• June 26 2025
  CATL to bring battery-swapping technology to Europe

  World’s biggest EV battery maker says global co-operation will help ease pressure on supply chains

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• June 25 2025
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  The race for better batteries could charge up an unloved metal Premium content

  Life has been tough for vanadium bulls, but now its potential use in batteries could add a new source of demand

  
• June 18 2025
  Special ReportEnergy Transition

  Gulf states tap cheap Chinese batteries to power renewable ambitions

  Storage systems are seen as crucial to integrating solar and wind into electrical grids

  
• June 11 2025
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  Scania in talks to form consortium to buy Northvolt’s R&D lab

  Swedish truck group wants to retain critical battery expertise in Europe

  
• June 2 2025
  News in-depthRenewable energy

  Chinese battery glut plugs into solar boom to power Pakistan

  Steep fall in energy storage prices proves a game-changer for businesses

  
• May 28 2025
  LexLithium

  Data centres remain troublingly reliant on Chinese lithium Premium content

  There is precedent for using critical materials as geopolitical leverage

  
• May 27 2025
  Europe should abandon efforts to rival China’s battery industry, bosses say

  Leaders of Eramet and Umicore call for region to seek co-operation with Asian groups

  
• May 23 2025
  The Big Read

  How the US plans to break China’s stranglehold on lithium

  New technology that extracts the metal from underground brines has been compared to the shale revolution

  
• May 23 2025
  Special ReportThe Future of the Car

  GM moves to ‘seize EV battery leadership’ for the US

  Manufacturer vows to rebuild supply chains to end American carmakers’ reliance on China

  
• May 22 2025
  Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders

  Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe’s battery industry

  Swedish start-up’s fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the ‘valley of death’

  
• May 20 2025
  CATL founder Robin Zeng expects China truck market to be 50% electric by 2028

  Battery giant’s forecast heralds sweeping disruption of global market in heavy goods vehicles

  
• May 15 2025
  Lex

  Japan’s electric car battery bet is running out of juice Premium content

  The window to secure a national battery supply chain is rapidly closing

  
• May 15 2025
  ExplainerCATL

  Why China’s cash-rich battery king needs a blockbuster share sale

  CATL’s Hong Kong secondary listing set to raise $4.6bn and would be world’s biggest so far this year

  
• May 14 2025
  Tesla supplier Panasonic pressed to step up deliveries of US-made batteries

  Chinese alternatives have become less competitive due to domestic subsidy rules and higher tariffs

  
• May 13 2025
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  Battery maker CATL’s IPO goes against the current Premium content

  World’s largest battery maker still a tough sell despite US-China trade deal

  
• May 12 2025
  CATL

  EV battery maker CATL to raise at least $4bn

  Chinese company’s Hong Kong offering set to be biggest listing globally this year

  
• May 1 2025
  Energy Source

  US energy storage industry makes a $100bn commitment — but will it be enough? Premium content

  The sector faces fierce competition from China, which is much further along in its battery manufacturing process

  
• April 29 2025
  Mining

  Nevada lithium miner confident of finding new investor despite weak prices

  Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge project part of US ambitions to secure supply of critical minerals

  
• April 28 2025
  Europe’s battery makers seek a different path after Northvolt’s collapse

  Companies scaling down ambitions even as Europe is locked in race to reduce dependence on China

  
• April 28 2025
  News in-depth

  China and South Korea extend battery battle from EVs to grid storage

  China has upper hand on technologies but fresh tariffs mean rival can better exploit US market

  
• April 23 2025
  ExxonMobil

  ExxonMobil edges Occidental in US lithium race

  Oil producers go to battle over mineral rights in Arkansas’ Smackover formation

  
• April 21 2025
  Electric vehicles

  China’s CATL says it has overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV charging time

  New version of flagship battery cell can achieve 520km range compared with BYD’s 470km, claims company

  
• April 9 2025
  Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

  South Korea’s Poen leads the charge on reviving EV batteries

  The start-up has found a niche refurbishing degraded batteries for a rapidly growing second-hand market

  
• April 8 2025
  Umicore SA

  China puts pressure on western producers of electric car battery materials

  Industry vital for energy transition is ripe for consolidation as fierce competition unsettles market

  
• March 22 2025
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  Wang Chuanfu, the BYD founder with a battery obsession

  Chinese EV maker’s five-minute charge puts the disrupter one step closer to conquering global markets

  

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