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In 2024, China announced $830 million in funding to specifically develop solid-state batteries, and Japan has $1.2 billion for next-generation technologies.",{"type":582,"attrs":725,"content":726},{"textAlign":49},[727],{"text":728,"type":587},"Under the Biden administration, the US Departments of Energy and Defense have awarded grants and loans to several next-generation battery companies.",{"type":582,"attrs":730,"content":731},{"textAlign":49},[732],{"text":733,"type":587},"Although the €350 million from the EU is a welcome step into investing into the battery technologies of tomorrow, more will be needed for the bloc to be internationally competitive.",{"type":582,"attrs":735,"content":736},{"textAlign":49},[737],{"text":738,"type":587},"“Other countries have already invested significant capital into making the leap between large-scale R&D and pilot production facilities,” McNulty said. “Ambitious investment in the EU to do the same is long overdue.”",{"type":668,"attrs":740},{"id":741,"body":742},"53dacc39-6c53-424a-bacf-aaa736b376fe",[743],{"id":744,"_uid":745,"type":675,"_editable":746,"component":677,"fixed_height":678,"use_fixed_height":50,"fixed_height_mobile":678,"fixed_height_tablet":678},"22031774","i-4240f2c7-c30c-488b-a82c-b689ccc9f8af","\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"ContentFlourish\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"i-4240f2c7-c30c-488b-a82c-b689ccc9f8af\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","The European Union’s recent Industrial Action Plan for the European automotive sector placed a strong focus on the role next-generation battery technologies can play in making the bloc internationally competitive in the space. 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