Japan’s No. 2 oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan said on Thursday it has taken a final investment decision and begun construction of a large pilot plant to produce solid electrolyte for all-solid-state ...

To meet 2050 climate targets, the International Energy Agency estimates annual EV battery demand will grow from 1TWh in 2024 to more than 3TWh in 2030.

An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of ...

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Simultaneously, LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery production has gone from a modest market share in 2010 to around 94% of ...

Battery engineers have promised a revolution for more than a decade, but the latest generation of solid-state and high-density cells is finally moving from lab slides to factory floors. If those plans ...

A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid. For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

The electric vehicle (EV) industry ended 2025 with a major shift. Sodium-ion batteries, long viewed as a secondary technology, have now become a serious contender in the EV battery race. Two major ...

A team of researchers in China has just pulled the curtain back on a new sodium-sulfur battery design that could fundamentally change the math on energy storage. By leaning into the very chemistry ...

What if the future of energy storage didn’t rely on expensive, hard-to-source materials like lithium? In the video below, Ziroth breaks down how CATL’s reinforced sodium-ion battery could redefine the ...

The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago. By Lawrence Ulrich Lawrence Ulrich is a Detroit native and a contributing ...