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Sodium-ion batteries had their breakthrough in 2023. Since then, there have been constant reports of success, such as that the technology is now also being used in small electric vehicles. #China has so far dominated the market for the production of lithium-ion batteries. This lead is difficult for Europe to catch up. Sodium-ion batteries could be an opportunity for German and European battery manufacturers and OEMs to make up ground in this still relatively new technology. Especially against the background that #sodium-ion batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion batteries and the raw material situation is simpler. Market shares could be secured here against Chinese companies and dependence on China for #batteries and their raw materials could be reduced. But there are signs that European companies are also losing out to their Chinese competitors when it comes to sodium ions. Is that really the case? And should we even go all-in on sodium ions at the moment? We discuss this with Dr. Florian Degen from Fraunhofer and Sebastian Büchele from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and founder of Litona GmbH. Litona sells cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. Customers are university and non-university research groups worldwide as well as industry. Litona: https://www.litona-batteries.de/ As a link between science, research and industry, the aim of the Fraunhofer FFB Battery Cell Research Manufacturing Facility is to establish a research infrastructure for ecological and economical battery cell production. This is intended to accelerate the innovation and commercialization process of production technologies for existing and future cell formats. Fraunhofer FFB report on sodium-ion batteries: https://www.ffb.fraunhofer.de/de/news... In the Geladen podcast, Patrick Rosen and Daniel Messling and their guests scientifically examine the topics of #energy transition, #electromobility, #electric car and #battery. The podcast is produced by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).