Its framework shows that, instead of replacing a battery that can represent 40% of the car’s total value, it could be economically repaired, and it calls on the industry to adopt new standards with the potential to reduce insurance premiums through lower total loss rates and improved salvage values.
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The automaker and solid-state battery tech supplier plan to integrate Factorial’s FEST solid-state battery technology into Karma’s next-generation vehicle platform, beginning with the all-electric Kaveya super-coupe scheduled to arrive in late 2027.
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The £1.4 million investment round will enable the battery startup to apply its dry-coating technology, already proven on NMC cathodes, to solve the complex challenges of dry-coating LFP cathodes and graphite anodes and offer a cleaner, more efficient alternative, with lower energy usage.
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The startup’s chemistry-agnostic Dectravalve keeps every module and cell in an EV’s battery pack at a consistent temperature, allowing battery operation closer to limits, reducing a typical 30-min fast charge to just 10 min, enabling 10% more range, and extending battery life by reducing cell stress.
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British sports car manufacturer’s first lightweight electric sports coupe concept made an appearance at the IAA Mobility 2025 show in Munich thanks to a partnership with Taiwan battery technology pioneer Xing Mobility Inc. and its Immersio cell-to-pack immersion cooled battery technology.
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The San Jose, CA-based lithium-sulfur battery innovator announced it will add to its previous Northvolt acquisitions with the Ett, Labs, and Drei facilities, and all remaining Northvolt intellectual property, the newly acquired assets developed with over $5 billion in capital investment.
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The partners successfully validated automotive-sized solid-state-battery cells with 375-W·h/kg energy density, a major step toward commercial use with Stellantis planning a demonstration fleet by 2026, and Factorial’s CEO answers a few Futurride questions regarding her company’s breakthrough technology.
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The next-gen lithium manganese iron phosphate cathode active materials were shown to deliver significant improvements in usable energy capacity at high discharge rates, with prototype pouch cells tested by QinetiQ showing 99% capacity retention at 2C and 92% capacity retention in 5C discharge.
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The German OEM’s passenger car and Formula One engineers have teamed up to develop and patent a solid-state battery pack with cells from Boston-based solid-state battery leader Factorial Energy, with road tests in a slightly modified “1000-km” EQS test car starting this month.
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Development is accelerating as the company at CES 2025 showed its Pininfarina-refined design and announced a battery-supply and -manufacturing deal with LG Energy Solution and CTNS, and a week later revealed a deal to supply its solar-panel technology to fellow EV startup Telo.
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