As bullish as I am on Sodium-ion batteries, only very recently did researchers figure out how to boost the charge capacity](phys.org/…/2025-10-sodium-ion-battery-breakthroug…), making any attempted commercial models in use so far nice, but not the final form where normies are buying them from Home Depot.

The Sehol car mentioned is a niche configuration of a common model, because the Li-ion model goes farther between charges. Other than the launch in 2023, and articles recycling the same info, find me 1 article that doesn’t use words like “could” or “will” or “might” about sales of this model? Same thing for the BYD Seagull with Na-ion batteries. It’s all greenwashing news where if you dig at it even slightly, you see how not real any of it is.

It’s closer than it was 5 years ago, but it’s still not a “revolution” by any means.