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Business Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Pure Lithium Founder & CEO Emilie Bodoin Recognized for Trailblazing Woman of the Year at 2025 Volta Foundation Awards at 17
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pure Lithium Corporation, a disruptive vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, is pleased to announce that its Founder, Chairman & CEO, Emilie Bodoin received special recognition for Trailblazing Woman of the Year Award Sponsored by ExxonMobil at the 2025 Fastmarkets Volta Awards Ceremony, in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 24. This award celebrates an exceptional female leader who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, vision, and impact within her industry. It recognizes achievements in driving innovation, fostering diversity, and inspiring others while making significant contributions to her organization. 'I am truly honored to receive special recognition for this award. One of the best things about my role is the opportunity to lead by example and encourage and inspire women and girls who may not yet recognize their potential. To all of my fellow nominees and women in this space, I commend your hard work and resulting accomplishments,' said Bodoin. In 2024, Pure Lithium won the Volta Best New Project Award, in addition to the Fastmarkets Battery Raw Material Shark Tank competition. About Pure Lithium Pure Lithium is a disruptive lithium metal battery technology company led by inventor and lithium expert, CEO Emilie Bodoin, and world-renowned battery and metallurgical expert, MIT Emeritus Professor Donald R. Sadoway, as full-time CSO. The Company's novel Brine to Battery™ technology combines metal extraction and anode production, unlocking unconventional sources of lithium. The resulting pure lithium metal anode is the core component of our lithium metal vanadium oxide battery, a step-change improvement over today's lithium-ion technology in cell performance, cost, and safety. Additionally, the battery is free of graphite, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. For more information, visit or email news@ About Volta Awards The Volta Awards are the premier global celebration recognizing excellence and groundbreaking achievements across the entire battery supply chain ecosystem. From cutting-edge innovations and sustainability breakthroughs to exceptional leadership, this event is the pinnacle of recognition in our industry.
Business Wire
26-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Pure Lithium and CEO Emilie Bodoin Recognized for Innovations at Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pure Lithium Corporation, a disruptive vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2025 Reuters Global Energy Transition award for R&D Achievement. The award, presented at a June 24 th ceremony in New York, recognizes research and development projects that promote a science-oriented energy transition while yielding promising potential and achievement. Pure Lithium has developed lithium metal batteries with double the energy density of lithium-ion cells and an industry-leading cycle life. By prioritizing research and development, the company achieved step-change advancements in battery technology and has built a strong portfolio of 119 patents and applications. 'We're thrilled to be selected for this prestigious award, which recognizes the hard work, dedication and creativity of our world-class team,' said Pure Lithium Founder and CEO Emilie Bodoin. 'We know that commercializing a new chemistry requires a delicate balance of R&D, while maintaining laser focus on practical use cases. At Pure Lithium we have been able to strike that balance and innovate tremendously while in parallel creating a robust technology that is economically viable.' Bodoin personally received a 'highly recommended' recognition as an Innovator in Energy Award. The award celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing energy production or solutions – including groundbreaking innovation, pioneering new technologies, practices, as well as creating strategies that enhance energy efficiency, sustainability, and accessibility. Pure Lithium's Brine to Battery™ technology seamlessly integrates lithium extraction with lithium metal anode production. The technology enables the production of lithium metal batteries in a charged state, simplifying the existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing process by eliminating the need for many steps in the formation and aging process, which account for 35% of gigafactory capex and 41% of associated manufacturing costs. Additionally, Pure Lithium eliminates the use of graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese with a high-capacity vanadium cathode, effectively dependence on China. Pure Lithium would like to extend our gratitude to the judges and to Reuters Events for putting on an excellent celebration of energy transition technologies and leadership across industries. As we move toward commercialization of our lithium metal battery, being chosen out of a dynamic group of nominees is a further validation of our efforts to radically transform battery technology. About Pure Lithium Pure Lithium is a disruptive Boston-based lithium metal battery technology company led by inventor and lithium expert, CEO Emilie Bodoin, and world-renowned battery and metallurgical expert, MIT Emeritus Professor Donald R. Sadoway, as full-time CSO. The Company's novel Brine to Battery™ technology combines metal extraction and anode production, unlocking unconventional sources of lithium. The resulting pure lithium metal anode is the core component of our lithium metal vanadium oxide battery, a step-change improvement over today's lithium-ion technology in cell performance, cost, and safety. Additionally, the battery is free of graphite, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. For more information, visit or email news@ About Reuters Global Energy Transition Events Amidst increased pressure from climate risk and the energy crisis, global energy and industrial business leaders are tasked with transforming their businesses and driving progress towards zero-carbon energy. Recognition and celebration are critical for benchmarking, reaching consensus and uniting the industry on a shared energy transition pathway. As The Trusted Voice of the Energy Transition, Reuters Events has a legacy of convening the most senior and diverse global leaders from throughout the energy, industrial, finance and government sectors to drive inter-sectoral collaboration and action. To further amplify those leading and catalyzing progress, we are proud to launch the Reuters Events: Global Energy Transition Awards 2025 at our flagship summit in New York, providing an unbiased, inclusive and influential platform for you to demonstrate excellence, achievement and innovation to the full transition ecosystem. The energy transition is both a social and business imperative. We look forward to spotlighting excellence, recognizing those leading the way, and connecting global leaders committed to a sustainable future.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
