BEPA Weekly Digest – October
25 October 2025
The BEPA Team has carefully selected some of this months news items to keep our community in the loop of the latest news from the battery ecosystem.
3 October
Insights & Studies
- Hybrid Energy Storage: Case Studies for the Energy Transition
- Moneyball & Moonshots: Strategies for Innovation in the Battery Industry
- AI unlocks the manufacturing secrets of LMFP
- A room temperature rechargeable all-solid-state hydride ion battery
- Direct Recycling of Degraded LiFePO4 Cathode Material
New Developments
- 43 million tonnes: One of the world’s largest lithium projects found in Germany
- New BMW Site in Hungary is Starting Point for Gen6 Batteries
- Siemens builds battery plant for rail vehicles in Bavaria
10 October
New Developments
- China Implements Export Controls on Lithium Batteries and Key Materials, Covering High-End Batteries and Artificial Graphite Anodes
- Ampere inaugurates its Battery Cell Innovation Laboratory
- Chinese FDI transactions in electric vehicles data
Insights & Studies
- China’s “4th Battery Cycle”? The World Can’t Catch Up
- From Gigafactories to Collaborative Ecosystems: Rethinking Battery Manufacturing in Europe
- Toyota, Sumitomo Metal Make Advances In Cathode Materials For Solid-State Batteries
- High Plating Currents Without Dendrites at The Interface Between a Lithium Anode and Solid Electrolyte