Prime Minister Mark Carney announces 49,000 #EVs to receive a 6% import tariff annually in Chinese trade deal.

Finally, Canada’s automakers will experience direct competition to push them out of their outdated business models, and consumers will be able to access leading EV technology. Perhaps EVs with low cost #sodiumbatteries?

#Canada #automakers #ev #batteries #China #Canpoli #ClimateChange #tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces 49,000 #EVs to receive a 6% import tariff annually in Chinese trade deal.

Finally, Canada’s automakers will experience direct competition to push them out of their outdated business models, and consumers will be able to access leading EV technology. Perhaps EVs with low cost #sodiumbatteries?

#Canada #automakers #ev #batteries #China #Canpoli #ClimateChange #tariffs

Speculative, but interesting.

https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automotive/article/55343174/donut-labs-solid-state-battery-may-be-real
#batteries

Speculative, but interesting.

https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automotive/article/55343174/donut-labs-solid-state-battery-may-be-real
#batteries

What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025

https://scotthelme.co.uk/what-a-year-of-solar-and-batteries-really-saved-us-in-2025/

#HackerNews #solar #energy #batteries #sustainability #2025 #climate #change

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2026/01/07/production-ready-solid-state-battery-promises-five-minute-ev-charging/

IF Donut are not lying their socks off
AND their claims for its performance are accurate
AND their claims about its materials are true
AND they are about to sell it in a product so people can tearit done and confirm it.

THEN they may have built a viable pseudo-capacitor technology.

Which would be fucking amazing!

#batteries #energy #energytransition

With electric vehicles becoming a realistic option for Japanese consumers, battery recycling holds the key to the further spread of EVs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/10/battery-recycle-japan-ev/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #batteries #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #recycling

Nearly 60% of people in Japan do not know how to properly dispose of mobile batteries, while fires involving batteries are on the rise, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/mobile-battery-disposal-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #batteries #surveys

LA Times: New California fee targets batteries in PlayStations, power tools and singing cards

"...With the start of the new year, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a product with a nonremovable battery — whether it’s a power tool, a PlayStation or even a singing greeting card.

The 1.5% surcharge, capped at $15, expands a recycling program that’s been quietly collecting old computer monitors and TVs for two decades...."

(paywall)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-04/new-california-fee-targets-batteries-in-playstations-power-tools-singing-cards

#climate #batteries #electronics

LA Times: New California fee targets batteries in PlayStations, power tools and singing cards

"...With the start of the new year, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a product with a nonremovable battery — whether it’s a power tool, a PlayStation or even a singing greeting card.

The 1.5% surcharge, capped at $15, expands a recycling program that’s been quietly collecting old computer monitors and TVs for two decades...."

(paywall)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-04/new-california-fee-targets-batteries-in-playstations-power-tools-singing-cards

#climate #batteries #electronics

One thing people seem to forget when assessing Na-ion Vs Li-ion is operating temperatures. While LFP may still be cheaper (due to existing scale) BESS applications using Na-ion can run with passive cooling.

This significantly reduces balance-of-system costs and massively reduces opex over the system's life.

So I expect to see Na-ion make big inroads into BESS starting in 2026/27.

#batteries #energytransition #bess #sodiumion

New "paper battery" deploys cellulose fibers to cut costs, improve performance.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/02/one-step-closer-to-the-compostable-ev-battery-of-the-future/

#evs #evbattery #batteries #energystorage #paperbattery #woodbattery #ecofriendly #plantbased #biobased #biodegradable #bioeconomy #circulareconomy #biomaterials #paper #cellulose #sustainable #sustainability #supplychain #innovation #startups

New "paper battery" deploys cellulose fibers to cut costs, improve performance.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/02/one-step-closer-to-the-compostable-ev-battery-of-the-future/

#evs #evbattery #batteries #energystorage #paperbattery #woodbattery #ecofriendly #plantbased #biobased #biodegradable #bioeconomy #circulareconomy #biomaterials #paper #cellulose #sustainable #sustainability #supplychain #innovation #startups

The government has released a package of measures aimed at eliminating serious lithium-ion battery fires by 2030, following a series of incidents involving the batteries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/lithium-battery-fires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #batteries #environmentministry #waste

The Pentagon and AI giants have a weakness. Both need China’s batteries, badly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/world/politics/china-battery-reliance-pentagon-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #batteries #china #us #ai #datacenters #tech #electricvehicles

A revamp of China's electricity market is boosting the economics of storing power right when international demand is surging, sparking a boom for the Chinese energy storage manufacturers that already globally dominate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/tech/china-reforms-battery-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #batteries #tech #artificialintelligence #trade

This is wild. $65/MWh starts to make these #nuclear and methane powered options look very uneconomical.

https://electrek.co/2025/12/12/battery-storage-hits-65-mwh-tipping-point-solar/

#solar #batteries