Kun Tang

Leader, HiNa Battery · 1 appearance on the record.

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The record, in short

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Assertion Supported

Tang: China's EV dominance resulted from heavy multi-decade state subsidies

“Today's situation in China is a national drive for last decades. So, you know, so the pure EV car, it can get easily charged in China, in most cities, but you cannot guarantee that happen in India, or even in Germany. I don't think there's too many charge stat…”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 31:57 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

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Assertion Supported

Tang: China's EV dominance resulted from heavy multi-decade state subsidies

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 31:57 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Opinion

Tang: No country can beat China's cost on exported lithium-ion batteries

“For, if you beat choose lithium ion battery, once there's export from China, no one can beat the Whole cost.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 58:13 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Assertion Supported

Tang: CATL sells at a 10% premium due to superior safety

“Tier two Chinese companies, the ratio of their safety issues always much higher than top, like BYD, like CTL. So that's why CTL always sell about the 10% expensive than The tier two.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 22:54 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Assertion Supported

Tang: Sodium raw materials cost one-tenth of lithium equivalents

“So the price of cobalt sodium Combinates, it's one-tenth of the lithium components.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 40:05 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Insight

Tang: Sodium-ion batteries are strictly for short-range EVs under 500 kilometers

“We can use for the three wheels scooters short range, which says less than 500 kilometers. It's fine. But for the long range, up to 1000 kilometers, it's, that's the way for this one, for the solid city one.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 41:36 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Assertion Supported

Tang: Sodium-ion batteries utilize the same manufacturing facilities as lithium

“We are the same level with lithium. So we use actually the similar facility with lithium. So we just change the material. So so that's why most of the lithium battery company, they claim they have sodium product.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 43:24 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Assertion Supported

Tang: Modern LFP EVs can reach up to 1,000 km in range

“So the RFP can, you can drive a RFP driving car to up to 101,000 kilometers long range.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 19:29 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

Assertion Supported

Tang: Most global lithium refining takes place in China

“And also the lithium refining is mostly in China, actually.”

Kun Tang Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 39:43 The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build | EnerVenue x HiNa | WTF are Batteries? · Nikhil Kamath

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
The Battery Everyone Uses Is The One They'd Never Build \| EnerVenue x HiNa \| WTF are Batte	Aug 10, 2026	19m

Kun Tang

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