Start-up AR4, Sodion ally to make sodium ion battery packs
AR4 Tech, a start-up in Coimbatore, has partnered Sodion Energy of Singapore to make sodium ion battery packs for domestic and export markets.
The sodium-ion batteries, developed by Sodion, will be made into battery packs here. AR4 Tech will use the packs to convert existing petroleum vehicles (mainly two-wheelers) into EVs.
No quality or safety standards as yet in India for sodium ion battery packs – emerging sector – needs a ‘favourable regulatory environment.’
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs)
Expected to be the most attractive economical and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
the abundant availability and reasonable cost of sodium
Sodium-ion batteries in general have lower energy densities than LIB
Sodium battery has wider temperature tolerance
Easier to store and safer to transport
Can be used for light electromobility and large-scale stationary applications
