Government plans incentives for battery component manufacturing to boost electric vehicle industryThe Indian government is considering incentives for battery component manufacturing to support the electric vehicle industry. The Ministry ...
09 Jan, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
"Low cost, high performance": Bhavish Aggarwal calls his EV battery 'Bharat Cell' a gamechanger for IndiaOla-founder Bhavish Aggarwal announced that the company has developed a cutting-edge lithium cell battery called the "Bharat cell." This ba...
07 Jul, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Beijing has a grip on global battery manufacturing. Here are India’s alternativesThe world depends on China for batteries because of the country’s material processing and battery production capacity. The effort is on to ...
18 Nov, 2023, 09.15 AM IST
Can the world make batteries for electric car without China?Despite billions in Western investment, China is so far ahead — mining rare minerals, training engineers and building huge factories — that...
30 May, 2023, 09.45 AM IST
How do electric vehicle batteries work?The cathode is the single most expensive element, accounting for up to a third of the cost of a battery cell. Most lithium ion batteries to...
15 Nov, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Epsilon Carbon's arm plans to raise Rs 1,200 croreThe company, which makes graphite anodes or negative terminals of lithium-ion cells used in electric vehicles (EV) and other consumer elect...
22 Oct, 2022, 12.53 AM IST
Epsilon Carbon subsidiary is scouting investors for EV cell material bizEpsilon Advanced Materials, a subsidiary of Epsilon Carbon, is looking to raise about Rs 1,200 crore from investors to fund its operations ...
21 Oct, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
Ola Electric unveils lithium-ion cell, mass production to begin by 2023Aggarwal tweeted, "Our first indigenously made Li-ion cell! The cell is the heart of the EV revolution. We need to make our own technology ...
12 Jul, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
Epsilon Carbon looks to make cathodes for lithium-ion cells amidst EV boom, ties up with US companyEpsilon Carbon has tied up with US-based The Metals Company to study the feasibility of extracting rare metals used in lithium-ion cells fr...
19 Apr, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Electric Vehicle battery makers are getting their hands on everythingThis is no longer just about higher-value and harder-to-get metals like lithium and cobalt. Supply shortages are coming for the entire EV b...
20 Jan, 2022, 10.15 AM IST
EV battery makers are getting their hands on everythingWith demand for batteries continuing to rise on the back of electric vehicle excitement, capacity in this part of the supply chain will nee...
19 Jan, 2022, 09.11 AM IST
Epsilon Advance Material entering cathode business, to invest about Rs 2,000 crore by 2025Epsilon has already invested close to Rs 200 crore in FY22 to make graphite anodes and have announced investments of Rs 2,000 crore to make...
07 Oct, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
New way to create fast-charging lithium-ion batteries discoveredA lithium-ion battery charges and discharges as lithium ions move between two electrodes, called an anode and a cathode.
16 Apr, 2019, 08.55 PM IST
New lightweight, efficient batteries developed by Chinese scientistsChinese scientists have developed a light weight, low-cost battery which performs better than lithium ion batteries that currently power sm...
26 Mar, 2016, 03.55 PM IST
Fast-charging, long-lasting, cheaper battery developedResearchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today.
07 Apr, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
Power-starved India may benefit from rechargeable magnesium batteryThere might be a silver lining to a looming dark cloud for power-starved India, thanks to a rechargeable magnesium battery developed at IIC...
06 Sep, 2014, 05.11 PM IST
Hyderabad scientists develop rechargeable magnesium battery"The rechargeable Magnesium battery has inherent advantages like eco-friendliness, cost effectiveness when compared to conventional acid ba...
04 Sep, 2014, 04.48 PM IST