Korea Targets Battery Leadership With Sodium, Solid-State

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy unveiled a Battery Industrial Technology Roadmap focused on sodium and solid-state batteries to regain market leadership from China. The government will fund about 400 billion won ($308 million) in R&D from 2027 to 2031, while companies plan roughly 8 trillion won ($6.15 billion) in investment by 2030.

• Sodium batteries: 160Wh/kg class by 2027, 220Wh/kg class by 2030
• Solid-state: world-first prototype next year, commercialization by 2030
• Government R&D support of about 400 billion won ($308 million) for 2027-2031
• LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, SK On joined by POSCO Future M, L&F, EcoPro BM