What Happens When a Chinese Battery Factory Comes to Town
At the end of the day, local residents may feel disconnected from these batteries, and from the green energy transition they enable, because Hungarians are not the target consumers. Most…
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Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World
THE symbolism was clear last June when Emmanuel Macron, surrounded by factory workers, held up a sleek lithium battery in his right hand and a mining lamp in his left. He was in Douai, a…
Making batteries to woofers, GP’s Lo sways to the rhythms of geopolitics and music
If you thought this whole headache of geopolitics roiling business was a recent phenomenon, you need to hear from Victor Lo, the Hong Kong-based business figure, art collector and music…
Ford in talks to use BYD batteries for overseas factories
Ford Motor is in talks with China’s BYD about potentially supplying batteries for hybrid vehicles to the American automaker’s overseas factories, according to sources familiar with the…
The Download: sodium-ion batteries and China’s bright tech future
1 Apple is teaming up with Google to give Siri an AI revamp That’s a giant win for Google, and a blow for OpenAI. (CNBC) 2 Trump wants Elon Musk to help break Iran’s internet blackout He’s…
Demand for China’s lithium batteries will slump in early 2026: car association head
A big drop in demand will hurt battery makers including Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd and EVE Energy Demand for Chinese lithium batteries will likely slump in early 2026 due to an…
The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down
In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric car has gone from a novel decision to a routine one; by late 2025, nearly 60% of new…
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.
China is not only the world’s largest EV market; it has also become the main global manufacturing hub for EVs and the batteries that power them. In 2024, the country accounted for more…
Samsung SDI in talks with Tesla to supply energy storage batteries in deal worth over 3 trillion won
South Korea’s Samsung SDI said on Tuesday it is in talks to supply energy storage batteries to Tesla, in an order that Korean media said could be worth more than 3 trillion won (S$2.8…
House's top China hawk calls out GM for using vehicle batteries made by a Chinese military firm
General Motors is collaborating with a Chinese military company that supplies batteries used in People's Liberation Army submarines, according to a senior House leader. Source link
Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars
“We build a structural battery out of the cells, and that is the floor of the vehicle. So we actually built the seats on it,” says Field. So, to be clear, there's no frame or structure…
GM to buy EV batteries from China’s CATL for low-cost Bolt EV
The Chinese company is one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers and a major supplier of LFP batteries to the auto industry General Motors (GM) plans to purchase…
South Korea’s SK On aims to best rivals with next-generation batteries
SK Innovation’s battery unit plans to accelerate development of cutting-edge technologies in partnership with US and European carmakers, its R&D chief said, aiming to win back market share…
Recycled batteries contain critical minerals
Critical minerals underpin our country’s transition to energy dominance. These minerals are found in everything from battery storage to geothermal technology, nuclear energy,…
GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells
General Motors has just announced its latest and likely final piece in what now appears to be a three-pronged cell-chemistry strategy to power GM’s lineup of a dozen EVs through the end of…
5 Big EV Takeaways From Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
If you’re an electric vehicle enthusiast, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is anything but. The legislation, signed by the president last…
The Download: AI agents’ autonomy, and sodium-based batteries
In recent months, a new class of agents has arrived on the scene: ones built using large language models. Any action that can be captured by text—from playing a video game using written…
These new batteries are finding a niche
One researcher I spoke with at the time suggested that sodium-ion batteries might not compete directly with lithium-ion batteries but could instead find specialized uses where the…
Researchers take a step toward carbon-capturing batteries
What if there were a battery that could release energy while trapping carbon dioxide? This isn’t science fiction; it’s the promise of lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO₂) batteries, which are…
iPhone supplier TDK rolls out new batteries to keep pace with AI
TDK, one of the main suppliers of batteries for Apple’s iPhones, will this year roll out an improved version of its most advanced product to help mobile devices keep up with the rising…
Button batteries pose deadly risks to children. Doctors want them to be made safer
The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size. In households, they have become commonplace, powering remote controls, hearing…
Tesla plans four new batteries in 2026, including for robotaxi: report
TESLA plans to design four new versions of its in-house battery to power the Cybertruck, its forthcoming robotaxi and other electric vehicles (EVs), The Information reported on Thursday…