Hyundai Motor to Launch IONIQ V in China on September 29

On September 28, Samsung SDI said its integrated ESS solution, SBB 2.0, met all evaluation criteria in UL Solutions’ Large-Scale Fire Test (LSFT). The test examined whether a deliberately ignited fire in one container would spread to neighboring containers. Samsung SDI said the fire did not spread to nearby racks, and there was no gas release, explosion or rupture; the fire was extinguished without sprinkler activation. SBB 2.0 is Samsung SDI’s first ESS solution using LFP batteries and is scheduled to be produced at StarPlus Energy in Indiana, U.S.

[NIO's Li Bin: 4,125 battery swapping stations nationwide form an 8 GWh energy storage network] On September 27, NIO Chairman Li Bin said at the PowerUP2026 NIO Power Day event that NIO has put 4,125 battery swapping stations into operation, which can form an 8 GWh energy storage network to serve car owners and society at large. Li Bin noted that the 4,125th NIO battery swapping station has been put into operation at Sayram Lake. This battery swapping route starts from Xi'an, Shaanxi in the east and extends to Khorgos, Xinjiang in the west, spanning a total length of 3,605 kilometers with 33 battery swapping stations along the way. Once the route is fully connected, both NIO and Onvo owners will be able to experience long-distance pure electric travel with battery swapping along the Silk Road.

On September 23, Hunan Yuneng announced that its board of directors approved a resolution agreeing to raise the construction scale of the Spain project to an annual output of 70,000 tonnes of lithium battery cathode materials, adjust the total investment to approximately RMB1.65 billion equivalent, and authorize management to handle various specific matters related to the adjustment of the project investment scale.