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Deliveries of 🔸the world's first mass-produced electric vehicle equipped with a sodium-ion battery 🔸will begin in January 2024.
According to CarNewsChina, they're being produced by ♦️JAC Motors♦️a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, through its new Yiwei EV brand.
From the report:
The #Yiwei #EV #hatchback will have a cylindrical 🔺sodium-ion 🔺pack from Beijing-based #HiNa #Battery and adopt JAC's UE (Unitized Encapsulation) module technology.#UE is also known as a "honeycomb design" because of its appearance.
It is another battery structure concept like #CATL's #CTP (cell-to-pack) or #BYD's #BladeBattery.
Yiwei is a new EV brand under Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC), established in 2023.
JAC's parent company, Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Holdings (#JAG ), is 50% state-owned, and 50% belongs to #Volkswagen Group.
The German automotive giant acquired its stake in 2020 in an unprecedented move to invest in China's state-owned car maker.
#EV #battery #SodiumIon