🔋 World’s first sodium-ion electric mining truck delivered in China with 676 kWh battery capacity. The truck supports 0% to 100% fast charging in 20 to 25 minutes. The battery maintains a cycle life of over 8,000 times. #battchat #batteries #greensky #energysky

A team led by Berkeley Lab has observed Bose-Einstein Condensates in an atomically thin semiconductor. The device is tunable at high temperature, and could one day advance quantum information science, quantum simulations, and next-gen optoelectronics.

Scientists Reveal Hidden Structure of a Quantum Fluid

The advance establishes a new solid-state platform for studying high-temperature Bose-Einstein condensates in semiconductor devices, and could one day advance quantum information science, quantum simu...

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🔋 “If batteries keep getting cheaper and safer, the grid problems they're solving today, from data center demand to overloaded circuits during a heat wave, might just be the start of what they can fix.” #batteries #battchat #greensky 💡

Batteries might be the most important part of the power grid

Battery storage is expanding faster than ever, helping to meet soaring electricity demand while reshaping the future of the power grid

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🔋 “If batteries keep getting cheaper and safer, the grid problems they're solving today, from data center demand to overloaded circuits during a heat wave, might just be the start of what they can fix.” #batteries #battchat #greensky 💡

Batteries might be the most important part of the power grid

Battery storage is expanding faster than ever, helping to meet soaring electricity demand while reshaping the future of the power grid

qz.com

Built in Europe, Austria's first Chinese electric trucks are rolling off the line at Steyr Automotive. 🔋 621 kWh CATL LFP battery 🚛 Up to 560 km range ⚡ 660 kW dual CCS charging (20–80% in ~38 mins) 💪 941 hp China's EV tech is now becoming part of Europe's industrial base. #Bettrification #EVs

Sodium Ion batteries will very soon dominate Grid Scale storage.

The U.S. bans new models of foreign made inverters, including bi-directional ones. Reason? National security. Think BESS, solar, EVs, chargers, heat pumps… all affected, unless their inverters are manufactured in and with components mostly from America. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?

A just-issued national security ban appears to exclude existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions,…

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The U.S. bans new models of foreign made inverters, including bi-directional ones. Reason? National security. Think BESS, solar, EVs, chargers, heat pumps… all affected, unless their inverters are manufactured in and with components mostly from America. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?

A just-issued national security ban appears to exclude existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions,…

canarymedia.com

🔋 “Our ambition is not just limited to being a battery supplier to [carmakers] . . . we see ourselves as a high-tech company for the renewable energy sector.” CATL is positioning itself to be a central player in everything associated with electrification. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky

🔋BMW to begin series production of iX5 batteries in December 2026. The 6th generation high-voltage battery technology is based on cylindrical cells integrated directly into the battery pack (Cell-to-Pack) providing around 140 kWh of energy. #battchat #batteries #greensky 🔌

BMW to begin series production of iX5 batteries in Woodruff in December - Battery-News

BMW plans to begin series production of high-voltage batteries for the all-electric iX5 at its new Woodruff plant in December 2026, using AI-supported manufacturing and Gen6 battery technology.

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🔋BMW to begin series production of iX5 batteries in December 2026. The 6th generation high-voltage battery technology is based on cylindrical cells integrated directly into the battery pack (Cell-to-Pack) providing around 140 kWh of energy. #battchat #batteries #greensky 🔌

BMW to begin series production of iX5 batteries in Woodruff in December - Battery-News

BMW plans to begin series production of high-voltage batteries for the all-electric iX5 at its new Woodruff plant in December 2026, using AI-supported manufacturing and Gen6 battery technology.

