Batteries

Geely says it will start pilot deployment of a 500 Wh/kg solid-state battery across its portfolio brands from 2027. The headline numbers are big: over 1,000 km of…

The world’s biggest EV battery maker has just told us its factories are carbon neutral. CATL announced that all 20 operating plants have met its 2025 core-operations…

Nio has opened its first fifth-generation battery swap stations in seven Chinese cities, giving Firefly compact models access for the first time. The network now…

A 2022 Shanghai-built Tesla Model 3 rear-wheel drive with an unknown charging past has just produced a reassuring battery result: 92% state of health after 77,726…

Fraunhofer EMI's high-speed X-ray system captures up to 1,000 images per second inside large-format prismatic cells. PowerCo will install it in Salzgitter by 2028 to…

General Motors is exiting the SynergyCells battery-cell joint venture, selling its stake to Samsung SDI. The unfinished Indiana plant will start with energy-storage…

Smart has revealed the production version of the #2, the spiritual successor to the Fortwo. The two-door city EV packs a 35.7 kWh LFP battery good for 300 km WLTP…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has given the ID. Buzz Cargo a smaller but more efficient 58 kWh battery, lowering the UK entry price by £5,655 to £29,995 before VAT…

Blue Solutions and AVL have validated a next-gen solid-state cell that withstands thermal runaway and meets China’s GB 38031. The claimed 25% higher volumetric…

French company Blue Solutions and Austrian firm AVL tested their next-gen solid-state cells: thermal runaway kept under control, 25% more energy per litre and 13% per…