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Emin Askerov
3 days ago1 min read
The Battery Industry’s Next Phase: Boom, Overcapacity, and a Coming Bloodbath? 🔋⚡
What will be the next phase for the battery industry: boom, or bust?
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Emin Askerov
Mar 61 min read
InterBattery Korea
If you want to understand the global battery industry, you had to be in Seoul this week. Here is why.
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Emin Askerov
Feb 252 min read
Three Steps to Building a FOAK
Your First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) project is where your climate tech startup is a startup no more. Investors, customers, and even your own team...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 122 min read
Europe’s Auto Industry: Time for a Rethink, Not a Rescue
What to do wıth Europe's auto industry?
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Emin Askerov
Feb 102 min read
Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? 🪫
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
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Emin Askerov
Jan 271 min read
How Big Should Your FOAK Be?
A 3-step framework for scaling-up to FOAK
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Emin Askerov
Jan 82 min read
👨🏻🔬From Lab to Fab: Why You Need a CPO - Chief Production Officer👷🏻♂️
Why do you need a Chief Production Officer in your startup?
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Emin Askerov
Dec 20, 20242 min read
GigaEgo or Gigafactory?
You have to choose between your ego and your fees. This was a phrase I heard while listening to the Redefining Energy podcast episode...
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Emin Askerov
Dec 19, 20243 min read
🎉 2024: A Year in Climate Tech Review
As 2024 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on a year that was anything but dull for the climate tech world. A buzzword dominated this year—...
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Emin Askerov
Dec 18, 20242 min read
🎙️ Bulldoze or Make? The Two Podcasts On Northvolt
This week, I listened to two excellent podcasts dissecting the saga of Northvolt
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Emin Askerov
Dec 17, 20242 min read
🔋 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮
Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players
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Emin Askerov
Nov 25, 20241 min read
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁?
Northvolt’s stumble is not a death knell; it’s a wake-up call.
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Emin Askerov
Nov 5, 20242 min read
🐔🥚 The Battery Digitalization Chicken-and-Egg Problem
You need data to optimize production, but production has to be running to generate that data.
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Emin Askerov
Oct 31, 20243 min read
🚀 Ramping-Up Battery Production: Lessons from Fraunhofer’s Report
🚀 Scaling Up Hardware? Fraunhofer’s Battery Ramp-Up Report Shows Just How Hard It Gets!
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Emin Askerov
Oct 29, 20242 min read
🔄 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹 🪫
Every waste management project hinges on a single, often-overlooked factor that can make or break it: the supply of waste. Circular...
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Emin Askerov
Oct 24, 20243 min read
☸️Hub-n’-Spoke: An Alternative For The EU Battery Value Chain 🔋
🔋 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 🚀
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Emin Askerov
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Can Europe Catch Up in the EV Race?
McKinsey’s New Report Says It’ll Cost a Pretty Penny. 💶🚗
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Emin Askerov
Oct 11, 20243 min read
EU Battery Industry: The New Hope
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...the EU embarked on a mission to break free from the grip of battery giants.
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