batteries

In this contributed blog, Chris Hazell, co-founder and CEO of battery pack manufacturer Fellten, looks at the challenges slowing down the transition to EVs and the novel technologies overcoming them.

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that the battery market continues to go from strength to strength, especially for EV batteries.

Mercedes-Benz has begun road testing a solid-state EV battery system developed in partnership with US-based Factorial Energy.

As the UK moves towards Clean Power 2030, the integration of battery storage systems will be a key component of this “Herculean” effort.

A coalition of battery storage developers, including Zenobē, Eelpower, Harmony Energy and Field Energy, has penned a letter to the UK government and ESO ahead of its transformation to a National Energy System Operator (NESO).

An innovation trial led by UK Power Networks (UKPN) in partnership with energy supplier OVO and tepeo, an electric boiler provider, has found that heat battery technology would “significantly” help the UK meet net zero targets by 2050.

A programme led by Nissan will build UK research and development (R&D) capability and strengthen the technical expertise of UK teams around zero emissions vehicles and batteries.

The site where Britishvolt failed to build a battery factory is to be bought by US private equity firm Blackstone Group.

The UK government unveiled a £4.5 billion funding package last week to be allocated to sectors including offshore wind, EVs and batteries.

Jaguar Land Rover's parent company Tata Group are to build a £4 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Somerset, the UK government says.