US startup unveils lithium battery that lasts 1,300 cycles, skips China entirely
A startup led by a Canadian battery chemist is racing to crack a made-in-America energy breakthrough even as Trump's tariffs cast a long shadow over the battery supply chain. Boston-based Pure Lithium is building a pilot plant for a new kind of lithium metal battery, one it claims could outperform today's lithium-ion cells, and, crucially, be built entirely without Chinese efforts come at a crucial time for the U.S., as the world's biggest economy moves to loosen China's grip on the global supply of critical minerals. China's dominance in this space continues to pose a strategic challenge. The country accounts for around 90 percent of global rare earth production, and for certain heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbium—essential to clean energy systems, defense equipment, and high-tech electronics—its market share was as high as 99 percent until recently. The U.S. remains heavily dependent on these imports. In 2024 alone, China supplied half of all American critical mineral imports, including key materials such as yttrium, antimony, bismuth, and arsenic, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Led by CEO Emilie Bodoin, the startup has spent the past four years developing a lithium metal battery it believes can displace conventional lithium-ion technology. The company's design eliminates the need for graphite, cobalt, nickel, and manganese—minerals either sourced from or processed in China—replacing them with a streamlined system that taps lithium extracted from brine. At its lab in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Pure Lithium uses a proprietary 'Brine to Battery' process to produce a pure lithium metal anode directly from brine. The company pairs this anode with a vanadium cathode to manufacture a next-generation battery that has already achieved more than 1,300 cycles at commercially relevant charge and discharge rates. Thanks to the vanadium cathode's ability to operate at temperatures up to 700°C, the battery is significantly more fire-resistant. It also offers higher energy density—lithium metal has about 10 times the capacity of the graphite electrodes used in today's lithium-ion batteries. Until now, high costs, quality limitations, and environmental concerns have prevented the development of commercially viable lithium metal batteries. Pure Lithium says its approach not only boosts performance but also slashes materials costs by eliminating the need for graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese—key minerals often sourced or refined in China. 'We're working as hard as we can to build a prototype pilot facility,' Bodoin said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Tuesday. The company is currently expanding its lithium production process and integrating it into a domestic manufacturing line. 'As soon as we get it up and running,' she added, 'we're going to start getting these batteries out into the hands of US customers that need it.' In April, the firm received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank for up to $300 million in financing, a potential boost for its domestic expansion plans. If successful, Pure Lithium could become one of the few battery startups offering a truly American-made solution at a time when Washington is rethinking its dependence on foreign supply chains.
Time of India
18-06-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
A Lithium startup is building a US battery plant that will skirt Trump's tariffs
US startup Pure Lithium Corp. is working on a testing facility to build a new type of lithium battery that's completely manufactured domestically. The company has developed a lithium metal battery that Chief Executive Officer Emilie Bodoin says will displace lithium-ion batteries. Pure Lithium has spent the last four years doing research and development on the technology, which could be used in electric vehicles, utility-scale energy storage and other applications. 'We're working as hard as we can to build a prototype pilot facility,' Bodoin said Tuesday in a Bloomberg Television interview. She added that the company is expanding its lithium production process and is integrating that into a manufacturing plant, 'and as soon as we get it up and running we're going to start getting these batteries out into the hands of US customers that need it.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Florida: These Companies Are Overcharging You for Auto Insurance OTTO Insurance Read More Undo The Boston-based company's move to build a pilot plant comes as President Donald Trump 's administration sets the stage for tariffs on imports of key battery components from China. Pure Lithium says it extracts lithium from brine to manufacture a battery free of graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese, allowing it to be produced without any inputs from China. The company received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank in April for financing of as much as $300 million. Live Events
Boston Globe
17-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
A Boston-based lithium startup is building a US battery plant that will skirt Trump's tariffs
Advertisement The Boston-based company's move to build a pilot plant comes as President Donald Trump's administration sets the stage for tariffs on imports of key battery components from China. Pure Lithium says it extracts lithium from brine to manufacture a battery free of graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese, allowing it to be produced without any inputs from China. The company received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank in April for financing of as much as $300 million.
