Indian Oil ties up with Panasonic for lithium-ion battery foray, feasibility study underway

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Indian Oil and Panasonic Energy Co Ltd, the battery arm of Japan's Panasonic group, have signed a binding term sheet to set up a joint venture unit manufacturing cylindrical lithiu...

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GM in talks with CATL to licence LFP battery tech, explore joint manufacturing

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Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) is reportedly in discussions with US automaker General Motors for a deal that would licence the Chinese company'...

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Northvolt breaks ground on 60 GWh capacity German giga factory

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Northvolt announced the company had started construction of its battery giga factory "Northvolt Drei" in Germany. Europe had battled to keep the factory within its borders, after t...

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SESI 2024: Transition to 5G networks will power demand from telecom, data centers

The telecom and datacenter industries are among the primary industrial drivers of energy storage in India. Both industries currently rely on VRLA (valve-regulated lead-acid) batter...

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SESI 2024: Picking the right size and technology for your energy storage project

Energy storage is the need of the hour. But the multiplicity of technologies and variety of options – from different chemistries with different charging and discharging rates – to ...

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SESI 2024: GoodEnough Energy announces India's largest BESS manufacturing facility in J&K

Shri Dinesh Jagdale (center) learns about GoodEnough Energy's BESS with CEO Akash Kaushik (right). Image: IESA

GoodEnough Energy, India's first manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, announced it will invest ₹450 crore to set up a 20 GWh per annum capacity plant in Jammu & Kash...

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Improved Morrow LFP batteries report a 30 percent increased cycle life

Europe-based battery technology and manufacturing company, Morrow Batteries ASA (Morrow) has reported a 30 percent increased cycle life on its Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batterie...

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CATL, BAIC, Xiaomi to build a joint battery cell facility in Beijing

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Chinese firms CATL, Beijing Automotive Group Co. (BAIC) and Xiaomi Auto are joining hands to establish a joint venture named 'Beijing Era New Energy Techno...

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StoreDot, EVE Energy partner for mass production of 'XFC' battery cells

Left to right: Amir Tirosh (StoreDot), Alexander Holden (EVE Energy), Dr. Doron Myersdorf (StoreDot), and Dr. Liu Jincheng (EVE Energy) at the agreement signing event. Souce: StoreDot

Israeli battery technology firm StoreDot has announced a significant step towards the commercialization and mass production of its extreme fast charging (XFC) battery cel...

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Exide Industries invests an additional Rs. 40 cr. in its battery manufacturing unit

India's leading battery maker, Exide Industries Ltd has invested an additional Rs. 40 crore in its advanced battery manufacturing arm, Exide Energy Solutions Ltd through a rights i...

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'Our vision is to build the Apple and Northvolt of India’

With a razor-sharp focus on Li-ion cell product design and tech development, the International Battery Company is on a mission to electrify India's mobility sector. In an exclusive...

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BMW Group breaks ground for 'Gen-5' EV battery assembly plant in Thailand

Milan Nedeljković, Board Member for Production at BMW AG, speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony. Source: BMW Group

German automaker BMW Group has commenced the construction work for its own local manufacturing facility for 'Gen-5' high-voltage batteries in Thailand. The battery assemb...

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SVOLT Energy's EV battery plant in Thailand enters mass production

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Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT Energy has announced of mass production of EV battery packs at the company's newly-established facility located at the Si Racha town in Chonburi ...

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Tata Group's Agratas to built Britain's 'biggest' 40 GWh battery factory

Graphical rendering of the upcoming battery gigafactory in Somerset, UK. Source: Agratas

Tata Group's battery business Agratas has confirmed that it will build a gigafactory for manufacturing batteries on the Gravity Smart Campus near Bridgwater, Somerset in ...

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BYD's battery arm FinDreams vows to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045

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Chinese automaker BYD's battery manufacturing division FinDreams Battery has recently announced its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality in all its operations and supply ch...

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ACC PLI: MHI convenes pre-bid meeting for remaining 10GWh of ACC manufacturing

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has successfully concluded a pre-bid meeting for the remaining 10GWh of advanced chemistry cells (ACC) manufacturing capacity under the A...

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JSW to set up EV and battery operations in Odisha

JSW Chairman Sajjan Jindal shows Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik the planned complex. Image: Press Release

India's steel and energy focused conglomerate JSW Group has selected Odisha for its integrated electric vehicles (EV) and battery manufacturing project that will mark the comp...

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BYD-FAW battery JV begins mass production of 'blade battery' in China

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FAW-FinDreams, the joint venture between BYD's battery arm FinDreams and automaker FAW, has recently started mass roll-out of battery packs for electric vehicles in China, for...

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Volvo acquires Proterra's battery business for $210 mn in the US

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Volvo Group recently announced the successful acquisition of EV battery business from Proterra Inc. and its subsidiary Proterra Operating Company Inc., thereby bolstering its ...

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From clean energy to clean cooking, Modi outlines vision for rooftop solar + battery installations

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The Government of India will announce a package to make the country atmanirbhar in the battery domain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced. Speaking at the Bharat Mobility event...

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LionVolt acquires AMTE Power's battery production line in Scotland

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Netherlands-based Lionvolt has acquired the battery cell production line of beleaguered company AMTE Power located at Thurso in Scotland. This brings ...

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Tata Technologies to help fast-track Agratas' battery development efforts

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Tata Group subsidiaries Agratas and Tata Technologies recently announced their collaboration to scale former's product development and enterprise systems, ...

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ProLogium opens solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant in Taiwan

ProLogium’s Taoke battery plant. Source: ProLogium

Taiwan-based ProLogium Technology has recently launched what it claims as the world's first giga-scale solid-state lithium ceramic battery facility 'Taoke' at Taoyuan in ...

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Govt. invites bids for 10GWh Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery manufacturing

India's Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) on Wednesday (Jan. 24) opened the re-bidding process for the remaining 10GWh capacity under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI)&nb...

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India could easily surpass 150GWh ACC battery manufacturing target

Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce (I&C) and IT, Govt of Telangana addressing teh iaugural session at India Battery Manufacturing 7 Supply Chain Summit 2024 in Hyderabad on Tuesday (Jan. 23, 2024).

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) on Tuesday kicked off its third annual battery manufacturing and supply chain convention in Hyderabad city on Tuesday (Jan. 23) to deliber...

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IESA summit on ways to boost Indian battery manufacturing, support giga factories

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) inaugurated its third annual India Battery Manufacturing and Supply Chain Summit (IBMSCS) in Hyderabad today, kickstarting a two-day fest d...

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Amara Raja giga factory will start operations next year

Leading automotive battery maker Amara Raja will have the first giga factory up and running before the end of next year, President Vijayanand Samudrala told the India Battery Manuf...

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Accelera, Daimler Truck, PACCAR plan 21 GWh battery plant in Mississippi

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Cummins' zero-emission division 'Accelera', Daimler Truck, and PACCAR have finalized the location for their joint battery cell manufacturing facility as Marshall County, ...

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IESA pre-Budget recommendations to strengthen India's energy security

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The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), the country's premier industry body for companies operating in the energy transition space, has submitted its pre-Budget recommendati...

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International Battery Company raises $35 M; looks to expand its India giga factory

US-based lithium-ion battery maker, International Battery Company (IBC) has completed a Pre-Series A funding round and raised $35 million for building a lithium-ion cell manufactur...

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