SHANGHAI/SEOUL : Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) has supplied electric vehicle (EV) batteries to South Korea’s Kia Corp, the companies said on Thursday, marking Kia’s first use of non-Korean EV batteries for sales at home.

Scientists world over have been striving to develop safer, higher-capacity, and faster charging rechargeable batteries which can keep the volatile metallic structure in them intact. There are several challenges before these batteries can be widely used in practical applications.

LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Britishvolt said on Wednesday that Monaco-based Scorpio Group had made a strategic investment in the electric vehicle (EV) battery startup and the two companies will research battery power and storage options for maritime shipping.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced up to US$ 45 million in funding to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Through DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries.

Energy storage is the key to unlocking Earth’s vast wind and solar energy resources, but limitations associated with lithium-ion batteries, the technology of choice to date, are driving demand for alternatives. Li-ion technology is facing new challenges in its supply chain in addition to well-known operational constraints, safety risks and environmental impacts.

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