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.