Universal New Energy Holding Group, Inc. Announces Commercial Launch of Three Sodium-Ion Battery Cells for Energy Storage, Extending Its Sodium-Ion Battery Products into the Energy Storage Sector
The 170Ah, 160Ah, and 50Ah prismatic cells are designed for energy storage and other applications, combining high safety, long cycle life, wide-temperature operation, and low cost, with certain models rated for up to 10,000 cycles.
Universal New Energy Holding Group, Inc. (OTC: UNEH) (the “Company”) announces the commercial launch of three sodium-ion battery cells for energy storage system (“ESS”) applications: a 170Ah cell, a 160Ah cell, and a 50Ah cell. With a significant overall cost advantage, long cycle life, wide-temperature operation, and strong safety characteristics, the cells provide a new-generation solution for grid-scale long-duration storage and commercial and industrial storage.
At the core of these products is the use of sodium carbonate, an abundant and price-stable resource, in place of costly lithium carbonate as the principal raw material. Over the long term, the Company expects this to reduce overall battery manufacturing cost by approximately 20% to 30%. The cells’ high safety, long cycle life, tolerance of high and low temperatures, and low cost match the full range of energy storage requirements. Under standard room-temperature conditions, certain models are rated for up to 10,000 cycles, corresponding to a storage-system service life of more than 15 years. At -20°C, their capacity retention is markedly better than that of lithium-ion batteries, addressing the winter efficiency loss of storage systems in cold regions. The cells also support high-current rapid charging and discharging, enabling efficient response to grid frequency regulation demand. The Company believes that competition in energy storage is fundamentally competition on cost per kilowatt-hour, which makes high safety, long cycle life, wide-temperature operation, and low cost decisive for storage batteries, and that the structural cost advantage of the sodium carbonate route gives sodium-ion batteries long-term overall competitiveness in this segment.
Notably, the Company’s sodium-ion technology now forms a dual product matrix. The previously announced 2.5 Ah cell excels in high power, delivering 100C continuous discharge and 150C and 200C instantaneous discharge, and is highly cost-competitive in segments such as automotive starting power. The three high-safety, long-life, low-cost sodium-ion cells launched today target the energy storage market. Advancing in tandem, the two series have become an important growth driver for the Company.
About Universal New Energy Holding Group, Inc.
Universal New Energy Holding Group, Inc. (OTC: UNEH) is engaged in battery technology, recycling, and energy storage solutions, including research, development, production, and related technical services. The Company is building capabilities across battery materials, battery products, and energy-related technologies.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Company’s product launch and commercialization plans, pricing, distribution, production ramp-up, potential revenue contribution, raw material costs, cost targets, and the competitive and cost position of its sodium-ion technology. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks relating to customer acceptance, product performance, manufacturing scale-up, distribution and channel development, competition, raw material and supply chain conditions, market demand, financing, and other factors described in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K. Product performance figures reflect the Company’s published specifications and may vary in actual use; third-party results under commissioned Test Report No. (2026)HQTW15 apply to the 2.5 Ah high-power cell samples received, not to the energy-storage cells announced here. Raw material and LFP cell price references are Company estimates or third-party industry reporting at a point in time, may not reflect prices available to the Company or its customers, and are subject to change. Cost targets are goals, not guarantees. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.