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China’s Five Year Battery Plan Targets Large Scale Solid State Use by 2030
China makes more than 80 percent of the world's battery cells, according to the International Energy Agency, and its new five year battery plan reads…
CATL’s Biggest Plant Outside China Just Started Making Battery Cells
CATL began trial production at its Debrecen plant in Hungary on September 22, marking the point where four years of construction and permitting finally turns…
CATL and DHL Sign a Deal to Electrify European Road Freight
CATL and DHL Group have signed a new memorandum of understanding to develop green freight corridors in Europe, which in practice means electric trucks running…
Sunwoda Unveils Battery That Can Charge From 10% to 97% in Nine Minutes
China’s battery makers are pushing charging times further, and Sunwoda has now joined the race with a new 15C flash charging battery system that can…
Chinese Battery Makers Now Supply Almost Three Quarters of the World’s EVs
Seven of the world's ten biggest EV battery suppliers are now Chinese companies, and together they account for 72.8% of everything installed globally this year.…
Zeekr’s 7X Is Getting an 85 kWh Entry Battery for 2027
Zeekr has confirmed the 7X is getting a battery update for the 2027 model year. The base LFP version, currently a 75 kWh unit, is…
BYD Files Six New Solid-State Battery Patents, Aiming for Small-Scale Production in 2027
BYD has published six new patents covering solid-state battery technology, all filed with China's National Intellectual Property Administration between late July and early August 2026.…
The Next-Generation Battery Race Has Already Started
China's Ministry of Finance announced that lithium-ion batteries will be subject to a 2% consumption tax from 1 September this year, rising to 4% from…
CATL Signs 5 GWh Sodium-Ion Deal in Europe While Tightening Its Grip on China’s Battery Market
Two pieces of CATL news landed on the same day this week, and together they tell you something about where the world's largest battery manufacturer…
Tesla Is Opening Giga Berlin to Startups. Here’s What That Actually Means.
Tesla has launched a startup competition called the Cell Giga Challenge, inviting early-stage companies to pilot their technologies inside the live battery cell production line…
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