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February 15, 2026

Calcium-ion battery breakthrough may rival lithium-ion systems

## Breakthrough in Calcium-Ion Battery Technology HONG KONG (AP) — Scientists at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a quasi-solid-state calcium-ion battery that delivers a reversible …

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February 15, 2026

Karma Kaveya To Deliver Uncompromised EV Power through Revolutionary Solid-State Battery Technology

## Pioneering Solid-State Batteries in U.S. EVs Karma Automotive announced Monday a partnership with Factorial Energy to equip its all-electric Kaveya super-coupe with solid-state batteries, marking the first such production …

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February 13, 2026

Sodium-Ion Battery Research Just Had A Breakthrough That Could Change Everything

## A Leap in the Lab Tokyo's bustling labs just dropped a game-changer. On December 15, 2025, researchers at Tokyo University of Science revealed a sodium-ion battery tweak that slashes …

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February 13, 2026

Tesla’s Battery Breakthrough and Ford’s New EV Partnerships

## Sparks Fly in Texas: Tesla's Battery Breakthrough Elon Musk's latest triumph hit the wires like a jolt from a live circuit. On February 1, 2026, Tesla flipped the switch …

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February 13, 2026

Australia’s largest operational BESS: Synergy completes CATL-powered 2,400MWh Collie Battery

## From Coal Town to Energy Epicenter In the quiet town of Collie, Western Australia, where coal has long fueled the economy, a massive shift is underway. Synergy, the state's …

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February 13, 2026

ProLogium Breaks Ground on French Solid-State Battery Gigafactory

## Breaking Ground in Battery Innovation The shovels hit the dirt in Dunkirk, France, on a crisp February weekend in 2026, as ProLogium Technology Co. officially launched its first European …

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February 13, 2026

Karma Automotive and Factorial Announce First U.S. Commercial Solid-State Battery Program for Electric Vehicles

## A Supercar's Leap into Solid-State Reality Karma Automotive's sleek headquarters in Irvine, California, buzzed with electric anticipation on February 5, 2026. That's when the luxury carmaker teamed up with …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

Tesla’s Battery Breakthrough and Ford’s New EV Partnerships

## Sparks Fly in the EV Revolution Elon Musk's latest boast on X wasn't just hype—it signaled a seismic shift in how electric vehicles get their juice. On February 1, …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

Tesla’s Battery Breakthrough and Ford’s New EV Partnerships

## Electrifying the Slump: Tesla's Battery Leap Amid EV Woes Slumping EV sales hit hard in 2025, with deliveries dipping and revenues sliding. Then came February 1, 2026: Elon Musk …

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February 10, 2026

Lithium-ion battery fires prompt new waste collection program in North Queensland - ABC News

## Responding to Queensland's Battery Fire Crisis North Queensland councils have launched a free waste collection program for household items with lithium-ion batteries, addressing a sharp rise in battery-related fires …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

Solid-state battery race accelerates as 2 key players reach big milestones

## Pioneering Advances in Solid-State Batteries The inauguration of QuantumScape's Eagle Line on Feb. 4, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., marks a critical step toward scalable production of solid-state batteries. …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

QuantumScape Launches Production Line for Solid-State Batteries

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — QuantumScape Corp. inaugurated its Eagle Line pilot production facility on Feb. 4, 2026, in San Jose, California, company officials announced. The launch aims to produce …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

Australia’s largest operational BESS: Synergy completes CATL-powered 2,400MWh Collie Battery

## Australia's Largest Battery Goes Live Perth, Australia — State-owned utility Synergy has completed its Collie Battery Energy Storage System, establishing it as the nation's largest operational battery with 500 …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

QuantumScape launches production-scale platform for solid-state batteries

## QuantumScape Launches Eagle Line for Solid-State Batteries SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) — QuantumScape Corp. inaugurated its Eagle Line pilot production platform for solid-state batteries on Feb. 4, 2026, at …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

CATL Brings Sodium-Ion Battery into Passenger Vehicles

## Sparking a Sodium Revolution in Electric Vehicles Winter in northern China bites hard, with temperatures plunging to -30°C and lithium batteries struggling to keep up. Enter CATL's latest gamble: …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

QuantumScape Inaugurates Eagle Line To Accelerate Solid-State Battery Production For EV Industry

## QuantumScape Unveils Eagle Line for Solid-State Battery Production QuantumScape inaugurated its Eagle Line pilot production facility on Feb. 4, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., marking a key step in …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

QuantumScape Inaugurates Eagle Line for Solid-State Battery Pilot Production | Wed, 02/04/2026 - 19:00

## QuantumScape Launches Eagle Line in Milestone Shift to Production QuantumScape Corp. inaugurated its Eagle Line pilot production facility in San Jose, Calif., on Feb. 4, 2026. The event, attended …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

