CATL has talked with dozen automakers for tech licensing; working on 2nd-gen sodium batteries
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CATL has talked with dozen automakers for tech licensing; working on 2nd-gen sodium batteries
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>*As the price of lithium carbonate falls, the cost advantage of sodium-ion batteries* [*is decreasing*](https://cnevpost.com/2023/05/31/cost-advantage-sodium-batteries-decreases-as-lithium-fall/)*. CATL believes that its new generation of sodium-ion batteries, along with additional technological innovations, will allow the low-cost batteries to still do their job.*
>*CATL is building a second-generation of sodium batteries that won’t completely replace lithium batteries, but will shine in many areas, the spokesperson told CnEVPost.*
>*“CATL has developed the AB battery pack solution. By combining sodium-ion batteries with lithium-ion batteries in the same pack, the inadequate energy density of sodium-ion batteries at this stage can be made up, and the advantages of sodium-ion batteries in good performance under large powers and low temperatures can be brought into play, and hence more application scenarios can be developed,” the spokesperson said.*
>*“Meanwhile, we are developing our second-generation sodium-ion batteries with energy density of 200 Wh/kg, and will provide updates as the situation progresses,” the spokesperson added.*
I think sodium ion batteries have a future. But I find myself interested in LMFP batteries more just from what I had read about energy density and more. Sodium ion batteries might be good in the future for reducing the demand for lithium in applications where they make the most sense and sodium ion batteries should be cheaper to replace in applications that need that like grid storage.