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🔋 “Our ambition is not just limited to being a battery supplier to [carmakers] . . . we see ourselves as a high-tech company for the renewable energy sector.” CATL is positioning itself to be a central player in everything associated with electrification. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky

Slovakia seems to prove the wild challenges Europe has in simply creating one speed for all: 0% electric buses in 2026! A true scandal. #alwaysbecharging

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El incremento de venta de ventas de autobuses eléctricos urbanos en Europa va experimentando un salto cuantitativo. @luisvaldes.eurosky.social @pacovalverde.eurosky.social

🔋Varta, one of the oldest battery companies, files for insolvency. It lost Apple as its customer back in Spring, for whom it was making batteries for AirPods, and couldn’t get additional funding from investors. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky

www.ft.com/content/221a... China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative takes advantage of rise in appetite for renewables as Middle East conflict drags on

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🔋Varta, one of the oldest battery companies, files for insolvency. It lost Apple as its customer back in Spring, for whom it was making batteries for AirPods, and couldn’t get additional funding from investors. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky

Work in progress: monitoring public EV charging ad hoc prices (i.e. what you pay on the go at the charger with a bank or credit card without registration) in the European Union. Across the EU, only 40% of pricing transparency as required by #AFIR regulation for EV charging. Most countries fail.

💭 On power grids evolution and BESS. If you’re building a new battery company today, it’s difficult to justify competing with lithium-ion or sodium-ion for BESS. The larger opportunity is to solve the next problem: affordable long-duration storage. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory | TechCrunch

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

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💭 On power grids evolution and BESS. If you’re building a new battery company today, it’s difficult to justify competing with lithium-ion or sodium-ion for BESS. The larger opportunity is to solve the next problem: affordable long-duration storage. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

‘familiar cell architecture allows sodium-ion batteries to be manufactured on existing lithium-ion production lines with modest modifications, shortening scale-up time and reducing capital expenditure’

Jasmin Smajic@jasminsmajic.com · 2w ago

If you’re interested in where sodium-ion actually stands today, I wrote a deep dive covering the technology, costs, and where it fits (and doesn’t):

If you’re interested in where sodium-ion actually stands today, I wrote a deep dive covering the technology, costs, and where it fits (and doesn’t):

Are sodium-ion batteries ready for prime time?

Where Na-ion stands in today's battery ecosystem

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🔋 LFP got cheap through manufacturing scale and relentless engineering, not cheaper raw materials. Sodium-ion could follow the same learning curve while adding another advantage: lower-cost materials. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world

Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications.

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‘industrial-grade sodium carbonate cost only US$200–280 per tonne, compared with $20,000–25,000 per tonne for battery-grade lithium carbonate’

Jasmin Smajic@jasminsmajic.com · 2w ago

🔋 LFP got cheap through manufacturing scale and relentless engineering, not cheaper raw materials. Sodium-ion could follow the same learning curve while adding another advantage: lower-cost materials. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Electric cars are taking off quickly in Latin America— Five years ago, almost no one in Latin America bought an electric car. Today, the situation is different: electric cars now make up a meaningful and fast-growing share of new car sales.

🔋 LFP got cheap through manufacturing scale and relentless engineering, not cheaper raw materials. Sodium-ion could follow the same learning curve while adding another advantage: lower-cost materials. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world

Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications.

nature.com

🔋China will impose a consumption tax on lithium-ion ​batteries from September 1, 2026. Sodium-ion and solid-state batteries are exempt. China is effectively nudging the industry to focus on next-generation batteries. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

It's going to be 4%, really just a nudge, but margins are often just a few percent. So even small changes can have larger effects in China than in most western companies.

Jasmin Smajic@jasminsmajic.com · 3w ago

🔋China will impose a consumption tax on lithium-ion ​batteries from September 1, 2026. Sodium-ion and solid-state batteries are exempt. China is effectively nudging the industry to focus on next-generation batteries. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

🔋China will impose a consumption tax on lithium-ion ​batteries from September 1, 2026. Sodium-ion and solid-state batteries are exempt. China is effectively nudging the industry to focus on next-generation batteries. #batteries #battchat #greensky #energysky

Short refueling time was one of the primary advantages of gasoline cars over all-electric cars, but with the fastest-charging EVs, the difference has narrowed. evchargingstations.com/chargingnews...

Fastest-Charging EVs Almost Match Gas Cars in Long-Distance Challenge

Short refueling time was an advantage of gasoline cars over electric cars, but with the fastest-charging EVs, the difference is tiny.

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