CATL Brings Sodium-Ion Battery into Passenger Vehicles

## Debut in the Frozen North: Sodium-Ion Battery Breakthrough In the frozen expanse of Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia, on Feb. 5, 2026, CATL and Changan Automobile unveiled a potential game-changer for …

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Battery & Energy

February 10, 2026

Battery Game Changer: AI Identifies Key Conditions for All-Solid-State Battery Electrolyte Materials

## Shattering Battery Myths with AI Insights Imagine the frustration of electric vehicle engineers staring at a stubborn battery prototype that just won't perform. That's been the reality for years …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

CATL Batteries Stand Out For Minimal Degradation In EVs And Long-Term Energy Storage Systems

## CATL's Range Retention Surprise Morgan Stanley's latest real-world testing reveals a stark disparity in electric vehicle battery performance, with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) cells maintaining approximately 400 …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

GAC Magazine Battery and Solid-State Battery Win Top National Honor

## GAC's Batteries Steal the Spotlight in Beijing China's National Museum of China, a bastion of the nation's technological triumphs, now features GAC's Magazine Battery and solid-state battery in its …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

BloombergNEF: EV battery prices most hit by higher materials cost

## Record Lows Amid Rising Pressures Lithium-ion battery pack prices for battery electric vehicles reached a historic milestone in 2025, averaging US$99 per kilowatt-hour globally, according to BloombergNEF's annual survey, …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

Global news, analysis and opinion on energy storage innovation and technologies

## Record Deployments Signal a Turning Point Europe's battery energy storage sector shattered records in 2025, installing 27.1 GWh of new capacity—a surge that underscores the continent's push toward renewable …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

Energy Storage News

## Grenergy Secures Major Battery Storage Contracts in Poland Grenergy Renovables SA won capacity contracts for 2.1 gigawatt-hours of battery energy storage system projects in Poland's latest capacity market auction …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

Tech company makes breakthrough discovery that could boost EV performance | Venture Partners at CU Boulder | University of Colorado Boulder

A New York-based tech company spun out from the University of Colorado Boulder announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery technology on January 10, 2026, partnering with a Porsche-backed firm to …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

CATL Batteries Lead in Degradation Resistance, According to Morgan Stanley Testing

## Morgan Stanley's Verdict: CATL's Batteries Defy Degradation In the relentless push toward global electrification, battery degradation has long haunted engineers and investors alike. Morgan Stanley's recent tests across shared-mobility …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

Sodium-ion batteries: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Tokyo University of Science researchers announced a breakthrough on December 15, 2025, showing sodium-ion batteries can charge faster than lithium-ion counterparts. The study, published in Chemical Science, reverses prior assumptions …

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Battery & Energy

February 8, 2026

Lithium-Ion Battery Diagram, Components & Principles

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, but their inner workings remain a mystery to many. Researchers at MIT uncovered a key nuance in 2014, revealing a "random …

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Battery & Energy

February 5, 2026

QuantumScape Welcomes Tech Industry Veteran Geoff Ribar to Board of Directors

## A Veteran CFO Joins the Battery Revolution QuantumScape just pulled a savvy move in its quest to dominate solid-state batteries. On January 30, 2026, the company announced via a …

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Battery & Energy

February 5, 2026

Schroders to partner with China’s CATL on European battery projects

## A Pact Forged in Beijing In the bustling halls of Beijing, amid a high-stakes UK business delegation, a trio of players inked a deal that could reshape Europe's energy …

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February 3, 2026

Battery & Energy Storage News

## Pioneering Second-Life Battery Integration Connected Energy's announcement of a 5-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system at Scottow Enterprise Park in Norfolk, England, marks a significant advance in mainstreaming second-life electric …

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February 3, 2026

Energy-Storage.news

## Europe's Battery Revolution Ignites In the heart of Europe's energy transition, 2025 delivered a jolt: a record 27.1 gigawatt-hours of new battery storage capacity flooded the grid, up 45% …

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February 3, 2026

Schroders to partner with China’s CATL on European battery projects

## A High-Stakes Handshake in Beijing In the bustling halls of Beijing, amid the diplomatic whirl of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit, a deal was inked that could reshape …

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February 3, 2026

All Current And Upcoming EVs With Solid-State Batteries

## Dawn of Solid-State Batteries in Electric Vehicles Solid-state batteries are poised to revolutionize electric vehicles, with major announcements at CES 2026 signaling the technology's shift from labs to roads. …

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February 3, 2026

Energy Storage News

Serbia will begin construction in 2026 on a 1 gigawatt solar project paired with energy storage, the country's mining and energy minister said. The initiative follows complex preparatory work, according …

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February 3, 2026

POSCO Unit Invests in Factorial to Strengthen Solid-State Battery

## POSCO's Strategic Move into Solid-State Batteries SEOUL (Reuters) — POSCO Future M, a unit of South Korean conglomerate POSCO Holdings Inc., has invested in Massachusetts-based solid-state battery developer Factorial …

