The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded USD 42 million in funding for 12 projects as part of its Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program which aims to improve the domestic supply of batteries for EVs and thereby expand EV adoption in the country.

Among the companies awarded funding was 24M Technologies, a semi-solid lithium-ion battery developer, which received USD 3.2 million in funding to develop low-cost and fast-charging sodium metal batteries with good low-temperature performance. Solid Power, a solid-state battery developer, also received USD 5.6 million in funding to develop a 3D-structured Li metal anode and sulfur composite cathode for high-energy and fast-charging EV battery cells.

Other companies, universities, and national laboratories selected included Ampcera, Project K, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Ohio State University, Sandia National Laboratories, South 8 Technologies, Tyfast Energy, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Zeta Energy.