Startup battery maker A123 Systems scored a potentially massive new contract Thursday, with a deal to supply lithium-ion battery packs to Tata Motors, India’s largest automaker, for hybrid commercial vehicles. A123’s lithium iron phosphate battery packs, featuring the company’s prismatic cell technology, are expected to be deployed on city buses during the second half of… Read more »
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Sakuu reports breakthrough in dry-processed battery cell, retaining 83% charge after 4000 cycles
Sakuu has announced that its Kavian additive manufacturing platform can dry-print lithium-ion battery cathodes with leading cycle life using existing high-nickel chemistry. The company claims that cells manufactured via Kavian’s fully dry process retained 83 percent of their original charge capacity after 4,000 cycles, surpassing typical standards for EV batteries. According to Sakuu, the tested… Read more »
Sandvik launches battery-electric cable bolter for underground mining
Sandvik has launched the DS422iE, its first battery-electric cable bolter designed for underground rock reinforcement using cement-grouted cable bolts. The new machine expands Sandvik’s battery-electric underground drill lineup, eliminating the need for a diesel engine in underground applications. The DS422iE utilizes a lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry, selected for its enhanced safety profile in underground… Read more »
CATL launches No Propogation 3.0 battery technology and Shenxing Pro battery in Europe
Chinese battery manufacturing giant CATL has launched its No Propogation 3.0 (NP3.0) technology platform, as well as the first lithium-iron-phosphate battery equipped with the technology, the Shenxing Pro. CATL’s NP3.0 technology platform integrates eight core technologies: flame-retardant electrolyte, flame-retardant safety diaphragm, nano-dot-coated positive electrode material, battery cell safety device, aerogel insulation pad, fire-retardant spray coating,… Read more »
Durapower and Kivanc Enerji partner on battery manufacturing in Turkey to supply US with packs and cells
Durapower Group, a Singapore-based lithium-ion battery provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Turkey’s Kıvanç Enerji to evaluate the creation of a joint venture to manufacture battery cells and packs in Turkey, aiming to supply the US market and support regional EV supply chain resilience. The planned facility will target gigawatt-hour-scale production of Lithium… Read more »
Focus Graphite ships battery-grade samples to prospective US offtake partners
Canadian developer Focus Graphite Advanced Materials has shipped two battery-grade samples to prospective offtake partners in the US for evaluation. Focus worked in collaboration with American Energy Technologies (AETC), a US-based graphite processing and R&D firm, to produce two high-purity graphite materials sourced from its Lac Knife deposit for lithium-ion battery applications. Its spherical coated… Read more »
Gotion completes 0.2 GWh pilot line for all-solid-state batteries
Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has completed a 0.2 GWh pilot production line, started in 2024, that has a 90% yield rate for its GEMSTONE all-solid-state battery. The 2025 iteration demonstrates a 60% improvement in sulfide electrolyte ion conductivity, 150% higher cell capacity and 90% reduced stacking pressure pre-tension force, the company said. Its safety… Read more »
GM says its new LMR batteries will “change the outlook for the EV market”
GM and its battery partner LG Energy Solution have introduced a new type of battery cell that they say will enable EVs with “an attractive combination of long range and low cost.” The GM/LG joint venture Ultium Cells aims to start commercial production of LMR (lithium-manganese-rich) prismatic cells in the US in 2028, and GM… Read more »
BYD claims its new EV charging system is almost as fast as refueling with gas
Chinese automaker BYD has announced an ultra-fast EV charging system that it says can deliver a full charge to its latest EV models within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank with gas. The company says its one-megawatt flash chargers can provide enough energy for nearly… Read more »