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CATL unveiled a dual-electric range extension battery for heavy trucks on 20 October 2026, with agreements for 13,000 units signed.

Sumitomo Corporation began construction of a 62 MW, 291 MWh battery in Namie, Fukushima, due to operate in 2029.

Saft launched production on its solid-state lines in Bordeaux on 19 October 2026, after first cells went to Safran for aviation evaluation.

A coordinated PV and battery control scheme cuts voltage harmonic distortion from 22.36% to 1.53% in simulation and real time tests.

Ørsted says construction of its 300 MW, 600 MWh Iceni battery near Norwich is complete, with commissioning under way.

A Journal of Energy Storage study of a battery thermal management system with a pulsating heat pipe, fans and capacitors reports preheating a lithium-ion module from minus 30 °C to 0 °C in at most 461 seconds and holding hot modules within 2 °C.

A Journal of Energy Storage review of seven mature grid storage technologies reports pumped hydro at 201 GW in 2025, over 94 percent of global capacity, with round trip efficiencies running from 42 to 87 percent across the plants it describes.

A Journal of Energy Storage paper turns electric vehicle battery signals into text for a language model agent that diagnoses faults and drafts maintenance advice, tested on ten vehicles and judged by three experts, with accuracy figures not given in the abstract.

BMW began series production of Gen6 round cell batteries in Shenyang, its third battery plant after Debrecen and Irlbach-Straßkirchen, with two more plants due in the coming months and first long wheelbase iX3 deliveries reported for November.

PowerCell won a repeat order for 10 Marine System 225 fuel cell systems for two more GMI Group hydrogen electric bulk carriers, lifting the total to 24 systems and 5.4 MW across four vessels, with deliveries in 2027 and 2028.