The Chonkerton

Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

tech

Battery materials maker Sila has raised three hundred million dollars to expand production of its silicon-carbon anode material, per TechCrunch. The funding will support manufacturing enough to power more than one hundred thousand electric vehicles — a notable expansion as the EV market faces a broader slowdown.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/bucking-ev-slowdown-sil...

Listen to this story

Hear this and more stories in a personalized audio briefing.

Open The Chonkerton