Battery tech developments & impact on charging

Netherlands-based LeydenJar has successfully developed and produced lithium-ion batteries with a 100% silicon anode capable of delivering 500 charge-discharge cycles without requiring any external pressure, overcoming one of the key limitations of next-generation anodes.

Scania has its enhanced its e-mobility offering with the launch of a new extended e-machine for its battery-electric bus platform. 

ZOOZ Power, a provider of flywheel-based power boosters and energy management systems for enabling ultra-fast EV charging solutions, has shipped its first power-boosting system, the ZOOZTER-100, to China.

Battery-buffered ultra-fast charging technology company ADS-TEC Energy says that, despite a challenging global economic landscape in 2024, it successfully leveraged its platform solutions to navigate industry disruptions and grow its customer base.

UK-based battery pack and EV conversion kit specialist Fellten has announced the launch of Charge Qube, a rapidly deployable Mobile Battery Energy Storage System and Mobile Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Type-2 or CCS) designed to meet the EV charging needs of businesses, fleets and infrastructure projects.

Volkswagen says it has reached a new efficiency milestone while testing on a circuit in Nardò, southern Italy, after a VW ID.7 Pro S with a standard technology package and 210 kW (286 PS) covered a distance of 941km on just one battery charge (86 kWh net).

The global EV charger market size was valued at US$7.2bn in 2022 and is projected to reach US$91.2bn by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 29.3% from 2023 to 2032, according to a new report from Allied Market Research.

The batteries in electric vehicles are more durable than consumers sometimes fear, according to research by German testing organisation DEKRA.

Car maker Stellantis and Chinese battery manufacturer CATL have reached an agreement to invest up to €4.1bn to form a joint venture that will build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Zaragoza, Spain.