MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 2, 2026--
The Smarter E Europe 2026 opened in Munich on June 23 and runs through June 25, gathering global players from the clean energy sector on one of Europe’s most influential trade exhibition platforms. EVE Energy unveiled its Mr. Big Family series, a 6.9+ MWh energy storage system, all-scenario storage solutions, and high-performance EV batteries — showcasing its lithium-sodium dual-technology platform, full product portfolio, and localized European operational layout. During the exhibition, European clients showed strong interest in the company’s product performance and placed strong emphasis on sustained adherence to the EU’s evolving regulatory standards. This industry attitude further underscores that regulatory compliance readiness has become a fundamental prerequisite for accessing the European clean energy market.
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As the European Union advances implementation of the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, EVE Energy continues to strengthen its long-term presence in Europe through regulatory compliance, localized manufacturing, and regional service capabilities. The company has completed key compliance milestones while expanding its manufacturing and service network to support customers across Europe.
Advancing Compliance for the European Market
EVE Energy has established a comprehensive compliance system covering both power and energy storage batteries. In December 2024, the company received the world's first TÜV SÜD Mark certificate for traction batteries issued under the new EU Battery Regulation. In September 2025, EVE Energy officially launched its battery passport, enabling full lifecycle traceability from raw materials to recycling. Its Mr. Big Family Series also passed industrial battery conformity assessments under the regulation.
Today, EVE Energy has built carbon footprint accounting and supply chain traceability systems for its full battery portfolio, enabling fully compliant product deliveries for both power and energy storage product lines.
Expanding Local Manufacturing Capacity
EVE Energy is also advancing localized manufacturing in Europe. Its battery manufacturing base in Debrecen, Hungary, spans 450,000 square meters with a total investment of approximately €1.307 billion. The first phase, with a planned annual capacity of 30 GWh, is scheduled to begin production in 2027.
Located adjacent to the BMW automotive plant, the Facility is designed to support localized supply, shorten lead times , and reduce cross-border logistics carbon emissions.
The Hungary facility will serve as EVE Energy's first European mass production base for its 46-series large cylindrical batteries for premium European electric vehicles. The cells incorporate a full-tab structure and silicon-carbon anode technology, while their steel-shell design withstands 550 MPa of pressure. The technology has been validated on BMW's Neue Klasse iX3, demonstrating a driving range of 1,007.7 kilometers and enabling an additional approximately 400 kilometers of range with a 10-minute fast-charging.
The project is expected to create more than 1,000 local jobs, contributing to industrial development in Debrecen and the surrounding region.
Strengthening Local Operations Across Europe
To further support European customers, EVE Energy continues to expand its localized operating network. In June 2024, the company officially opened its European regional headquarters in Munich, integrating sales, warehousing, and after-sales services. Four Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) warehouses have also been set up, supported by localized technical and service teams to deliver robust logistics and operational support across Europe.
In 2024, EVE Energy also introduced its CLS (Co-development, License, Service) business model, combining product co-development, technology licensing, and technical services to support localized industrial cooperation with regional partners.
With 25 years of battery technology development, EVE Energy continues to expand its footprint in Europe through compliance, localized manufacturing, and customer support, providing battery solutions for the region's electrification and energy storage markets.
About EVE Energy
Founded in 2001 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2009, EVE Energy is a global lithium battery company serving the consumer, mobility, and energy storage markets. The company provides battery technologies and solutions for electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and consumer applications, with manufacturing and service operations supporting customers worldwide.
The BMW iX3 displayed at the EVE Energy booth features the company’s 46-series large cylindrical batteries for premium European electric vehicles
It's the 1,000th day of war since a Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. Other conflicts have emerged in the region, and fragile ceasefires show scars of persistent attacks. Both Israelis and Palestinians are weary of the strain.
The fate of over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, largely displaced and living amid ruins, remains uncertain. Israeli forces controlled over half of the territory under the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, but Israel's government has expanded that and says it aims to hold 70%.
Few people can get in or out. Further ceasefire steps, including Hamas' disarmament and the immense task of reconstruction, have stalled.
“Much more needs to be done so that even a semblance of normality can come back, and we are far, far away from this,” the International Committee of the Red Cross regional director, Nicolas von Arx, said this week.
Here’s a look at what has happened over the 1,000 days and what may lie ahead.
Israeli strikes have lessened considerably since the ceasefire took effect, but they continue almost daily.
Gaza’s Health Ministry counted 1,053 Palestinians dead since the ceasefire as of Tuesday, including over 350 women and children. In recent days, they included a teenage girl on her way to school and a mother with her 1-year-old daughter.
