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Southern Californian electric vehicle manufacturer Mullen Automotive has acquired production facilities from Nikola to start battery production in the second half of 2025.

The European Commission will be funding the construction of a gigafactory by AESCʼs French subsidiary in Douai with 48 million euros.

US-based Octillion Power Systems has inaugurated a 3,700-square-meter plant for the production of battery systems with an annual capacity of up to one gigawatt-hour in Reno.

Volvo Cars has taken full control of the battery joint venture NOVO Energy by acquiring the shares of Northvolt, which had already stopped funding most of its joint ventures in...

ProLogium from Taiwan has received approval for its planned gigafactory in Dunkirk, France, where mass production of its lithium ceramic batteries is set to begin in 2027.

Nissan plans to expand its production in the USA and to therefore purchase batteries for around 300,000 electric vehicles from South Korean manufacturer SK On, starting in 2028.

Forge Battery will receive a grant of 100 million dollars from the US Department of Energy for financing the expansion of its existing gigafactory in North Carolina.

LG Energy Solution will supply Aptera Motors with 4.4 gigawatt-hours of battery cells for solar electric vehicles between 2025 and 2031. The modules and packs come from CTNS.

Following a shareholder vote in Stockholm, Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt will continue its operations despite considerable financial difficulties.

Mazda is going to build a factory to produce modules and packs for cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in Japan. The required battery cells will be supplied by Panasonic Energy.

Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT has taken over the entire management of its European subsidiary. It is currently unclear whether the company will implement its original plans in Saarland, Germany.

Innovation Norway has granted Morrow Batteries a credit line worth 131 million US dollars to scale up and further develop battery production in Norway.