Sometimes the wait for an automaker to turn a show-stopping concept car ... power from a 40 kWh lithium-ion battery. Five years later, there was still no sign of a production bus, but VW renewed ...

JAC Group’s Yiwei, a new EV brand in China backed by Volkswagen, debuted the first sodium-ion battery-powered electric car. The new JAC Yiwei EV rolled off the assembly line Wednesday.