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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL)

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL)

Battery Manufacturer

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Australia's grid-scale battery buildout

Built World

Partnering with Quinbrook on eight-hour duration storage

When Tesla built a 100-megawatt battery in South Australia in 2017, it was the world's largest. Eight years later, Australia has become the third-largest grid battery market globally, adding 8.6 gigawatt-hours of storage in 2025 alone—a tripling from the previous year. The country now has nearly 100 grid-forming battery projects in its development pipeline.

Updated Feb 17

MIT Technology Review's 25th annual breakthrough technologies list

New Capabilities

Launching mass production of sodium-ion batteries in 2026

MIT Technology Review dropped its 25th annual list of breakthrough technologies on January 12, 2026—250 predictions over a quarter century. This year's ten picks span sodium-ion batteries poised to power the next generation of cheap EVs, generative AI that's rewriting how software gets built, and personalized CRISPR treatments custom-made for individual babies. The list includes embryo screening for intelligence that's reigniting eugenics debates and hyperscale data centers devouring city-sized power loads to train AI models.

Updated Jan 12

The hidden crack problem destroying EV batteries

New Capabilities

World's largest EV battery manufacturer

On December 29, researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory published findings in Nature Nanotechnology that flip battery science on its head. Single-crystal lithium-ion batteries—designed specifically to avoid the grain-boundary cracking that plagued older batteries—are failing anyway. But they're cracking for the exact opposite reason scientists expected.

Updated Dec 30, 2025