BatteriesVolvo Cars wants to completely take over the battery cell joint venture Novo Energy, which is operated together with Northvolt. The reason is that Northvolt has failed to fulfil its financial obligations.Read more
To build Europeâs largest battery upcycling production factorySwiss battery start-up Libattion has secured 14 million euros in funding from international investors. The investment will be used to build Europeâs largest battery upcycling production factory outside of Zurich.
Spain-based A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund led the...Read more
InnovationAn electric car battery developed by UK start-up Nyobolt has successfully charged from 10% to 80% in four minutes and 37 seconds in a live demonstration.Read more
Good news for fleets and leasing companiesThe vast majority of electric vehicle batteries will outlast the usable life of their vehicles, according to a new study that quashes fears that battery degradation will be an issue either for fleets or second...Read more
EV batteriesBritish niobium anode materials supplier Echion Technologies has raised 35 million dollars in its Series B funding round. The money will bring Echion’s niobium-based XNO anode material to market.Read more
"Very little capacity loss"The Belgian solid-state battery developer SOLiTHOR, founded in 2022, claims to have achieved 500 complete charge/discharge cycles with a first-generation pouch cell and with less than seven per cent capacity loss.Read more
BatteriesChinese battery manufacturer SVOLT will not set up a manufacturing site in the German state of Brandenburg. The company says it has reassessed its location strategy and cannot resist taking a jab at German politicians,...Read more
BatteriesA new UK manufacturing start-up making batteries for electric vehicles, called Volklec, has launched. The company is set to manufacture sustainable batteries for on-road, off-highway and track vehicles.Read more
BatteriesResearchers at Graz University of Technology (Austria) have determined additional parameters to reliably assess the condition of discarded EV batteries for subsequent use as stationary power storage. So far, the assessment is only based on...Read more
Thanks to StoreDot's "silicon-dominant" batteryPolestar has successfully charged its upcoming EV model  in just 10 minutes. The Swedish car maker achieved the feat using a âsilicon-dominantâ battery built by Israeli startup StoreDot. Read more