Weekly Digest – July
22 August 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.
4 July
Insights & studies
- Greens/EFA plans to power the first electro-continent
- Hybrid Energy Storage SRIA from stoRIES
- Q2 2025 Market Update from IPCEI Accompanying Research
- Electric Vehicles in the Intelligent Age
- Robin Zeng Outlines Vision for Global Zero-Carbon Transition
- Evolution and/or disruption? On the Next FrameWork Programme from the European Parliament
Open consultations
- Provide your opinion: Innovation Fund
- Provide your Opinion: Critical Raw Materials Act
- Provide Your Input: Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act
From the lab
- ENERGETIC Results: Sensor-less estimation of battery temperature
- Economic and structural challenges of lithium-ion battery recycling in Europe
- Paving the Way for Next-Generation All-Solid-State Batteries: Dry Electrode Technology
Ecoosystem Developments
- Lyten Acquires Battery Energy Storage Systems Manufacturing from Northvolt
11 July
EU Investments and policies
- EU invests €852 million in six innovative electric vehicle battery projects
- New Rules for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and the recovery of materials from waste batteries
- Europe’s automotive industry at a crossroads
Insights & studies
- Lithium-ion batteries are moving from ground to sky. That changes everything.
- What is an EREV?
- Additives for Li-ion: The Critical but Overlooked Materials Shaping the Battery Industry
- Big data analytics for strategic decision-making across the battery value chain
- De Meo’s mid-level player Renault could be Europe’s automotive future
Ecosystem developments
- China Completes World’s Largest Vanadium Flow Battery Plant
- Daesung Machinery and Powall sign Memorandum of Understanding
Events
- BEPA Event: The Battery Startups Lunch
18 July
EU Policy
- The 2028-2034 EU Budget ( Proposal from the European Commission)
- BEPA Reaction to the New EU Budget Proposal
- Commission puts forward €175B budget for FP10
- Proposal for a Regulation Of The European Parliament And Of The Council establishing Horizon Europe
- Republic of Korea joins Horizon Europe
Insights & studies
- A Smart European Strategy for Electric Vehicle Investment from China
- E-mobility Magazine
Ecosystem developments
- BEPA members Geyser Batteries and BASQUEVOLT among 40 start-ups securing EIC support
- BEPA Member Lithium367 selected for Women TechEU
- BESS market overview H1 2025 by Iola Hughes
- China Tightens Grip on EV Battery Tech with New Export Controls
- General Motors and LG Energy Solution JV upgrade to produce LFP
26 July
Battery technologies (Sodium-Ion)
- Benchmarking state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery cells
- An advanced cathode for Na-ion batteries with high rate and excellent structural stability
Battery technologies (Solid-state)
- Research, development, and innovation insights for solid-state lithium battery
- Quasi-Solid-State Battery Breakthroughs
- Farasis Energy Begins Pilot Production
- Svolt Energy to begin trial production of semi-solid-state batteries
Insights & studies
- McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025
- Fire Risk, Loss Prevention, and the Future of Lithium Battery Maritime Transport
- Battery recycling market overview in H1 2025