Tata and JSW to spend $1bn building India’s way out of Chinese battery dependence
Tata and JSW to spend $1bn building India’s way out of Chinese battery dependence

The two conglomerates are funding separate R&D centres focused on next-generation battery chemistries and advanced EV systems. The investment is a hedge: both groups currently buy critical battery components from Chinese suppliers and want options …

Nyobolt’s batteries charge in seconds and last 20,000 cycles. The customer that made it a unicorn is a warehouse robot.
Nyobolt’s batteries charge in seconds and last 20,000 cycles. The customer that made it a unicorn is a warehouse robot.

The battery that made Nyobolt a unicorn does not power a car. It powers a warehouse robot. The Cambridge-based startup announced on Tuesday that it has closed a 60 million dollar Series C round at a one billion dollar valuation, led by Symbotic, the Na…

The world’s largest EV battery maker is raising $5 billion in Hong Kong
The world’s largest EV battery maker is raising $5 billion in Hong Kong

The world’s largest EV battery maker priced its Hong Kong listing at HK$263 in May 2025. Its shares touched HK$701 before the placement was announced. The deal builds on a week of shareholder activity: a Sinopec unit sold $770M of CATL stock at HK$708 …

SoftBank is converting a Sharp LCD factory into a battery plant for AI data centres. The data centres cannot wait five years.
SoftBank is converting a Sharp LCD factory into a battery plant for AI data centres. The data centres cannot wait five years.

Summary: SoftBank Corp. plans to convert part of the former Sharp LCD factory in Sakai, Osaka into one of Japan’s largest battery production lines for AI data centres, with production expected within five years (~2031). The move completes a vertical in…

GIC-backed battery maker Envision AESC is considering a $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
GIC-backed battery maker Envision AESC is considering a $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

The Japan-headquartered EV battery manufacturer, controlled by China’s Envision Group and backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, is mulling an IPO in Hong Kong that could raise up to $2 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The move marks …

UK startup Altilium bags £18.5m to build Britain’s first commercial EV battery refinery
UK startup Altilium bags £18.5m to build Britain’s first commercial EV battery refinery

In short: Altilium, a UK clean technology company, has secured £18.5 million in grant funding from the government’s DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund to build ACT3, the country’s first commercial refinery for recovering critical minerals from end-of-life electric …

EnerVenue lands $300 million to bring NASA’s space batteries down to Earth
EnerVenue lands $300 million to bring NASA’s space batteries down to Earth

For decades, nickel-hydrogen batteries have been the quiet workhorses of space, powering the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope through the extremes of orbit. Now, a California startup wants to put that same chemistry to work on…

Battery tech that stores over 9 times more energy is here and it’s perfect for your gadgets

Researchers have developed a new silicon-carbon battery design that can store up to nine times more energy while staying stable over time.

Energy Vault acquires 175 MW battery project in Texas as it bets on AI-driven power demand
Energy Vault acquires 175 MW battery project in Texas as it bets on AI-driven power demand

In the sprawl north of Dallas, where data centres are multiplying and the Texas grid groans under record demand, Energy Vault has placed a new bet on battery storage, and on the idea that the companies powering AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity …

Hydrogen fuel cars never caught on, but it just might produce next-gen long range drones

Hydrogen never worked in cars, but researchers in Norway have built a drone that runs on it, swapping batteries for a fuel cell to handle long-range jobs like power line inspections.
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