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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Breakthrough battery from sweden may cut dependency on china - What They Never Told You

an EV charging zone sign painted on the road
Northvolt said its new battery could in future be used in electric vehicles and scooters. Photograph: John Walton/PA

Europe’s energy and electric vehicle industries could reduce their dependency on scarce raw materials from China after the launch of a “breakthrough” sodium-ion battery, according to its Swedish developer.

Northvolt, Europe’s only large homegrown electric battery maker, has said it has made a lower cost, more sustainable battery designed to store electricity which does not use lithium, nickel, graphite and cobalt.

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