162 interviews with the people building the battery industry. Search by guest, company, topic, or transcript.
Episode 162·3 August 2026·00:18:13·Feature
Siyu Huang, Factorial Energy
1,205 kilometres, and why the next cell does not go in a car
solid-state batterieslithium metal anodeFactorial Energyenergy densitydrones
Episode 161·24 July 2026·00:30:48·Feature
Matt Shen, CATL
You have the recipe and still cannot cook the same food
CATLEuropean battery manufacturingjoint venturesbattery talentsolid-state batteries
Episode 160·24 September 2025·00:58:19·Feature
Yann Vincent, Automotive Cells Company (ACC)
Until you master production, innovation is PowerPoint
ACCEuropean battery manufacturingcell costNMCLFP
Episode 159·4 August 2025·00:45:30·Feature
Vikram Handa, Epsilon Advanced Materials
Ten years to cash flow: building graphite outside China
synthetic graphitenatural graphiteanode materialsmeso-cokebattery supply chain
Episode 158·17 June 2025·00:40:55·Feature
Frank Blome, PowerCo SE
The unified cell, and the thirty years that led to it
battery manufacturingunified cellsolid-state batteriesLFPdry coating
Episode 157·23 April 2025·00:48:36·Feature
Niclas Lehnert, Pulsetrain
Every cell gets a switch, and the software decides
multi-level invertersbattery management systemspowertrain integrationbattery ageingvehicle-to-grid
Episode 156·10 April 2025·00:55:10·Feature
Lord Adair Turner, Energy Transitions Commission
Every constraint people worried about turned out not to be one
energy storagelong duration storageLFPsodium-ioniron-air
Episode 155·18 March 2025·00:41:01·Feature
Julia Poliscanova, Transport & Environment (T&E)
Twelve months to decide whether Europe has a battery industry
EU industrial policystate aidCritical Raw Materials Acttechnology transferbattery joint ventures
Episode 154·24 December 2024·00:23:12·Feature
Dr. Xi Dou, Hytzer Energy
A polymer route to solid state, and why it scales
solid-state batteriespolymer electrolytein-situ polymerisationthermal runawaybattery safety
Episode 153·3 December 2024·00:16:25·Feature
Ken Hoffman, McKinsey & Company
Pack efficiency, transistors, and why copying China fails
battery materialspack efficiencychina ev competitionlithium pricesdirect lithium extraction
Episode 152·23 November 2024·00:35:07·Feature
Celina Mikolajczak, Lyten
The cheapest cathode, and what scrap does to a cell business
lithium sulfurlytencell manufacturingscrap ratesgigafactory
Episode 151·16 November 2024·00:21:05·Feature
Lie Shi, AM Batteries
The hundred-metre oven, and how to remove it
dry electrode coatingelectrostatic depositionNMPsolvent-free manufacturingPTFE binders
Episode 150·9 November 2024·00:20:30·Feature
Dr Rashi Gupta, Vision Mechatronics
A second life battery priced like a lead acid one
second-life batteriesenergy storage in indialithium-ionbattery safetybattery standards
Episode 149·2 November 2024·00:18:29·Feature
Uday Narang, Omega Seiki Mobility
Three wheelers first, cell manufacturing later
electric vehiclesIndiathree wheelerstwo wheelersOmega Seiki Mobility
Episode 148·26 October 2024·00:11:33·Feature
Debmalya Sen, World Economic Forum
From 0.2 to 200 gigawatt hours in six years
energy storageBESSIndiaenergy storage tenderspeak management
Episode 147·21 October 2024·00:11:29·Feature
Sebastian Wolf, PowerCo SE
We are not the teachers any more
unified cellPowerCoVolkswagenLFPNMC
Episode 146·15 October 2024·00:18:01·Feature
Antonio Montoto Rojo, Greenvolt Power
A 1.4 gigawatt portfolio, and the contracts underneath it
energy storageBESSGreenvolt Powercapacity marketsPoland
Episode 145·28 September 2024·00:18:38·Feature
Gloria Zhang, Global Resource Connect Asia
The mine takes five years, the plant takes two
australiacritical mineralslithiumrare earthsnickel
Episode 144·21 September 2024·00:12:18·Feature
Glenn Penaranda, Philippine Trade and Investment Center
The nickel is there, the processing is not yet
philippinesnickelcritical mineralsev tariffsbattery materials
Episode 143·14 September 2024·00:08:30·Feature
Dr Ing Ulrich Ehmes, Theion
The cathode material that costs twenty cents a kilo
lithium sulfur batteriessulfur cathodecathode active materialenergy densitybattery cost
Episode 142·7 September 2024·00:28:27·Feature
Henry Sanderson, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Mine to battery, and the emissions in between
battery supply chaincritical raw materialslithium refininggraphitecobalt
Episode 141·31 August 2024·00:14:04·Feature
Eric Nhodza, Lithium Association of Zimbabwe
Everything up to battery grade, inside Zimbabwe
lithiumZimbabwecritical mineralshard rock lithiumspodumene
Episode 140·24 August 2024·00:36:34·Feature
Michael Liebreich, Liebreich Associates
The learning rate was always 20%
battery learning rateclean energy financeBloombergNEFESGcritical minerals
Episode 139·17 August 2024·00:35:26·Feature
Sam Cooper, Imperial College London
There are no big data battery papers
machine learningbattery datamicrostructureelectrode manufacturingmaterials discovery
