June 2021 saw ABBA BidCo, a subsidiary of BorgWarner, acquire 89.08% of Darmstadt-based battery producer, AKASOL, for USD648m. 

Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan, USA and SK Innovation Inc, of Seoul, South Korea, part of SK Energy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture company – to be called BlueOvalSK – to manufacture battery cells in the USA.

DAFO Energy Storage Protection is participating in a project together with the Swedish electronic testing solutions company, Wireflow, to develop a system for battery cell testing.

Aludyne Inc of Southfield, Michigan has acquired the CastLight division from Shiloh Industries Inc of Valley City, Ohio. CastLight custom die casting solutions provides a full line of advanced engineered products in both aluminium and magnesium.

BYD Co Ltd of Shenzhen is to introduce what it calls new Blade Battery technology, which it claims will revolutionise EV development.

Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, has entered a five-year supply agreement for battery power systems with Romeo Power Inc, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Volvo Group has signed definitive agreements to acquire 60% of Designwerk Technologies AG, an engineering company in Winterthur, Switzerland which develops and sells electromobility products and engineering services.

Daimler Buses, a division of Daimler Trucks AG of Stuttgart, has delivered the first two articulated eCitaro G buses featuring new generation lithium-ion batteries to Hanover operator, ÜSTRA.

Thermo King of Galway, Ireland (a brand of Trane Technologies Inc), has launched a new battery pack designed specifically for the company’s E-200 fully-electric refrigeration units.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg have produced a structural battery claimed to perform ten times better than all previous versions.

The Lion Electric Company, a Canadian manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, is investing in the construction of a battery manufacturing plant and innovation centre in Quebec.

Volta Trucks, a start-up manufacturer of 16-ton gvw electric trucks under the brand name of Volta Zero, has selected California-based Proterra, as its battery supplier.