Tech giant announces plans to launch world's first-of-its-kind EV battery in 2026: 'The ... tech is speeding along'

Tech giant announces plans to launch world's first-of-its-kind EV battery in 2026: 'The ... tech is speeding along'

Battery manufacturer CATL is set to begin equipping electric vehicles with sodium-ion batteries by the middle of the year, marking a major leap forward for alternative power technology.  The world's largest battery producer revealed that GAC Aion will debut the first consumer EV featuring the technology, per Electrek. The announcement arrived not long after CATL introduced commercial van batteries using the same chemistry earlier in January.  Co…