GUANGZHOU -- Chinese battery maker CATL's quest to shift the electric vehicle market toward a sodium-ion cell received a boost from the central government on Wednesday, after the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced it will create standards for what could be the battery of the future.
Electric cars in China
CATL goes all in on next-gen sodium-ion EV batteries
Chinese company looks to industrialize alternative to lithium-ion cells in 2023
Qisen Huang, deputy dean of CATL Research Institute, says CATL will create an industrial chain for sodium-ion batteries in 2023 during a presentation in July. (Image from CATL's online launch event)
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