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Q4 2025 Solid-State Batteries Patent Landscape: Sustained Momentum and New Entrants

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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 13, 2026 │ KnowMade is pleased to announce the availability of its Q4 2025 solid-state batteries intellectual property monitoring update, delivering a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of patenting activity worldwide. This quarterly release provides decision-makers with strategic insights into technology trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging innovators shaping the future of solid-state … Read more

Morrow ready for series production, consolidates operations and accelerates industrial partnerships

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(Arendal, 09.01.26) Morrow Batteries ASA (Morrow) is entering the final phase towards full‑scale series production, with production lines running and commercial deliveries starting. The company is now pursuing a “partnership‑first” strategy, seeking long‑term investments and strategic alliances to accelerate technology validation and secure offtake agreements. Upon declaring the commercial start of production (Commercial SOP), Morrow … Read more

Clarios and Altris Accelerate Sodium-Ion Innovation with Extended Strategic Partnership and Commitment to Serial Production

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Roadmap to commercial production of sodium-ion batteries planned before the end of the decade. Clarios, a global leader in advanced low-voltage battery solutions, today announced major steps forward in its sodium-ion strategy including an expanded partnership with Swedish battery innovator Altris underpinned by a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) focused on the Power Sodium platform. The … Read more

New strategic direction drives leadership change at Morrow Batteries

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(Arendal, Norway) After three years leading Morrow Batteries ASA (Morrow), Lars Christian Bacher is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer. Jon Fold von Bülow, one of the company’s founders, assumes the role of acting CEO as Morrow pursues a revised strategic direction. -We have mutually agreed that now is the right time for this transition. … Read more

Altris and Ligna Develops the World’s First Ultrathin Sodium-Ion Battery

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Altris is taking another step in building a smarter and more resilient European battery ecosystem. Together with Ligna, Jemac and RISE, the company is developing the world’s first ultrathin sodium-ion battery for next-generation connected electronics – an effort supported by Vinnova and fully developed in Sweden.  Together with Swedish partners Ligna and Jemac, Altris is … Read more

Leclanché SA Strengthens its Capital Structure through Debt-to-Equity Conversion

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YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland, 12th of December 2025 – Leclanché SA (the “Company”), (SIX:LECN), a global leader in energy storage solutions, specialised in heavy duty batteries for Marine and Rail customers, is pleased to announce a further strengthening of its balance sheet through an additional debt-to-equity conversion. The Company is now proceeding with the conversion of CHF 40.06 million in debt … Read more

Skeleton opens €220 million Leipzig factory to stabilise Europe’s electrical grid and AI infrastructure

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Leipzig, Germany – 28th November 2025: Skeleton Technologies has officially opened its €220 million SuperFactory in Markranstädt, near Leipzig. The facility is already delivering to Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy for European electrical grids, and to major US hyperscalers for AI infrastructure. With a fully European value chain, Skeleton’s supercapacitors use no lithium, cobalt, manganese, or … Read more

Teaming up for autonomy: Europe’s race to build its own battery power

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Gigafactories are key to Europe’s strategic autonomy, but years of outsourcing have left the continent reliant on foreign technology. This is why industry and research are now teaming up to regain control of the machines that power the transition. Because the experts’ warning is clear: “If we don’t produce batteries here, we’ll keep losing money … Read more

CATL, Stellantis break ground on battery plant in Spain

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Contemporary Star Energy, S.L., the joint venture created by Stellantis and CATL, today celebrated the groundbreaking of its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory in Zaragoza. This event marks the start of construction of one of Europe’s most advanced facilities, designed to operate as a carbon-neutral plant with a capacity of up to 50 GWh. … Read more

BASQUEVOLT kicks off EIC Accelerator project to drive solid-state battery electrolyte technology in Europe

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BASQUEVOLT has officially kicked off its European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator project, marking a major milestone in the company’s mission to accelerate the development and industrialisation of solid-state battery electrolyte technology in Europe. Selected by the European Commission’s EIC Accelerator programme, BASQUEVOLT is receiving strategic support and €2.5 million grant to advance the next generation … Read more