From Torque News.

If you live somewhere cold — and I mean actually cold, not “it dipped below 50 once” — you already know this truth deep in your bones:

Winter is the EV stress test.

Range drops. Charging slows. Regeneration gets limited. Dashboards start throwing warnings like it’s a big anxiety. And every winter, the same conversations pop up online:

“EVs just aren’t ready for cold climates.”
“Gas cars are still better in winter.”
“Batteries hate the cold.”

And look — some of that criticism has been fair.

But today, I want to talk about something that might genuinely change that conversation.

Because two of the biggest battery makers on Earth — CATL and BYD — are betting big on a new type of EV battery that doesn’t just tolerate the cold…
It actually likes it.

And if that sounds too good to be true, stay with me.

Also see: The Sodium Uprising: How China’s CATL Just Changed the EV Affordability Game
https://www.torquenews.com/17995/sodium-uprising-how-chinas-catl-just-changed-ev-affordability-game

This is Armen Hareyan from Torque News. Please follow us at https://twitter.com/torquenewsauto on Twitter and https://www.torquenews.com for daily automotive news. Also, follow us on Telegram at https://t.me/teslaev

Reference: Electrek https://electrek.co/2026/01/30/catl-byd-betting-on-new-type-of-ev-battery/