🚨 BREAKING: China’s BAIC has unveiled a new sodium-ion battery that can go from 0 to full in just 11 minutes using 4C fast charging.
That alone is impressive, but here’s what makes it interesting 👀
It delivers around 170 Wh/kg energy density, putting it close to today’s LFP lithium batteries, meaning this isn’t just experimental tech, it’s already in the usable range.
Even more surprising, it handles extreme conditions extremely well, retaining over 92% capacity at −20°C, where most batteries start to struggle.
And instead of relying on scarce materials, this battery uses sodium, which is far more abundant and cheaper.
On top of that, it shows strong safety performance, surviving 200% overcharge and high temperature stress without catching fire.
This could make EVs cheaper, safer and significantly faster to charge.