Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Battery Matters
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Battery Matters
Battery Matters episodes
- Episode #2 Q3 - Materials in the race | Guests Sophie & Steen from CarbonXBattery Q3 2026 recap live from Detroit, and why graphite is the next battlegroundLive from The Battery Show North America in Detroit, Christoph Lienemann (Battery News) and Lauren Allanson (Volta Foundation) break down the third quarter of 2026. LFP keeps taking over energy storage. Solid-state moves from pilot lines toward mass production. And Europe’s new gigafactories are increasingly built on Asian capital. Then the spotlight turns to the material nobody talks about: graphite, the heaviest component in every battery and almost entirely processed in China. Our guest from CarbonX explains how a Delft spin-off wants to make anode material inside existing carbon black plants, and what that means for supply chains in Europe and the US.54 min
- Episode #1 Q2 - The race is on | Guest Sebastian WolfSebastian Wolf on Lithium's Comeback, Europe's Industrial Pivot, and What It Really Takes to Scale a Battery Company
Battery Matters | Episode 1: "Execution Is Everything"
Hosted by Lauren Allanson and Christoph LienemannGuest: Sebastian Wolf, Founder & CEO, WLF Energy (formerly COO, PowerCo / Volkswagen Group)Released: 9 June 2026 | Recorded at The Battery Show Europe, Stuttgart58 min
About Battery Matters
From the publisher's feed
Battery Matters
A podcast by Volta Foundation × Battery-News.com
Batteries are no longer just a technology story.
They are the infrastructure of the energy transition — the deciding factor in who leads the next industrial era, which supply chains survive, and how fast the world decarbonises.
Battery Matters is the podcast for everyone who needs to understand where the battery industry is really heading.
Each quarter, co-hosts Lauren Allanson of the Volta Foundation and Christoph of Battery-News.com bring together the most important developments in battery technology, manufacturing, policy, and markets — and sit down with the leaders, builders, and investors shaping what comes next.
Expect rigorous data, honest analysis, and conversations that go beyond the headlines. No hype. No spin. Just the intelligence that matters for anyone building, funding, researching, or betting on the battery industry.
Battery Matters is a collaboration between two institutions at the centre of the global battery ecosystem: the Volta Foundation, dedicated to accelerating battery science through research and data, and Battery-News.com, the home of global battery industry intelligence.
Whether you are an engineer, an executive, a policymaker, or simply someone who believes the energy transition depends on getting batteries right — this show is for you.
Because batteries matter. And so do the decisions made around them.