All Battery Technologies articles
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Green Technologies
Webinar on future fuels – Thursday 9 October
DNV, a major classification society and a key advisor for the world’s maritime industry, is holding a webinar that the builders of superyachts might find of interest
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Boat Autonomy
Autonomous USV safely transits Gibraltar Straits
A fully autonomous Exail Unmanned Surface Vessel has just completed a 1,100-mile voyage from the South of France to Portugal, paving the way for fully-automatic passage making
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Battery Technologies
New technique improves cheaper sodium batteries
Sodium ion cell batteries are less costly to produce than lithium ion, but their lower cycle rate can now be improved by a recently discovered ‘doping’ technique
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Battery Technologies
New battery design doubles range for same size
A fresh approach to battery assembly has allowed the US-based company 24M’s technologies to extend a vehicles range by up to 50% for the same footprint
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Battery Technologies
Solid state battery design reaches milestone
Seen by many researchers as the answer to safe, high power energy storage, solid-state lithium batteries are now powering a modified Ducati V21L racing motorcycle
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Battery Technologies
Horse Powertrains’ suitcase-sized range extender
Horse Powertrain will be launching its highly compact range extender system at IAA Mobility, turning battery electric vehicles into serial hybrids with minimal modifications.
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Battery Technologies
UK’s first recycled EV battery creates circular economy, lower carbon footprint
Two UK companies have partnered on the first electric vehicle (EV) battery cells produced with recycled cathode active materials (CAM), validating the use of such materials for high-performance automotive applications, creating a more sustainable and resilient domestic battery supply chain.
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News
Lyten acquires key Northvolt assets valued at US$5bn
The bankrupt Swedish battery maker ceased production in June
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Battery Technologies
Thirty battery gigafactories now on stream in Europe
The European battery supply chain has grown rapidly in recent years, with several milestones for capacity reached in 2025, including mining, refining, and recycling
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Battery Technologies
New ‘drop in’ silicon materials for faster battery charging
Two manufacturing giants, BASF and Group14 Technologies, have partnered to develop a silicon-based anode that offers improved performance over traditional graphite versions
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Battery Technologies
Lower cost, faster-to-prototype custom batteries
Raeon has used its patented FloLock technology to create marine batteries that can be made to fit any space on board, reducing cost and improving lead-in times
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Propellers
Operational efficiency: The cleanest kilowatt is the one you never use
Ollie Taylor, Future Marine
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Battery Technologies
Batteries made with recycled materials are ‘as good as new
UK-based clean technology company Altilium has been conducting tests with materials recovered from scrapped vehicle batteries, with less than 1% variation from new ‘primary’ metals
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Battery Technologies
“Don’t write off combustion, write off fossil combustion”
Ollie Manser - MarineShift360
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Battery Technologies
Vehicle battery prices to fall by nearly 50% by next year
Big advances in technology and a drop in prices for some raw materials has led experts in the electric transport sector to predict that battery prices will almost halve by 2026
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Battery Technologies
AYK Energy supplies biggest ever retrofit battery
Marine battery maker AYK Energy is to supply a 10.4MWh system to upgrade an existing hybrid Ropax ferry operating on a ‘green’ coridoor
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Battery Technologies
EU-funded self-repairing battery technology
The latest silicon-graphite batteries contain a ‘secret sauce’ electrolyte that protects the anode and cathode and even allows for a degree of self-repair.
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Battery Technologies
Webinar outlines the approaching new Battery Passport rules
In August 2025, an EU declaration of a battery’s carbon footprint becomes mandatory for batteries over 2kWh, followed by a full battery passport in August 2027. Siemens will be holding a webinar on May 15th to outline the impact on OEMs
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Battery Technologies
Factorial, Stellantis reach solid-state battery milestone
Multinational automaker Stellantis and its US-based battery making partner Factorial Energy say they have successfully validated automotive-sized solid-state battery cells, bringing the industry closer commercializing high energy density batteries that promise faster charging and improved performance for electric vehicles (EVs).