Check out news from the battery industry from October 2025. We’ve compiled the biggest stories from October related to lithium ion batteries, battery manufacturing, recycling, safety and more!
A new factory in Moses Lake, WA will produce silicon-dominant anodes which can increase lithium-ion battery density by up to 20%.
With their Optimized Lithium & Graphite Recovery (OLiC) process Cylib is able to recover over 90% of critical materials from spent batteries. A massive new facility in Europe will utilize this technology to help Europe in it’s pursuit of raw materials independence.
At a rate nearly 3x the industry standard, Ateios Systems and Kodak’s electrode coating system could allow for up to 96% reduction in energy consumption, elimination of PFAS-based chemicals from the process, and recycle-ready electrodes.
Solid-state lithium-ion batteries promise improved safety, energy density and service life and every step forward is important. A new polymer drastically reduces the unstable interface commonly understood as a central problem of solid-state batteries.
Read More:https://www.electrive.com/2025/10/08/new-polymer-to-improve-solid-state-batteries/
Lithium battery manufacturing and recycling is one of the nation’s most critical and fast-growing technology sectors. Funded by National Science Foundation’s ExLENT a team of MIT and Clemson personnel are working to develop a strong workforce pipeline for the industry.
While typically safe, lithium-ion batteries used in the electronics we use daily can pose a fire hazard and the National Fire Protection Association wants users to understand how to handle, use, and properly recycle these products.
Shmuel De-Leon, CEO of De-Leon Energy, discusses solid state batteries and the importance of US support for battery development.
By removing the need for a dedicated anode structure, Panasonic can pack more capacity into a battery without increasing it’s size.