BIZARRE: 15 - You Need To See This

Sergei Pokrovsky Sheds Light on Why East Texas Is Emerging as the Next Lithium Hotspot

East Texas is emerging as a lithium hotspot. Sergei Pokrovsky of ETNR explains why geology, policy, and smarter royalties are key to unlocking its full value.

International Business Times · May 29, 2025

CATL Reveals Game-Changing Leap In Battery Endurance

The lifespan of lithium metal batteries (LMBs) has been doubled in testing while maintaining a very high energy density.

InsideEVs · May 29, 2025

ATC Founder on Why Ammonia and Micro Nuclear Reactors Could Power Agriculture's Next Revolution

Autonomous Tractor Corporation (ATC) founder Terry Anderson believes the key to fueling the future farm lies not in lithium batteries or diesel engines, but in something far older and surprisingly underutilized: ammonia.

International Business Times · May 22, 2025

GM’s Next-Gen EV Truck Battery Promises More Range, Lower Cost

General Motors and Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution have jointly developed a new lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery chemistry that promises to extend driving range and lower the cost of electric trucks. The new batteries will debut on GM’s models in 2028.

InsideEVs · May 13, 2025

What resources will US gain access to under Ukraine mineral deal? Expert Q&A

Ukraine and the US have signed a much-anticipated deal on natural resources. The deal would open up some of the war-torn country’s mineral and energy resources to the United States.

The Conversation · May 1, 2025

Why predicting battery performance is like forecasting traffic − and how researchers are making progress

Lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering large parts of the world, including electric vehicles and smartphones. They have revolutionized how people store and use energy. But as these batteries become more central to daily life, they bring more attention to the challenges of managing them and the energy they store safely,…

The Conversation · Apr 25, 2025

EVs could charge 500% faster in sub-freezing weather thanks to simple new manufacturing trick

New research shows how coating a battery with a razor-thin layer of lithium borate-carbonate can lead to a 500% boost in charging rates when temperatures fall below freezing.

LiveScience · Apr 24, 2025

'Savanna and the Mountain': How one rural Portuguese community fought a British lithium mining giant

The film, on general release across Portugal from this Friday, gives voice to a northern mountainous regional rural community that's fighting the lithium extraction project led by British mining company, Savannah Resources.

Euronews · Apr 24, 2025

CATL’s Sodium-Ion EV Battery Loves The Cold

The battery world wasn’t bullish about sodium-ion EV batteries until top Chinese battery companies went all in on the tech. Why bother with a new chemistry when lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) are already powering millions of EVs, are constantly improving, and are widely available?

InsideEVs · Apr 22, 2025

This common vegetable could help make electric vehicle batteries cheaper and longer-lasting

Protein from vegetable could extend lithium-sulphur battery life by hundreds of charge cycles

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025