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Volkswagen and PowerCo presented their new prismatic standard cell at “IAA Mobility 2025” in Munich. At the same time, VW is testing the use of solid-state batteries.

CATL has unveiled LFP batteries specifically for the European electric mobility market, which are designed to offer greater safety, longer life, increased range, and faster charging speeds.

Chinese automotive supplier HASCO is acquiring a 49-percent stake in Shanghai SAIC QingTao Energy Technology from SAIC Motor for around 29 million US dollars.

German start-up company Minerva Carbon will receive federal funding of around 1.8 million euros to research mesoporous carbons for batteries.

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan and LiCAP from the United States will collaborate on the development of production technologies for dry electrodes used in solid-state batteries.

At TU Braunschweig, around 150 researchers will be working on recycling processes at the new Center for Circular Production of Next Batteries and Fuel Cells from 2027 onwards.

A research team at Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) has investigated lithium-sulfur pouch cells with reduced electrolyte content under realistic conditions for the first time.

According to the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, the four-year EU project “HiQ-CARB” has made significant progress in developing sustainable, conductive additives for lithium-ion batteries. The project achieved this...

QuantumScape has expanded its solid-state battery (SSB) commercialization partnership with Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo, which plans to provide up to 131 million US dollars.

Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT Energy plans to begin trial production of its first generation of semi-solid-state batteries with a 140-ampere-hour capacity in the fourth quarter of this year. This information...