EV batteries

EV batteries

An electric vehicle charging location is shown from the view of a drone in Oceanside, California, US, May 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Competing battery technologies shape the EV industry

China controls 85% of the global battery cell production, and 90% of processing of raw materials used in two lithium-ion variants that dominate today's EV market

What will it take to make EVs a real possibility?Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Making EV batteries is expensive. So now what?

Ford’s electric truck can power a home for three days

Ford’s electric truck can power a home for three days

A visitor uses binoculars to look across the site at a Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Almost three-quarters of the worlds lithium raw materials come from mines in Australia or briny lakes in Chile, giving them leverage with customers scrambling to tie-up supplies. The mining nations hope to bring refining and manufacturing plants that could help kickstart domestic technology industries. Photo: Bloomberg

There’s an unseemly rush to power EV batteries

Honda unveils e:N series electric concept cars

Honda unveils e:N series electric concept cars

Toyota logo is seen in Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, Japan, 24 October, 2019/ Reuters

Toyota to spend over $13.5 billion to develop EV batteries and supply systems by 2030