NITI Aayog releases draft battery swapping policy for stakeholder comments

During the COP26 summit in Glasgow, India committed to reducing carbon emission intensity by 45 percent, taking our non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030, meeting 50 percent...

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CATL unveils its first EVOGO battery swap services in Xiamen, China

CATL has announced that it has launched its EVOGO battery swap services in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, making it the world's first EVOGO city. The first four fast ba...

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Okinawa Autotech voluntarily recalls 3,214 e-2Ws to fix issues related to batteries

In a first case of a voluntary recall by any electric vehicle manufacturer in India, Gurugram-based Okinawa Autotech has announced that it will voluntarily recall 3,215 units of it...

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Mercedes-Benz Energy to supply batteries for BatteryLoop BLESS product range

BatteryLoop has announced that it has signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy for batteries to be used for the company's large BLESS product range. The contract will secure h...

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Log9 Materials to supply fast-charging battery solutions to EKA, electric-LCV manufacturer

Bengaluru-based startup Log9 Materials has announced that it will provide its advanced fast-charging battery solution to electric commercial vehicle manufacturer EKA, a subsidiary ...

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Euler Motors, Magenta tie-up to deploy 1000 HiLoad e-3W cargo vehicles across India

Euler Motors has announced it has partnered with Magenta to deploy 1000 HiLoad EVs, three-wheeler cargo vehicles. Magenta, which specializes in building solutions that facilit...

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Sungrow, Doral inks contract for Israel's first DC-coupled liquid-cooled ES project

Sungrow has announced that it has signed a 66 MW/253 MWh energy storage contract with the Doral Renewable Energy Resources Group, Israel-based renewable energy, and environmental i...

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ACC PLI – key milestone in a long journey, just begun

In a major milestone for the energy storage industry, in March 2022 the Indian government announced the winners of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced battery...

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Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Nissan has announced that it has unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. T...

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O2 Power, Powin to partner for delivering battery storage solutions for the Indian RE market

Renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP) O2 Power is set to announce a partnership with US-based energy storage firm Powin to provide customized and competitive battery st...

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Leclanché to supply 10 MWh BESS for Scandlines’ PR24 zero-emission freight ferry

The Scandlines zero-emission ferry project, announced in November 2021 and which will result in the world's largest electric-powered hybrid ferry, will run on an advanced 10 MWh li...

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Elkem, Hydro, and Altor partner to accelerate Vianode, the battery materials manufacturer

Elkem, Hydro, and Altor (Altor Fund V) have announced a partnership to accelerate the growth of Vianode, a producer of sustainable battery materials. An investment decision for a p...

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Energy Dome, Ansaldo Energia inks pact for long-duration ES facilities across EMEA region

Energy Dome and Ansaldo Energia have announced that they have signed a non-exclusive license agreement to partner on the commercialization of long-duration energy storage facilitie...

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Bosch, Mitsubishi partners with Blue Park Smart Energy for BaaS innovations, pilot in China

Bosch and the Mitsubishi Corporation, with Blue Park Smart Energy (BPSE), are partnering to create Battery as a Service (BaaS) innovations. The main idea here is that fleet operato...

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Univ. of Eastern Finland researchers innovate self-standing mesoporous Si film anode for LiBs

Battery researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed self-standing mesoporous silicon (Si) film anode for lithium-ion batteries. This film electrode does not nee...

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Amazon India, SUN Mobility partners to expand EVs with battery-swap tech deployment

Amazon India has announced that it has partnered with SUN Mobility to expand the deployment of EVs integrated with battery swapping technology for its transportation and logistics ...

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Log9 Materials, Jitendra New EV Tech inks MoU for RapidX batteries in e-scooters

Bengaluru-based advanced battery technology start-up, Log9 Materials has announced that it has joined hands with Nashik-based EV manufacturer Jitendra New EV Tech Pvt. Ltd. Both th...

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Year of the Li-ion: Time to scale up

You can hear it … almost distinctly now… the footfall of the battery era. It's here to stay one would like to believe, for a lot rests on it; the present and most definitely the fu...

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Fluence to deliver Grid-Forming ESS for AGL’s Broken Hill Project

Fluence has announced that it has been chosen by AGL to deliver a 50 MW / 50 MWh energy storage system with advanced grid-forming capabilities for Broken Hill Battery Energy Storag...

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Proterra Inc., Shyft Group inks pact for Blue Arc Class 3 e-van and EV chassis

Proterra Inc has announced that it has signed a strategic, multi-year supply agreement with The Shyft Group to power its Blue Arc purpose-built Class 3 electric delivery van and EV...

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StoreDot accomplishes 1250 cycles on silicon-dominant fast-charging cell

StoreDot has announced that it has passed the major milestone of being the world's first company to test silicon dominant cells for more than 1000 cycles. Using a specially designe...

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Consortium for Battery Innovation calls for proposals for new battery research projects

In a new research request for advanced batteries, the Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) has announced that it has launched a call for proposals focused on innovative applicat...

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DHL Express collaborates with bp, Neste for largest SAF deal to date worth 800 million litres

DHL has announced a new strategic collaboration with bp and Neste, to provide more than 800 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to DHL Express within the next five ye...

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BaaS provider Chargeup accomplishes 120+ battery swap stations, enters 3 new cities

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Chargeup has announced that it has expanded its network to over 120+ battery swapping stations across Delhi NCR. With this, the company has rap...

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Volkswagen ink MoU with Huayou Cobalt, Tsingshan Group to address runaway costs of EV batteries

Volkswagen has announced that it will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure nickel and cobalt supplies for electric vehicles in China and to reduce c...

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Sunlight Group ESS launches ElectroLiFe, innovative semi-traction LiB

Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems has announced the launch of Sunlight ElectroLiFe, its newest semi-traction lithium-ion battery. Sunlight ElectroLiFe will be officially launch...

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Battery swapping stations: Can they improve grid flexibility?

The role of battery swapping in potentially bringing down EV ownership costs is well-known. However, swapping stations could also act as an essential source of grid flexibility, wh...

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Preparing for significant expansion of storage in the Indian grid

There has been a strong policy push to significantly scale up the solar and wind capacity in the Indian grid by 2030 and beyond. Srihari Dukkipati, Research Fellow at Prayas (Energ...

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Ola Electric invests in StoreDot, an Israeli battery company with XFC tech

Ola Electric has announced that it has invested in an Israeli battery technology company StoreDot, a pioneer in batteries with extreme fast charging (XFC) technology. The investmen...

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The war in Europe and its ripple effects

The world, for the best part of post-WW II, has pursued unification, built up tremendous inter-dependency across continents, and reduced itself to being referred to as a 'global vi...

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