Industry Overview - In the first four months of 2025, global sales of new energy vehicles reached 5.39 million units, a year-on-year increase of 29%, driving the installed capacity of power batteries to approximately 285.1 GWh, which represents a 36% year-on-year growth. China's power battery installed capacity accounted for 60.9% of the global total, with six out of the top ten companies being Chinese. The highest growth rate was seen in Honeycomb Energy, which increased by 68% year-on-year. The global installed capacity of lithium iron phosphate power batteries grew by 63% year-on-year, primarily driven by the continuous growth in the installation of lithium iron phosphate power batteries in China [2]. Company Developments - Ruite New Materials announced that its solid-state battery electrolyte materials have begun to generate sales, although the revenue share remains small. The company collaborates with several domestic and international solid-state lithium-ion battery enterprises, but the solid-state battery technology, product, and business routes still require further development [4]. - Hicharge Energy announced the mass production of the world's first 1,000 Ah long-duration energy storage battery, the ∞Cell 1175Ah, marking a new phase in the large-scale application of long-duration energy storage [6]. - Zhengli New Energy's 25 GWh automotive power lithium battery project at the Galaxy B District base has been capped, with the first phase expected to commence production in the fourth quarter of 2025. The total investment for this project is 10 billion yuan, covering an area of 800 acres with a building area of 650,000 square meters [8]. - Tinci Materials announced an investment agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to build an integrated production base for electrolytes and raw materials, with an annual production capacity of 150,000 tons of electrolyte products. The total investment is expected to be approximately 2.8 million USD [11]. Strategic Partnerships - Tailan New Energy and Nandu Power signed a cooperation agreement for "super safe energy storage application scenarios" in Shanghai, aiming to integrate Tailan's Safe+ solutions with Nandu's energy storage system technology to establish a new benchmark for safety in the energy storage industry [10]. - EcoPro BM, a South Korean battery materials manufacturer, announced the suspension of its CAD 1.2 billion (approximately 6.3 billion yuan) battery materials factory construction project in Quebec, Canada, due to uncertainties in the electric vehicle and battery industry, particularly challenges posed by U.S. tariff policies [13].