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—·Chips, power, and the grid
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Placeholder for the owner: write a short, sourced introduction to battery cells coverage. Published stories are listed below. Do not add unsourced history or figures.
Batteries · Oct 21, 2026, 23:45
MOT received a 10.1 billion won order for assembly equipment on Samsung SDI's third US LFP energy-storage line at StarPlus Energy, per The Elec, as an NCA line is rebuilt for larger LFP cells.
Batteries · Oct 21, 2026, 22:45
Gotion High-Tech's new CTB truck pack offers 400 to 700 kWh, 250 Wh/L and a 943 mm height, and the company says it makes the vehicle about 400 kg lighter.
Batteries · Oct 21, 2026, 21:52
CATL's new 1+X truck battery system combines a swappable 432 or 513 kWh main pack with a fixed 77 kWh range extender, with 13,000 initial units from 14 partners, electrive reported.
Batteries · Oct 21, 2026, 21:38
Tesla's Q3 letter says battery availability limited vehicle volumes while Megafactory Texas began production with 50 GWh of planned capacity and storage deployments reached 13.7 GWh, as data center demand pulls on Megapack.