On November 26, Stellantis and CATL joint venture company Contemporary Star Energy started building its new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory in Zaragoza plant. The battery plants will have a capacity of up to 50 GWh.
The gigafactory will use modern technologies such as Cell-to-Body, allowing battery c

On November 27, AESC UK announced that it is recruiting for more than 100 new roles as the company prepares to launch its new electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactory in Sunderland, UK.
The new 15.8 GWh gigafactory will produce lithium-ion batteries for UK-made EVs and support the launch of the next-generation Niss

On November 22, at the Auto Guangzhou 2025 motor show (exhibition period: November 21-30), SAIC-MG unveiled the MG4 Anxin, the world’s first production vehicle model with a semi-solid-state battery. The model brings semi-solid-state battery technology to the CNY 100,000-range market and will start deliveries in Decem

On November 22, at the Auto Guangzhou 2025 motor show (exhibition period: November 21-30), GAC Group announced the recent completion and commissioning of an all-solid-state battery pilot production line in Panyu, Guangzhou. The line has successfully integrated a complete manufacturing process for all-solid-state batt

On November 25, Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. announced it has signed an agreement with Zoox, the Amazon-owned autonomous ride-hailing company, to supply cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells to power its robotaxi fleet deployments. 
Zoox recently opened its first robotaxi serial production facility in Hayward, Californ

On November 13, Endurance Technologies Limited, in an investor update, announced that it will install key imported machinery in its battery-pack manufacturing facility near Pune in December 2026. The cylindrical assembly line is imported from China. It will start production in this facility from January 2026 for a le

On November 22, Verkor and Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co., Ltd. announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on November 3, 2025. Both companies will jointly explore research, development, and supply synergies to accelerate the deployment of high-performance, cost-efficient separator materials with

On November 11, UP Catalyst announced the results of third-party testing of its CO₂-derived carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Independent results confirm superior performance compared to benchmark materials, demonstrating that CO₂-derived CNTs can substitute fossil-based CNTs for next-generation batteries and advanced applica

On November 20, Vianode started construction of its new Via TWO synthetic graphite facility in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The site is expected to begin operations in 2028. Anode graphite is essential for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and other key sectors like energy storage.
The Via TWO facility will be built in

At the 2025 China Commercial Vehicles Show (CCVS) in Wuhan, CALB Group Co., Ltd. (CALB) presented battery lineups covering various commercial vehicle scenarios. The exhibits included the HL series for short-haul transportation in closed areas, which, with a capacity of 120-600kWh, comes with a four-branch framework a

On November 17, Syrah Resources Limited provided an update regarding its offtake agreement with Tesla, Inc. for the supply of natural graphite active anode material from Syrah’s 11.25ktpa AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana. 
Syrah noted that it had received a notice from Tesla alleging that it had defaulted on an obl

On November 17, Blue Solutions, a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group, presented the advantages of its GEN4 technology by achieving 68.8% more autonomy with an electric two-wheeler. Early in 2025, the company launched project BeeWi, an electric two-wheeler. Blue Solutions conducted a controlled test at its Quimper facili

On November 18, the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) announced that Echion Technologies, a developer of advanced niobium anodes for Li-ion batteries, has become the first company to use its new Flexible Pilot Line (FPL).
The FPL is designed to bridge the gap between laboratory research and full-scale manuf

On November 17, XING Mobility signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IDEENION, an automotive design and engineering company. This collaboration introduces an immersive and integrated approach to battery system design, combining XING Mobility's immersion-cooled cell-to-pack (module-less) architecture with IDE

On November 17, SEAT and CUPRA organized the 7th edition of Innovation Days+. The event encourages teams across the company to showcase bold ideas that can improve strategy and operations.
Among the standout projects was “AQUA AI”, which uses artificial intelligence to increase product quality, cut production time an

On November 14, 2025, Exide Industries Limited (EIL) announced progress on its lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility under Exide Energy Solutions Limited (EESL). It was updated that the equipment installation and construction work at EESL are nearing completion, with nearly all utility systems approaching readiness

On November 14, RWTH Aachen University announced that its Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) has successfully completed the ‘PEAk-Bat’ research project. As part of the project, researchers collaborated with industry partners including Ford and Trumpf to develop structural battery systems a

On November 13, Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFMC) unveiled a next-generation solid-state battery at the 2025 World Power Battery Conference.
The DFMC fully in-house developed next-generation high-specific-energy solid-state battery adopts a multi-component system of a high-capacity ternary cathode, a silicon-carbon a

On November 13, Infineon Technologies AG presented the PSOC 4 HVPA-SPM 1.0, an advanced microcontroller designed for high-voltage Li-ion battery management in electric vehicles (xEVs). 
The microcontroller combines precision, safety, and programmability, while supporting zonal architectures and the transition to Soft

On November 10, the European Commission announced that five electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing projects, selected under the Innovation Fund 2024 Battery call (IF24Battery), have signed their Grant Agreements. Sourced from the EU Emissions Trading System, these projects will benefit from a total of EUR 6