California-based silicon anode battery maker Amprius Technologies announced that its batteries helped power the first successful stratospheric flight trial of PHASA-35, a High-Altitude PseudoSatellite (HAPS) uncrewed aerial system designed by Prismatic, a subsidiary of UK aerospace company BAE Systems. Amprius entered into a three-year cooperation agreement with BAE Systems in 2022. During the June test… Read more »
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Amprius supplies batteries for solar cars competing in cross-Australia race
Amprius Technologies, maker of the Silicon Anode Platform for lithium-ion batteries, is supplying battery cells to the Astrum solar car, which a team from the University of Michigan will race in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in October. The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge requires teams to design, develop and pilot a solar-powered vehicle along a… Read more »
Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US
Q&A with Jon Jacobs of Westwater Resources Everyone in the EV industry is talking about the IRA and the BIL, two sets of federal regulations that include strong incentives for automakers to establish domestic supply chains for EV raw materials and components. Not everyone is happy about the requirements, and there are a number of… Read more »
LG Chem targets sixfold sales growth in battery materials by 2030
LG Chem has announced a new strategy to become a top global battery materials company. CEO Shin Hak-cheol said at a recent battery conference in Seoul that LG Chem aims to grow its annual battery material sales sixfold, to KRW 30 trillion ($25.5 billion) by 2030. The expansion of the company’s battery business is part… Read more »
E-magy raises €20.5 million for high-energy battery material scaling
E-magy, a Dutch advanced material firm, has secured €20.5 million to prepare for industrial-scale production of its silicon anode material in response to rising demand for high-energy batteries. Replacing graphite with silicon in the anode has several benefits, but current silicon-dominant EV batteries swell and crack when charged and discharged often. E-magy has developed a… Read more »
Umicore invests in Blue Current to scale up solid-state battery tech development
Belgian circular materials technology company Umicore has purchased a minority stake in California-based solid-state battery manufacturer Blue Current. This investment complements the companies’ joint development agreement (JDA) to integrate Umicore’s battery materials into Blue Current’s solid-state battery technology. By providing capital—in addition to supplying battery materials under the JDA—Umicore intends to drive market adoption of… Read more »
Amprius confirms 500 Wh/kg, 1,300 Wh/L battery platform
Amprius Technologies, which is developing a silicon anode battery platform, has proven a lithium-ion cell with 500 Wh/kg specific energy and 1,300 Wh/L energy density. The battery cell offers advanced performance and discharge times at half the weight and volume of current lithium-ion cells. Mobile Power Solutions, a testing house, certified the platform’s 500 Wh/kg… Read more »
Amprius Technologies selects Colorado for its GWh-scale factory site
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies has signed a letter of intent to build a 775,000-square-foot facility in Brighton, Colorado. The factory is expected to be operational in 2025, and will be built in phases. The first phase will have an annual capacity of 500 MWh. Capacity could potentially be expanded to as much as 5… Read more »
A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries
Q&A with Graphex CEO John DeMaio Reading the EV press, you might assume that lithium, cobalt and nickel are the stars of the battery show—they get a lot of coverage, as pundits debate the relative merits of NMC and LFP cathode chemistries and agonize over looming shortages. Meanwhile, over in the anode, there’s an unsung… Read more »
LeydenJar secures €30 million in EU financing for new battery factory
Dutch battery manufacturer LeydenJar has secured a €30-million European Investment Bank (EIB) loan to help build its first factory for the production of silicon anode foil. The company will invest a total of €60 million in the construction of the 100 MWh facility, aptly named “Plant One.” The production facility is expected to be built… Read more »