Battery tech startup Offgrid Energy Labs raises $15 million in round led by Archean Chemical IndustriesExisting investor Ankur Capital participated in the round. The Noida-based startup will use the fresh funds to set up a pilot manufacturing...
02 Sep, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Big worry for Tesla: China's Huawei shocks auto industry with 3,000 km EV battery that charges in just 5 minutesHuawei EV battery is making headlines with its groundbreaking claim—a solid-state battery that delivers over 3,000 km range on a single cha...
15 Jul, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Powering India’s energy future: Why it’s time to bet big on sodium-ion batteriesThe biggest advantage of SIBs lie in the abundance of Sodium, one of Earth's most plentiful elements. While LIBs are currently cheaper, SIB...
26 May, 2025, 02.58 PM IST
EVs likely to hit 30-35% of annual vehicle sales in India by FY30The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is in full throttle and EVs could hit 30-35 per cent of annual vehicle sales in India by FY30, though ...
26 Jan, 2025, 10.45 AM IST
The rise of a technological powerhouse: China threatens trade war with electric car dominanceChina's rise to dominance in the electric vehicle sector, especially in battery technology, stems from groundwork laid in the United States...
15 Aug, 2024, 06.10 PM IST
China built tech prowess using chemistry classes and research labsChina's electric car dominance began with early battery research in Texas. Chinese companies have since optimized battery performance and m...
15 Aug, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
Nobel laureate John Goodenough, who co-created lithium-ion battery, passes away at 100John Goodenough, one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on the development of the lithium-ion battery, passed...
27 Jun, 2023, 08.31 AM IST
Lithium shortages could hand salt a starring role in EV shiftWith both supply and demand for battery metals growing at a breakneck pace, forecasting the path of future growth in the industry has prove...
09 Jun, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
EV battery makers race to develop cheaper cell materials, skirting ChinaThe EVs of the future — those arriving after 2025 — could shift to sodium ion or lithium sulfur battery cells that could be up to two-third...
15 Nov, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
Log 9 Materials raises $2 million from Petronas VenturesLog 9 Materials will utilise the capital to launch and scale its fast-charging lithium-ion battery technology, which it claims can fully ch...
08 Oct, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
The next best electric car battery is here, cheaper than everThe sodium-based batteries aren’t going to take electric cars any further than lithium can. Not anytime soon, at least. However, the materi...
16 Sep, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Amara Raja Batteries to pick up 11.36% stake in Log 9 for Rs 37 croreWhile providing an impetus to the research and development work at ongoing projects of Log 9, ARBL is expected to be the primary partner fo...
09 Aug, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Amara Raja Batteries to pick up 11.36% stake in Log 9 for Rs 37 CrThe investment will boost development of indigenous technologies in India's nascent advanced battery sector for fast emerging storage and m...
09 Aug, 2021, 12.06 PM IST
- Electricity-from-water scientist seeks commercialisation of invention
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) A top scientist at National Physics Laboratory (NPL) here has said that industry should come forward to commercial...
20 Dec, 2016, 02.05 PM IST
How IISc professor's hybrid supercapacitor can store electricity & run electric cars in futureEnergy policies have a tint of legacy, as they have not been framed considering renewable energy and storage in mind.
30 Aug, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
How IISc professor's hybrid supercapacitor can store electricity & run electric cars in futureEnergy policies have a tint of legacy, as they have not been framed considering renewable energy and storage in mind.
30 Aug, 2014, 08.36 AM IST
Indian-origin develops paper electrode for sodium-ion batteryThe research marks the first time that such a flexible paper electrode was used in a sodium-ion battery as an anode that operates at room t...
30 Jan, 2014, 05.36 PM IST