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In an era defined by mineral issues and unexpected supply chains, American startup Mana Battery and French manufacturing giant Saft have come together to prove that the best way to innovate battery technology is to start cutting parts out.Ìý

Under a newly signed Joint Development Agreement (JDA), the two companies plan to co-develop, test, and commercialize next-generation anode-free sodium-ion batteries.

Particularly, relying on abundant sodium rather than scarce minerals reduces the carbon footprint and enhances overall supply chain sustainability.

It is an ambitious pairing. Mana, a spinout from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, brings a liquid electrolyte platform. Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, brings decades of industrial scaling and military-grade qualification.

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Mana Battery was founded as a spinout of ’s laboratory (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØÌýPaul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering)Ìýin October 2023 to commercialize best-in-class sodium battery technology. Sodium-based batteries have the potential to displace lithium-ion batteries in a variety of applications based on their promised low costs, abundant supply chain, and safety, but they have been limited to date due toÌýinsufficient cycle lifetimes and energy density. Mana addresses these issues and delivers on the promise of the sodium-ion battery with a proprietary low-cost, safe material and battery cell design platform, providing similar or better energy to Li-ion battery cells with a 45% lower bill-of-materials cost. Founded with a team and advisory board of veteran energy storage entrepreneurs and technologists, Mana has signed testing agreements with Tier 1 partners and is shipping prototypes.

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