LG has announced that it now targets 2028 as the deadline for mass production of cathode and anode electrodes via dry-coating processes, which will cut costs by requiring less energy and far less water usage compared to the mainstream wet process used today. The company has pursued dry-coating methods in its R&D spend for a decade, and may develop a lead in the field, if it can overtake Tesla’s efforts. Tesla first popularized this research angle and now Samsung SDI, CATL, Panasonic, EVE Energy, Volkswagen, and Svolt are following suit. Volkswagen stated last year that it would achieve industrial-scale dry coating production by 2027. In other storage news The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) has developed a…