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Andrew Bissell, a entrepreneur, was inspired by an article about climate change to create a solution to store solar power as heat, which could be used for household heating and …
Sunamp’s thermal battery uses a chemical found in salt-and-vinegar potato chips Read More
Kinterra Capital, a Canadian private equity firm, has closed its $565 million debut fund dedicated to securing critical mineral assets for battery development. The influx of private capital comes amid …
Kinterra Capital’s debut $565M fund to support mining for battery metals Read More
Fossil fuel giant Exxon is betting its U.S. lithium operation will power a new generation of electric cars. The U.S. has hundreds of thousands of tons of “recoverable” lithium, which …
Exxon wants to drill enough lithium out of Arkansas to power 1M EVs per year Read More
Another day, another monster raise for an EV battery company. This time it’s Verkor, the Renault-backed French battery builder, which said on Thursday that it secured “more than €2 billion” …
French battery maker Verkor scores $2.1B to build gigafactory Read More
Lyten, a startup that aims to crank out lightweight, lithium-sulfur batteries for electric vehicles, announced a $200 million round on Tuesday. The big Series B raise was led by Prime …
Lyten is the latest EV battery startup to score hundreds of millions Read More
Ford is partnering with South Korean battery manufacturers SK On and EcoPro BM to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada. The CAD $1.2 billion (USD $890 million) joint …
Ford aims to secure battery material supply with new Canada facility Read More
“Batteries are hard,” an expert once said. He wasn’t kidding. Designing and manufacturing pouches, slabs or cylinders filled with volatile chemicals that are capable of recharging ever more quickly is …
The era of software-defined battery startups is here Read More