could Be The Next Big Thing In EVs

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ... Read More

Why sodium-ion batteries could charge faster than lithium ones

As the world moves toward cleaner energy and electric technologies, better batteries are becoming more important than ever. Batteries power everything from phones and laptops to electric vehicles and ... Read More

From electric grids to powering gadgets, sodium-ion batteries hold promise | The Excerpt

On a special episode (first released on July 14, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Many of today’s gadgets are powered by lithium-ion batteries, but that could be changing. Shirley Meng, a University of ... Read More

Sodium-ion batteries can charge faster than lithium counterparts with hard carbon electrodes

The worldwide push for sustainability requires better, more durable batteries to support renewable energy systems and ubiquitous electronic devices. Read More

Why Sodium-Ion Batteries Are the Future of Energy Storage

What if the future of energy storage didn’t depend on rare, expensive, and environmentally taxing materials? Imagine a world where batteries are built from elements as common as table salt, offering a ... Read More

Sodium-ion battery breakthrough could power greener energy—and even make seawater drinkable

Sodium-ion batteries may be the answer to the future of sustainable energy storage and could be used to make drinking water out of seawater. Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a ... Read More