"Martin, I think you can contact Mr. Bridger Cobain first. Kirin Group is one of the major shareholders of Mate. If Mate can become a shareholder of Tesla, it will be much easier for us to go to Kirin for negotiation." Mark

Tarpenning looked at Martin Eberhard aside and said.

"Mark, you are right, I will contact him tomorrow." Martin Eberhard nodded.

...

Live broadcast room.

At this time, the staff pushed two trolleys off the stage, and a staff member pushed the last trolley to the center.

After Wei Zhaosheng lifted the red cloth, he could see ten batteries on the trolley.

“In the 1970s, scientists developed two types of batteries at the same time, one was a sodium-ion battery, and the other was a lithium-ion battery.

Historically, in the 1970s, sodium batteries and lithium batteries started almost simultaneously. By the 1990s, after the advent of the "rocking chair battery", the negative electrode material of the battery began to shift from metal to carbon. However, due to the larger ion radius of sodium than lithium,

Large, it is difficult to embed and deintercalate in soft carbon and graphite, which results in the capacity of sodium batteries of the same material being only one-tenth that of lithium batteries.

In 1991, Sony took the lead in launching lithium batteries, marking the beginning of the commercialization process of lithium batteries, but research on sodium batteries has stalled.

But are sodium-ion batteries really that bad?

In our opinion, sodium-ion batteries may not be that bad. In fact, they are not as bad as everyone imagines. The reason why sodium batteries have not been promoted is mainly due to problems in the sodium-ion battery industry chain.

You must know that sodium-ion batteries have irreplaceable advantages over lithium-ion batteries.

This advantage is that sodium-ion batteries are very cheap to make, and sodium is one of the most abundant resources in the world.

Sodium ore is distributed all over the world and has very abundant reserves. The reserve ratio in the earth's crust is as high as 2.64%, which is 423 times that of lithium resources. The refining technology is simple, which is also the biggest advantage of sodium-ion batteries being widely used.

In other words, the cost of sodium-ion batteries is very cheap, and its cost is likely to be less than one-tenth of lithium batteries.

For this reason, Kirin Group began research on sodium-ion batteries last year.

After more than a year of research, we finally successfully developed a sodium-ion battery, and the one I have is a sodium-ion battery." Wei Zhaosheng said, holding up the battery in his hand.

The audience was in an uproar when they heard this. This news is really scary. If Kirin Battery mass-produces sodium-ion batteries, all battery manufacturers around the world will go bankrupt.

Even if the cost of sodium-ion batteries is half that of lithium-ion batteries, there is basically no need to sell lithium-ion batteries.

How can we make up for half of the gap?

At this time, the audience in the audience was also talking about this.

"Sodium ions are cheap, but their capacity is not good and they are not suitable for all electronic products."

"This thing cannot be used on mobile phones, but it is very good on laptops. There are many fields where it can be used. The most important thing is that it is cheap."

"You can use this thing on UpS. The price of UpS will be reduced by at least half."

"If it is used in electric two-wheeled vehicles, will the price of electric two-wheeled vehicles come down? This research and development by Kirin is so awesome."

"Isn't Qilin going to develop electric vehicles? Maybe it will be used in electric vehicles."

"It's useless for us to guess. Let's wait for the host to introduce it."

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Neon Country Panasonic Group.

Murakami Kunio was stunned when he heard what the translator said.

He kept mumbling: "It's over, it's over, it's really over this time."

Unsurprisingly, sodium-ion batteries will replace low-end batteries. Sodium-ion batteries will definitely take away a lot of the market. By then, the demand for lithium ore will definitely drop. They have stockpiled so much lithium ore and they will lose money to grandma's family.

Just like him, there is Seiichiro Saono.

Sanyo Battery finally received a billion-dollar investment from Goldman Sachs at the beginning of the year.

Now they spend most of their money on hoarding lithium mines. After the lithium mines plummet, they will definitely lose money to their grandma's family. When sodium-ion batteries come out, they will also take away a lot of their business.

This time Sanyo Battery is really going to go bankrupt.

Gu Benmoo, who was far away in Bangzi Country, was stunned after hearing the translator's words.

They have stocked up the most goods during this stocking plan. This time they will lose at least one billion and a half US dollars. This figure is a heavy loss for LG.

...

Palo Alto, California.

Mark Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard swallowed after hearing the translator's words.

"If this battery also supports fast charging, electric vehicles may replace fuel vehicles." Martin Eberhard looked at Mark Tarpenning and said with a look of astonishment.

The Kirin Group seems to have gone a little too far this time. This will offend many interest groups and may even trigger World War III.

According to their estimates, if an electric vehicle is replaced with a sodium battery, the cost of an electric vehicle will only be US$10,000 at most. This price crushes most fuel vehicles.

Max, who was far away in Silicon Valley, swallowed his saliva when he heard the news.

Isn't this exactly what he dreams of?

...

Live broadcast room.

"I have told you before that when early scientists were developing it, they found that the capacity of sodium ions was very poor, so everyone gave up research on sodium-ion batteries.

But after some research, we found that sodium-ion batteries are not that bad, but they are not as good as we thought. However, sodium-ion batteries are more cost-effective.

First, let’s talk about the capacity of sodium-ion batteries. After a year of hard work, we have made it 2,000 mAh. This capacity is enough for conventional electronic products.

Next is the issue of its lifespan. We conducted repeated charging tests on it and found that its charging life is up to 800 times. With the advancement of technology in the future, we believe that we will be able to break through this number.

Finally, there is the issue of its cost. Based on our calculations based on the current situation, its cost is only one-fifth of the lithium battery.

Sodium-ion batteries are definitely the most cost-effective batteries in the world, and sodium-ion batteries will completely replace low-end lithium-ion batteries.

I believe that our sodium-ion battery will become everyone's first choice.

We are already manufacturing mass production equipment for sodium-ion batteries. The sodium-ion batteries will be available in three months. Friends in need can contact our business after the meeting.

At this point, I would like to say thank you to everyone for coming to this press conference. This concludes the Kirin Battery new product press conference.

Thank you all." Wei Zhaosheng bowed and said.

The audience stood up and applauded to celebrate the end of the press conference. Wei Zhaosheng walked silently backstage alone.

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