Battery startups catch a $500M DOE lifeline via defense
When the One Big Beautiful Bill killed EV and battery incentives, US battery startups lost their demand floor. The Department of Energy just threw them a $500 million line: grants across Coreshell, Lilac Solutions, and Nth Cycle to rebuild domestic supply. The pitch is national security, not climate. Soldiers, drones, and fighter jets need U.S.-sourced batteries, and Washington now treats that as inescapable.