Two next-generation battery material and cell manufacturers are cooperating to expedite solid-state battery development. LG Chem and Factorial Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, hoping ...

South Korea's LG Chem , an electric car battery supplier for Tesla Inc and GM said on Thursday it plans to separate its battery business into a new company as the electric vehicle market takes off.

LG Chem’s battery patent has been challenged in China, bringing its dispute in the country to a head. Patent clashes between Korean and Chinese manufacturers have intensified as the two countries vie ...

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Factorial Inc. (Factorial), an industry leader in the development of solid-state battery technology for electric vehicle (EV) applications, and LG Chem, a global leader ...

Thermal runaway that could lead to a rare but dangerous EV battery pack fire is not only a scary concept, but it's also the sort of fire that's incredibly difficult to put out as each battery cell ...

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd has announced it has developed a newtemperature-responsive material designed to suppress thermal runaway in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The company said the Safety ...

LG Chem has developed a new material that suppresses thermal runaway to prevent battery fires at an early stage. On the 1st, LG Chem announced that a research team at the Basic Technology Research ...

EV battery fires are back in the news as Hurricane Helene batters the southeastern United States, submerging EVs and sending some of their batteries into thermal runaway. Between them and the Tesla ...

South Korea-based LG Chem is responsible for the largest foreign direct investment in Tennessee history: the ongoing construction of a $3.2 billion factory that will make a key ingredient of batteries ...

Scientists at LG Chem have published research describing a new material designed to stop batteries from overheating. It is made of molecularly engineered polythiophene and carbon additives. The ...

Electric vehicles are statistically far less likely than gas-powered cars to catch fires. One study shows that gas cars are up to five times more prone to igniting. But when EVs do catch fires, they ...