September 12, 2025 — At the EmTech China 2025 Global Emerging Technologies Summit, the latest annual list of MIT Technology Review's "50 Smartest Companies" was unveiled. HiNa Battery successfully secured a spot on this prestigious list, recognized for its cutting-edge innovation and commercialization achievements in the sodium-ion battery field.
MIT Technology Review is committed to identifying innovative companies with global influence. Guided by the theme "Breaking Boundaries" and focusing on "China's Future," this year's list employs a comprehensive analysis across multiple dimensions including technological innovation, global capabilities, and commercialization strength. It highlights innovative forces that are "In China, by China, for China," foreseeing companies with the potential to lead the next wave of technological development in China and the world through continuous breakthroughs in technology, paradigms, and domains.
Since its founding in 2017, HiNa Battery has consistently adhered to the values of "Converging Strength, Leading with Products." With source innovation at its core, the company continuously enhances product performance and expands industrial applications. It has established the world's first ten-thousand-ton scale production lines for sodium-ion battery cathode and anode materials and a GWh-scale cell production line. HiNa Battery has pioneered the commercial application of sodium-ion batteries globally, achieving milestones such as hundred-megawatt-hour scale energy storage power stations and deployments in the commercial vehicle sector.
Being named to this list alongside industry giants like Alibaba, BYD, and Huawei, as well as emerging innovators like DeepSeek and Unitree Robotics, is not only high recognition of HiNa Battery's R&D capabilities and innovative results but also full affirmation of its future growth potential. HiNa Battery will continue to deepen its research and development in sodium-ion battery technology, promoting its diversified application across multiple scenarios including energy storage, commercial vehicles, engineering machinery, and agricultural equipment, contributing more Chinese wisdom and strength to the global new energy transformation.
