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Battery Industry Leaders Invest $18 Million in Seattle Start-up: Group14 Technologies to Scale Li-ion Anode Material That Promises 30% Improvement in Energy and Cost

November 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

New funds will be used to scale up manufacturing of a next generation anode material and advance into commercial production; Amperex Technologies Limited (ATL), BASF Venture Capital, Showa Denko, and Cabot Corporation all participating. SEATTLE: Group14 Technologies (https://www.group14technologies.com) today announced $18 million in new financing from Amperex Technologies Limited (ATL), Showa Denko (SDK), Cabot Corporation, […]

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Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Market Expected to Register a Healthy CAGR 22.0% – Data Bridge Market Research

November 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO: The perfect way to anticipate what future holds is to understand the trend today and hence Global Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Market report has been structured by chewing over numerous fragments of the present and upcoming market scenario. The report contains all-embracing knowledge and information of rapidly changing market landscape, what already subsists in the […]

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Flow Batteries Struggle in 2019 as Lithium-Ion Marches On

November 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

Save for a few rare announcements, the promising technology class has gone quiet. October’s SoftBank-led investment in iron flow battery startup ESS represented an unusual event in 2019: a piece of good news for the flow battery sector. The $30 million cash injection was a rare sign that there may still be life in an […]

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Post-Lithium Technology: High-Energy-Density Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries

November 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

High-energy-density polymeric cathode for fast-charge sodium- and multivalent-ion batteries. Next-generation batteries will probably see the replacement of lithium ions by more abundant and environmentally benign alkali metal or multivalent ions. A major challenge, however, is the development of stable electrodes that combine high energy densities with fast charge and discharge rates. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, US […]

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The Key to Electric Cars Is Batteries. One Chinese Firm Dominates the Industry

November 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Beijing built the world’s largest EV market, then pressured foreign car makers to use its batteries SHANGHAI: A little-known Chinese company has become the world’s biggest maker of electric vehicle batteries. Beijing engineered a scenario that didn’t give the world much choice. China is by far the biggest EV market, and to boost its standing […]

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Battery tech startup Sila Nano lands $45 million and Tesla veteran Kurt Kelty

November 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Sila Technologies, the battery materials company that has partnered with BMW and Daimler, landed $45 million in new funding and hired two high-profile executives, including Kurt Kelty, who led the battery cell team at Tesla for more than a decade. Kelty, who was on Sila Nano’s advisory board, has been appointed vice president of automotive, […]

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Lithium-ion battery technology investment to hit record in 2019: WoodMac

October 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

More than $350 million was invested during the first half of 2019 compared with just over $600 million for all of 2018 LONDON: * Consultants Wood Mackenzie expect 2019 to be a record year for investment in lithium-ion battery technology * More than $350 million was invested during the first half of 2019 compared with […]

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Jokowi Signs Regulation to Boost Development of Electric Cars

August 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed into effect a presidential regulation that will accelerate the development of electric cars in Indonesia. The regulation had been under discussion for more than a year as the president’s intent to pursue cleaner modes of transportation met with nationalistic resistance and demands for protection of local automakers. “I […]

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This Is A Game-Changer For Lithium-Ion Batteries

August 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

The latest news in the battery space has been about alternatives to lithium-ion technology, which still dominates the space in electronics and cars but is being increasingly challenged from several directions, notably solid-state batteries. Now, a team of researchers has reported they have improved lithium-ion batteries in a way that could discourage some challengers. In […]

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Tesla battery research partner unveils path to more energy-dense Li-ion cells that could beat solid-state

August 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

While there’s still room to improve Li-Ion battery cells, most people in the industry believe that solid-state batteries are going to be the next generation of preferred chemistry. Now Tesla’s battery research partners have unveiled a path to more energy-dense Li-ion cells that could shift research away from solid-state. The research was presented in a […]

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