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Announcement

A High-Performance Anode Composite for Lithium-Ion Batteries from Recycled Graphite

X-BATT and Semplastics, innovators in energy storage solutions, are happy to announce a new collaboration with Princeton NuEnergy and the Battery Innovation Center, leading players in the energy domain. Together, the parties aim to transform the energy storage landscape. This joint initiative has been recognized and supported by a Phase II Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) Grant through the Department of Energy, emphasizing its potential impact and significance.

Announcement

Battery Innovation Center Choses Proven Leader to Guide Expansion and Support New Era of Growth

Les Alexander comes to BIC with more than 25 years of executive leadership experience in the commercial and national security sectors, most recently serving as Vice President of Government and Defense R&D at Navitas Systems an East Penn Company. Prior to starting his business career, he served the country for 12 years as an officer in the United States Navy rising to the level of Lieutenant Commander.

electric car charging battery at ev charger station
Business

Competition in Midwest to attract EV manufacturers heats up

“One of the most attractive things about the BIC is our vertical integration,” says CEO Ben Wrightsman. “We are one of the few facilities that offers the ability to take your material and put it into the very first battery, and handle it all the way through to the end of its life. We can build it, test it, help you get it into products and applications, certify it and help you to understand risks – and as the product ages, we can help with second use or recycling all the way back to the raw material.”

Event

Indiana economic development trip to Japan and the Republic of Korea

The state, which will be joined by Dave Roberts, CEO of the Applied Research Institute, and Ben Wrightsman, CEO of the Battery Innovation Center, will showcase Indiana’s leadership in energy storage, electrification, electric vehicles and the industry’s supply chain, targeting new business prospects and investment opportunities.

Electric Vehicle Product Commission_Executive Summary
Business

Indiana Electric Vehicle Products Commission Annual Report

The Indiana Electric Vehicle Products Commission’s first report on Indiana’s EV products landscape puts our Hoosier state at the front of the pack for engaging industry.

The Automotive Industry initiated the beginning of a technical revolution in Indiana by cultivating research and pioneering products over the course of many decades. Although the local
automotive industry boom has grown immensely recently, Hoosier leaders have been developing the culture of innovation tediously with substantial attention to detail and rising trends.

Business

Marine News – Batteries: Ready to Scale Up

In an interview Wrightsman commented that maritime
battery applications, indeed, have reached an off-the-shelf
status, but he still characterized the U.S. market as “pilot
scale”, at least compared to European and Asian markets.
Wrightsman said that the battery supply chain presents
challenges. Lithium costs have increased, and future demand
will add pricing pressures. Raw materials are available
today, but he expects supply risks by 2030. “If you
don’t change anything,” he noted, with particular reference
to the U.S. regulatory process, “we run risks of shortages.
We need domestic production.”

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