TANNER, AL—Alabama is building a state-of-the-art training center here to equip workers with the skills needed for electric vehicle production.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Engineers at the Chalmers University of Technology here have developed a massless energy storage device that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure.

CHEMNITZ, Germany—A European research project called COOLBat is developing next-generation battery enclosures for electric vehicles.

SPRING HILL, TN—Around 1,000 workers at Ultium Cells’ battery assembly plant here joined the United Auto Workers in September after a majority signed union cards.

CAMBRIDGE, England—According to a recent study conducted by ID TechEx, the lithium-ion battery market will surpass $400 billion by 2035.

GOLDEN, CO—Smart charge management deployment strategies vary nationwide, according to a new study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

SEOUL—Kia Corp. has opened a state-of-the-art factory that will enable it to ramp up production of electric vehicles.

Engineers at Rice University have developed a new method to extract purified active materials from lithium-ion battery waste.

Precision fluid dispensing ensures consistent quality and throughput.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy plans to invest an additional $3 billion to boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and materials.