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Battery Maker Develops Futuristic Cobalt-Free Cell for Electric Cars
- Company will first target battery storage, then possibly EVs
- Battery doesn’t require lithium, nickel, cobalt or graphite
Northvolt's sodium-ion battery.
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Swedish battery maker Northvolt AB has developed its first sodium-ion product, a technology that could cut reliance on scarce raw materials and lay the foundation for the company’s next generation of electric-car batteries.
The cell has a “best-in-class” energy density of more than 160 watt-hours per kilogram, and was made without any lithium, nickel, cobalt or graphite, the company said Tuesday. While the first sodium-ion cells are designed primarily for energy storage, coming generations may be able to deliver higher energy density for electric mobility.