Faraday Institution, NREL sign MoU to develop high-capacity batteries and Li-ion battery recycling

Peter Green of NREL (US) signed MoU with Prof. Pam Thomas of the Faraday Institution (UK).

Leading energy storage research institutes from the UK and the US, the Faraday Institution and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) signed a ...

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IIT Kharagpur researchers innovate low-cost, fast-charging Na-ion batteries

IIT-Kharagpur has announced that its researchers have used nano-materials to develop Sodium-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors for next-generation energy storage technologies ...

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Ingevity Corp. invests $60 million in Nexeon, Li-ion anode materials manufacturer

Ingevity Corporation has announced that it has invested $60 million to acquire an equity stake in Nexeon Limited in a strategic move to establish the company's presence in the elec...

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EV manufacturer Komaki unveils fire-resistant LiFePO4 batteries in India

EV company Komaki has announced that it has launched fireproof batteries in India that will be available in all company vehicles from next month. The company said it has intro...

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Ascend Elements to invest $1 billion in Southwest Kentucky EV battery materials mfg. facility

Ascend Elements has announced its plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1 — and up to $1 billion over several possible phases — to build a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials...

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Syrah Technologies bags DOE loan for expansion of its Active Anode Materials facility

Syrah Resources Limited has announced its entry into a binding documentation for a loan facility up to $ 102 million from the US Department of Energy to Syrah Technologies, LL...

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Kodak capitalizes on its coating technology; forays into EV battery market

Renowned film manufacturing brand, Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) has made a minority stake investment in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a tech firm that uses propr...

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Stora Enso and Northvolt inks JDA for developing sustainable wood-based batteries

Stora Enso and Northvolt have announced that they are partnering to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with renewable wood from the Nordic forests...

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Redwood Materials to invest $3.5 Billion on EV battery materials plant

Battery recycling firm Redwood Materials is planning to spend $3.5 Billion over the next ten years on a state-of-the-art EV battery materials plant in US state of Nevada, according...

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GM ink key Li-ion supply chain management pact with LG Chem and Livent

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade l...

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Rio Tinto and Ford join forces for battery and low-carbon materials supply chain development

Rio Tinto and Ford Motor Company have announced that they have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply c...

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IESA and FBICRC join forces for strengthening the battery supply chain ecosystem in India

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBI...

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Ola Electric to set up Battery Innovation Centre worth $500 million in Bengaluru

Ola Electric has announced that it is investing $500 million (about Rs 4,000 crore) in a cell research and development facility in Bengaluru. In a tweet, Aggarwal stated: "Sharing ...

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CSIR-CECRI, GODI India ink PPP pact for manufacturing Li-ion cells in Chennai

CSIR-CECRI (Central Electrochemical Research Institute) and Hyderabad-based Godi India have announced that they have entered into a public-private partnership (PPP) to operate and ...

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Wildcat Discovery Tech secures $90 million in funding for EV battery commercialization

Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat) has announced that it has raised $90 million in a Series D funding round led by Koch Strategic Platforms (KSP), an investment subsidiary of...

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VWGoA, Redwood Materials collaborate to set up US EV battery recycling supply chain

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) has announced that it has partnered with Redwood Materials, Inc. (Redwood) to create a supply chain to recycle Volkswagen and Audi electri...

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SiTration secures $2.5 million in pre-seed funding for EV batteries recycling

SiTration, the MIT spinoff pioneering new separation processes for materials extraction, has announced it has raised $2.35 million in pre-seed funding led by Azolla Ventures with p...

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ICL, Aleees ink MoU for LFP battery cathode materials production

ICL has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aleees, a Taiwanese manufacturer of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cathode materials. As part of the ...

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Enpower Greetech develops 100 Ah li-metal battery for next-gen EVs

Enpower Greentech Inc. has announced that it has developed a 100Ah lithium metal battery (LMB), another major step in the commercialization of next-generation batteries for electri...

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Marelli showcases its 800 volt SiC inverters platform at Dritev

Global automotive supplier Marelli has announced that it has developed a new, complete platform of 800 Volt Silicon Carbide (SiC) inverters, ensuring improvements in terms of inver...

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Britishvolt partners with POSCO to secure cathode and anode active battery materials

British battery cell manufacturer, Britishvolt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global chemical giant, POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd. to help s...

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UC San Diego researchers innovate LiB that performs in extreme cold & hot temp.

Researchers have developed new lithium-ion batteries that perform well at both cold and scorching hot temperatures while packing a lot of energy. The batteries, described in the jo...

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Leclanché achieves breakthrough in the safety of LiBs without comprising cell performance

Leclanché has announced a significant breakthrough in the safety of its lithium-ion batteries without compromising cell performance. By adding a special fire-retardant additive to ...

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Ascend unveils new EV and Battery Materials at Battery Show Europe

Ascend Performance Materials has announced that it is showcasing its latest materials for electric mobility at Battery Show Europe. Among the products Ascend is showcasing is a new...

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Univ. of Michigan researchers develops a new approach for EVB testing time reduction by 75%

Researchers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated that the longevity testing of new electric vehicle battery designs could be four times faster with a streamlined approac...

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Umicore and Idemitsu to mutually develop high-performance SSB materials

Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd have announced that they have agreed to jointly develop high-performance catholyte materials for solid-state batteries, combining their respecti...

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LOTTE Chemicals, Sasol Chemicals partner to develop LiB materials for EVs

Sasol Chemicals and LOTTE Chemical have agreed to conduct a pre-feasibility study of a joint project to build, own and operate a plant to produce battery-grade electrolyte solvents...

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BASF to expand production capacity for battery materials in China

BASF Shanshan Battery Materials (BSBM), a BASF majority-owned company in China, is commissioning of new capacity for cathode active materials (CAM) to meet the increasing local and...

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Mining major, Rio Tinto to invest US$10M in battery material maker, Nano One

Mining and metals major, Rio Tinto has announced to invest US$10 million in Canada-based battery material manufacturer, Nano One. Rio Tinto has entered a strategic partnership...

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