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February 3, 2026

Schroders to partner with China’s CATL on European battery projects

## Landmark Deal for European Energy Storage Schroders' Greencoat unit has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's CATL and Hong Kong's Lochpine Capital to develop battery energy storage systems …

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February 3, 2026

This battery is about to change the world in 3 months, or make this guy a fool

## A Battery Breakthrough or Just Hot Air? Last week, a mysterious startup called Donut Lab dropped a bombshell: a solid-state battery that could supercharge electric vehicles and reshape energy …

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February 3, 2026

NIO Ecosystem Bets On CATL Batteries V2G Trials And Global Expansion

HEFEI, China (AP) — Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO signed a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with battery giant CATL in early January 2026, aiming to co-develop long-life batteries and expand …

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February 3, 2026

China's Thermal Battery Breakthrough Might Change Everything

## Cracking the Code on Sulfur's Slippery Problem Imagine a battery that shrugs off the relentless decay plaguing today's energy storage tech. Chinese scientists have engineered a new cathode material …

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February 3, 2026

Test deployment of industrial robots powered by Maxell’s all-solid-state battery power modules begins at Kyocera’s Kagoshima Sendai Plant

## The Dawn of Rechargeable Reliability in Factory Floors Kyocera Corporation's Kagoshima Sendai Plant, a hub for semiconductor ceramic package production, quietly began test operations in December 2025 that could …

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February 3, 2026

US lawmaker scrutinizes Ford battery partnership with Chinese company CATL

## Scrutiny Ignites Over Ford's China Battery Pact Republican Representative John Moolenaar didn't mince words in his letter to Ford CEO Jim Farley. Sent on a crisp Wednesday in Washington, …

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February 3, 2026

sodium batteries have already been installed in passenger vehicles, report says

## CATL's Sodium-Ion Batteries Hit the Road in China SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Chinese battery giant CATL has installed its Naxtra sodium-ion batteries in a passenger vehicle from Changan Automobile's Oshan …

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February 3, 2026

Energy-Storage.news

## Europe's Battery Storage Surge: A Record-Breaking Year In the heart of Brussels, energy experts gathered to celebrate a milestone that underscores Europe's push toward a greener grid: a whopping …

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February 3, 2026

Schroders to partner with China’s CATL on European battery projects

## A High-Stakes Signing in Beijing Picture the scene: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer touches down in Beijing, flanked by a delegation of British business leaders, as deals unfold that …

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February 3, 2026

The next battery tech breakthrough is coming. Here's what you need to know about solid-state batteries.

## Charging Ahead: The Promise of Solid-State Batteries Electric vehicles are racing toward a future where range anxiety becomes a relic of the past, but the real game-changer might be …

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February 3, 2026

Ford unveils breakthrough battery tech aiming for cheaper, longer-range EVs by 2030

## Manganese's Moment: Ford and GM Bet Big on a Battery Revolution Ford's electric vehicle ambitions just got a manganese makeover. By 2030, the company aims to weave lithium manganese-rich …

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February 3, 2026

News Archives

## A Power Surge in Ontario's Grid On a crisp January morning in 2026, Boralex flipped the switch on its Sanjgon Battery Energy Storage facility, sending a jolt through Ontario's …

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February 3, 2026

Sodium-Ion Battery Breakthrough: Why This Could Be the Real Game-Changer for EVs?

## CATL's Sodium-Ion Revolution Unveiled Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, the world's leading battery manufacturer, announced at its Dec. 28, 2025, supplier conference a major rollout for next-generation sodium-ion batteries. …

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February 3, 2026

Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative

## Sodium's Electrifying Leap Forward In a bustling lab at Tokyo University of Science, researchers just flipped the script on battery tech. On December 15, 2025, they revealed a sodium-ion …

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February 3, 2026

Chinese researchers achieve solid-state battery breakthrough, lowering pressure from hundreds of megapascals to 5 MPa

## Breakthrough in Solid-State Battery Pressure Chinese researchers have achieved a major milestone in all-solid-state battery technology by reducing the external pressure required for stable operation from hundreds of megapascals …

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February 1, 2026

Surge in Satellite Launches Ushers in New Era of Connectivity and Observation

Surge in Satellite Launches Ushers in New Era of Connectivity and Observation In a landmark deployment last month, SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, pushing …

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Battery & Energy

January 14, 2026

Tesla's Texas Lithium Refinery: Pioneering Sustainable Battery Production in North America

In a significant step toward energy independence and sustainable battery production, Tesla has unveiled its groundbreaking lithium refinery just outside Corpus Christi, Texas. This facility, described as the first of …

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January 14, 2026

Is Donut Labs' Solid-State Battery Breakthrough Too Good to Be True?

In the fast-evolving world of electric vehicle technology, the promise of a revolutionary solid-state battery from a small Finnish startup named Donut Labs has sparked both excitement and skepticism. According …

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