Battery supply chain

[Feb – 2026] Changan and CATL gear up for sodium ion battery launch

[Feb – 2026] LG Energy Solution to Acquire Full Ownership of NextStar Energy in Joint Strategic Decision with Stellantis

[Feb – 2026] Michigan AG asks Chinese battery maker Gotion to return $23.7 million after defaulting on US plant

[Feb – 2026] CATL’s sodium-ion batteries begin deployment in production-ready passenger vehicles

[Feb – 2026] Zimbabwe to host Africa’s first lithium sulphate plant, changing how it profits from minerals

[Feb – 2026] Chinese battery maker Sunwoda settles lawsuit with Geely unit

[Feb – 2026] Gotion, BASF Partner on Solid-state Battery Technology

[Feb – 2026] Stellantis-backed ACC shelves battery plant plans in Italy, Germany

[Feb – 2026] Stellantis-backed ACC drops plans for Italian, German gigafactories, union says

[Feb – 2026] China’s Huayou Cobalt Falls After Indonesian JV Agrees to Build NEV Battery Supply Chain With Local SOEs

[Feb – 2026] Lithium refinery shuts in another blow to ‘Made in Australia’

[Feb – 2026] Albemarle to idle Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant, flagging hard-rock cost pressures

[Feb – 2026] China FAW Installs Industry’s First Lithium-Rich Manganese Solid-Liquid Battery, Energy Density Exceeds 500Wh/kg

[Feb – 2026] Brazil-India Partnership Will Triple Lithium Refining Capacity

[Jan – 2026] Ford and Honda battery partnerships affected as energy companies divert EV battery investment to energy storage

[Jan – 2026] China Just Defined What “Solid-State” Batteries Are—Before Anyone Else Could

[Jan – 2026] LGES Terminates Multi-Billion-Dollar Contract with Freudenberg

[Jan – 2026] Struggling battery makers bet on ESS, AI, cost cutting to power 2026 rebound

[Jan – 2026] US battery autonomy will upend EV hierarchy

[Jan – 2026] China to control nearly 60% of critical minerals processing by 2030