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Battery Tech
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials has solved a puzzle that's been holding back the next generation of batteries for years. In a study published in Nature, they showed exactly how soft lithium…
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Battery Tech
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CATL has signed its second sodium-ion energy storage agreement in Europe in as many weeks, this time with Eastern European renewable energy company Solarpro for 2 gigawatt-hours of Tener Sodium storage systems. The deal comes just days…
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Battery Tech
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Tesla's energy storage business shipped 13.5 GWh of batteries in Q2 2026, the company disclosed in its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday — a record that grew more than 40 percent year-over-year and now outpaces Tesla's vehicle…
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Battery Tech
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CATL signed a memorandum of understanding this week with Dutch energy firm Alfen to deploy 5 gigawatt-hours of its Tener Sodium energy storage systems across Europe — one of the largest sodium-ion commitments the region has seen. The deal…
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Battery Tech
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The battery metals bust is over. Prices for lithium, cobalt and nickel have all climbed back from the lows they hit across 2024 and 2025, Reuters metals columnist Andy Home wrote on July 1. The recovery has been uneven, and it has been…
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Battery Tech
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General Motors says silicon is the anode material it's betting on next, and the timing tells you why. While solid-state cells stay stuck in lab prototypes, batteries that swap some of their graphite for silicon are already shipping in…
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Battery Tech
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A Massachusetts startup has signed its first battery deal outside the United States, and the chemistry inside those cells is about as plain as it gets: iron, water, and air. Form Energy said on March 17 that it will build a 10-megawatt…
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Battery Tech
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A wave of invention is reshaping how the world throws batteries away. Patent filings tied to battery recycling and reuse grew 42% a year between 2017 and 2023, according to a study the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International…
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Battery Tech
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China is rolling out its first national standard for solid-state electric-vehicle batteries in July 2026, a step designed to bring order to a field crowded with half-promises. Electrek reported in February that the standard will clarify…
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Battery Tech
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Solid-State and Calcium-Ion Batteries Take Real Steps Forward in 2026 Battery chemistry is having a busy year. In the first half of 2026, Factorial Energy secured a deal to power Karma Automotive's Kaveya super-coupe with quasi-solid-state…
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Battery Tech
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Pick a battery today and you're really picking a trade-off. The market has narrowed to three chemistries that cover almost everything from phones to grid storage: lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), lithium iron phosphate (LFP)…
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Battery Tech
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CATL chief scientist Wu Kai confirmed in late May that the world's largest battery maker will start large-scale mass production of sodium-ion cells before the end of 2026. The company's 'Naxtra' sodium-ion battery, unveiled earlier this…