- Battery Talent Census launched as the largest battery workforce survey to date, aiming to address compensation, diversity, and talent gaps (Link)
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Tesla
plans 4 new batteries in 2026, including batteries for its robotaxis (Link)
- BMW rules out investing in new Northvolt funding round (Link)
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通用汽车
delivered a record ~32,000 BEVs in Q3 ‘24, up 58% y/o/y (Link)
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Amprius Technologies, Inc.
to develop a small format high-energy Si-anode pouch cell with a Fortune 500 company (Link)
- Enovix began shipping cell samples from its Malaysia fab’s Agility Line (Link)
- LG Chem announced the development of a 1-micron thick temperature-responsive "safety reinforced layer" to suppress thermal runaway (Link)
- Hyundai and Kia have embarked on a four-year project to develop LFP CAM manufacturing technology in South Korea (Link)
- Hyundai surpasses VW, Toyota to 100MM vehicle milestone as EVs pave way for global sales run (Link)
- Tesla produced approximately 470,000 EVs, delivered approximately 463,000 EVs and deployed 6.9 GWh of energy storage products (Link)
- Toyota will postpone the start of EV production in North America to the first half of 2026 (Link)
- Magenta Mobility expands its fleet to over 2,000 EVs (Link)
- Rivian R1T gets dragged 100 feet after Hurricane Helene and still runs (Link)
- India, US likely to sign pact on critical minerals (Link)
- Liontown ships first spodumene from Kathleen Valley lithium project (Link)
- Rio Tinto, Green Lithium to develop Europe’s lithium supply chain (Link)
- Sinomine says it will build lithium sulfate plant in Zimbabwe (Link)
- Ember states EU could save $10B per year in gas costs by deploying BESS to capture excess wind and solar (Link)
- RWE breaks ground on 900MWh of ERCOT BESS (Link)
- BOOM Power wins planning approval for 300MW/660MWh BESS project (Link)
- U.K. pledges $29B for decarbonizing, energy storage projects (Link)
- NIO raises $1.9B from existing investors including Hefei Jianheng New Energy Automobile Investment Fund Partnership, Anhui Provincial Emerging Industry Investment Co., and CS Capital Co. (Link)
- Toyota to invest $500MM in Joby Aviation (Link)
- Powin secures $200MM in debt financing from KKR (Link)
- Pure Lithium acquires vanadium cathode materials company Dimien (Link)
- Monroe Capital launches $1B fund to support small auto suppliers amid EV shift (Link)
- China files appeal to WTO on Canada's tariffs on EVs, metal products (Link)
- Governor Gavin Newsom: Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law (Link)
- EU to vote on Oct 4 to finalize tariffs for China-made EVs (Link)
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Glatfelter
ter announces tunable battery separator “OmniSep” material at the Volta Foundation Reception on Wednesday, October 9th, in conjunction with The Battery Show (Link)
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