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Rory Bathgate

China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single charge

A man wearing an orange long sleeve, green puffy vest, jeans and a black and white watch plugs a charging cord into the side of a white electric vehicle.

A Chinese car manufacturer has unveiled the world’s first sodium-ion (Na-ion) electric vehicle (EV), opening the door to safer battery technologies and improved cold-weather performance.

The Changan Nevo A06 has been produced jointly by Changan Automobile and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), the world’s largest battery manufacturer.

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