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Oregon energy storage company Powin lands $135M investment to fuel growth globally

New money: Powin, an energy storage company based in Oregon, has received a $135 million investment to continue growing its… Read More

Startup funding cooldown: Here are the stats for Seattle and the Pacific NW for the first half of 2022

Tech startups in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest raised less than $4 billion in funding in the first half of… Read More

Norwegian maritime battery company says ‘ja’ to new manufacturing facility in Washington state

Corvus Energy, a Norway-based global leader in maritime batteries, is making a bet that U.S. demand for low-carbon ships and… Read More

Startup funding news: Inflection.io, Xemelgo, Joule Case, others raise fresh cash

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. Inflection.io New funding: Inflection.io, a Seattle marketing… Read More

Group14’s high performance battery technology gets super charged with $400M investment

Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $400 million in venture capital that will supercharge the commercialization of its battery technology.… Read More

Climate tech funding news: BattGenie works its magic; lithium refining startup gets Gates’ support

Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie The news: BattGenie — a startup… Read More

Former SpaceX employees raise $3M to build battery systems for fast-charging EV stations

New funding: Electric Era, a Seattle startup that is designing and building battery systems for electric vehicle charging stations, has… Read More

Pacific Northwest National Lab gets green light to design and build a $75M grid storage facility

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will begin designing and building a $75 million facility in Eastern Washington that will… Read More

Seattle-area startup Group14 raises $17M to charge up battery-enhancing tech

Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $17 million to expand development and sales of its silicon-carbon composite material that can… Read More

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QuantumScape pursues ‘breakthrough’ in lithium batteries — with tips from Bill Gates

Bill Gates isn’t just investing in QuantumScape’s potentially revolutionary lithium-metal battery technology — he’s giving the venture advice as well.… Read More

New startup Recurrent brings transparency to EV batteries, reducing risk in used car shopping

Used electric vehicle buyers can kick the tires and look under the hood of potential purchase, but what they really… Read More

Battery startup Joule Case lands $500K after making key pivot due to the pandemic

Joule Case, an Idaho-based battery tech startup producing stackable energy storage units, landed more than $500,000 in funding. The infusion… Read More

Battery innovation offers ‘mind-boggling’ growth opportunity as Pacific NW becomes a major player

As ribbons of smoke began curling out of the power outlets on their Joule Case battery stack, Alex Livingston and… Read More

Boeing and Safran give a boost to Electric Power Systems — and electric airplanes

Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Safran Corporate Ventures say they’ve made a joint investment in Utah-based Electric Power Systems, a company… Read More

Battery startup Group14 Technologies raises $14M to make materials for electric cars

A 3-year-old Seattle-area startup is raising cash to develop materials that improve batteries in electric vehicles. A new SEC filing… Read More

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Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures supports KoBold’s cobalt quest

KoBold Metals’ quest to find new sources of cobalt, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, has received high-profile backing from… Read More

Robert Masse

Geek of the Week: Univ. of Washington’s Robert Masse plugs into analytics to build better batteries

Robert Masse confesses that he didn’t always have an aptitude for science and technology, but that over time he’s become inspired… Read More

Cuberg CEO Richard Wang

Boeing HorizonX invests in Cuberg battery venture, targeting electric propulsion

Boeing’s HorizonX venture investment team says it has led a seed funding round for Cuberg, a California startup focusing on… Read More

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Australia powers up Tesla’s monster battery, with bigger boosts to come

South Australia’s state government turned on the switch for the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery today, marking a signal achievement for… Read More

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Tesla’s Elon Musk is thankful for beating deadline to build Australian mega-battery

It’s a rare day when Tesla CEO Elon Musk actually finishes a job before the deadline, but that’s what happened… Read More

Elon Musk’s tweets about a solar rescue plan spark interest from Puerto Rico

A Twitter conversation about beefing up Puerto Rico’s hurricane-hit power grid with solar power and heavy-duty batteries is turning into… Read More

Spacewalkers finish swapping batteries

Two astronauts made quick work of a battery upgrade today during the International Space Station’s second spacewalk in a week.… Read More

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough

Space station gets a boost from new lithium-ion batteries after spacewalk

The International Space Station got a power upgrade today when spacewalkers hooked three new lithium-ion batteries into the electrical system. NASA… Read More

BrightVolt raises $5M to open new funding round for ultra-thin, flexible batteries

BrightVolt, a Redmond, Wash., based startup developing ultra-thin batteries, announced the beginning of a Series B round of funding, starting… Read More

‘Tesla for Boats’: Seattle startup Pure Watercraft launches quiet, convenient electric outboards

Andy Rebele — investor, entrepreneur, and avid boater — enjoys a challenge. In 2011, Rebele founded Seattle-based Pure Watercraft to bring electric vehicle… Read More

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Lithium-air battery comes one step closer to electric car nirvana

A decade from now, we could all be driving low-cost electric cars for hundreds of miles without recharging, thanks to… Read More

Tesla in the house: Elon Musk’s new batteries aim to transform home, industry, and the grid

Tesla is taking the expertise it developed in creating batteries for its electric cars and scaling it up for homes… Read More

New devices? Apple seeks patents on curved and irregular battery shapes

Newly surfaced patent applications from Apple hint at plans for new types of devices — or at least new shapes… Read More

Battery breakthrough: New technology promises to triple lithium ion capacity

Remember those Energizer Bunny commercials touting batteries that kept going, and going, and going? Well, researchers at Washington State University have developed… Read More

10 minutes to charge phone: Graphene battery project named a top innovation

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., was recognized today for its work on a project that promises to significantly… Read More

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