There has been a major breakthrough in batteries. Dalhousie University from Canada has developed a new variant to the lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery, which can last for a century. ...  more

Chinese EV battery manufacturer Gotion Hi-Tech has been making big moves with respect to capacity expansion since the beginning of this May. ...  more

Lithium-ion batteries can be said to be one of the most common batteries today but new technologies will always appear and potential next-generation batteries include sodium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, and now "magnesium-ion batteries." ...  more

Gotion Hi-Tech announced on May 20 that its sub-subsidiary “Yichun Gotion Mining Co. Ltd.” has made a successful bid to obtain the rights to prospect for lithium at a site in Yifeng County of China’s Jiangxi Province. The winning bid price is RMB 460 million. Yifeng is also a part of Yichun, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi. ...  more

Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathode material supplier Advanced Lithium updated the progress of customer certification in 2022 on May 16. ...  more

A lot of us are probably more interested in knowing the battery lifespan of our smartphones over our actual lifespan, and US scientists have recently thought of an idea that utilizes machine learning to project the life cycle of batteries. ...  more

Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd. is ramping up the pace of its global expansion. It is investing more than CNY 6 billion in adding production capacity in the US while capturing a CNY 4.6 billion order from Europe. Yunnan Energy New Material is a major Chinese supplier for separator films used in lithium batteries. ...  more

Natron Energy, a California-based sodium-ion battery company, will team up with battery manufacturer Clarios to mass-produce sodium-ion batteries in Michigan in 2023. ...  more

Easpring (Beijing Easpring Technology Material Co. Ltd.) is the first Chinese supplier for battery cathode materials to be listed in China’s stock market. Since 2021, the company has been proactively increasing the number of partners across the supply chain and rapidly securing resources in the upstream. It has successively entered into strategic cooperation agreements with many other suppliers and technology developers including SK Innovation, Finnish Minerals Group, Huayou Cobalt, CNGR, and Welion. ...  more