“Where is this ceasefire they keep talking about?! Shame on them,” one Palestinian, Wisal Abu Khater, said this week after another deadly strike, lashing out at Arabs who she said have failed Gaza's people and are busy watching World Cup games instead.
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that the Israeli expansion in Gaza increases deadly risks for civilians in “areas lacking clear demarcation on the ground."
The Health Ministry said over 3,400 people have been wounded since the ceasefire. The ministry is part of the Hamas-led government and maintains detailed casualty records seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants but says women and children make up roughly half the dead.
Israel’s military says it targets Hamas and other militants, often asserting they were planning attacks, and accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields.
The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostage. All hostages or their remains have been freed or handed over, some of them recounting abuses. Israel's retaliation has killed a total of 73,066 Palestinians as of Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
The top diplomat overseeing the ceasefire, Nickolay Mladenov, has made it clear: The next steps in implementing the U.S.-brokered deal are stalled over the difficult issue of Hamas disarming.
This has been a high-profile test of the Board of Peace created and led by U.S. President Donald Trump. Launched with fanfare and billions of dollars in international pledges earlier this year with the sole aim of Gaza’s recovery from war, the board now says little publicly.
Hamas' disarmament would open the way for other steps, including new administration of Gaza and the deployment of an international stabilization force to assist with security and reconstruction efforts. While Hamas hasn’t outright rejected disarming, it has indicated it wants to hold on to some weapons and demanded further concessions from Israel.
Israelis over the past 1,000 days have been traumatized by the Oct. 7 attack — the deadliest in Israel's history — and other conflicts that followed: against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and Iran itself.
Iran’s armed proxies had attacked Israel, saying they acted in solidarity with Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed Trump to jointly attack Iran on Feb. 28. That revived the conflict in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have advanced to their deepest point in over a quarter-century
None of these fronts has completely calmed.
These conflicts and their toll — including mounting deaths for Israeli soldiers, continuing attacks along Israel's border with Lebanon and international allegations of genocide in Gaza, which Israel rejects — are weighing on Israelis and the national mood as Netanyahu seeks reelection this fall.
Netanyahu has projected confidence, but he faces a tough challenge.
Over 60% of Israelis think he shouldn't run again, according to a poll by The Israel Democracy Institute published last month. Anger has been high over the security failures before Oct. 7, the lack of a state commission of inquiry to investigate them and unpopular exemptions from military service granted to Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox governing partners.
Palestinians in Gaza say they are near their limit. Sheltering in vast tent camps with basic if any utilities, or in the skeletons of bombed-out buildings, they continue to live amid the hum of Israeli drones and the daily threat of strikes.
The ceasefire was meant to bring a surge in humanitarian aid like medicines and fuel. Aid groups and others say that has not happened. All of Gaza’s border crossings remain tightly restricted, and at times they have closed completely. The U.N. last month said 17 hospitals are still not functional.
“Cumbersome" Israeli approvals and customs procedures limit crucial supplies, U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said last month, adding that even prosthetic limbs have been affected by concerns about having a potential "dual” use as weapons.
Famine was declared in Gaza City last August, but food security experts later said there were “notable improvements” after the ceasefire. The Israeli military body responsible for coordinating civilian affairs in Gaza, COGAT, said Wednesday that “the quantities of food that are being brought in far exceed the nutritional needs of the Gazan civilian population.”
With Israeli forces expanding in Gaza, and Hamas militants accused of illegally executing Palestinians for alleged collaboration with Israel or crimes like looting, people say they are stressed and exhausted.
“We had everything before the war,” said Mahmoud Ashour, a 33-year-old shop owner in Khan Younis. ”And now we’re just craving a bite to eat."
Associated Press writers Samy Magdy and Fatma Khaled in Cairo contributed to this report.
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians walk along a road surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Police disperse demonstrators during a protest marking 1,000 days since the Oct. 7 2003 Hamas-led attack on Israel, outside of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest marking 1,000 days since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Police disperse demonstrators during a protest marking 1,000 days since the Oct. 7 2003 Hamas-led attack on Israel, outside of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People protest outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, marking 1,000 days since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
FILE - President Donald Trump signs the charter of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - People mark Israel's annual Memorial Day at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
Palestinians collect food from the wreckage of their tents following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Thaer Abu Daraz carries the body of his infant daughter, Sewar, who was killed along with her mother in an Israeli airstrike that struck a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian child walks along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
