CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 26, 2026--
Pure Lithium Corporation, a vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, today announced that our Advanced Anode™ battery, technology developed specifically to enable ultra-long cycling, has achieved more than 9,315 cycles. The cells continue to cycle in the Company's laboratory.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260826201214/en/
To the Company’s knowledge, no other lithium metal battery in development has achieved such results under equivalent testing conditions.
The performance of the Company’s battery, achieved with negligible capacity fade, far exceeds today’s commercial lithium-ion battery cycling requirements across numerous applications, where performance typically ranges from 250 to 2,000 cycles, depending on the application. These results were achieved at 100% depth of discharge, and charge rates of 1C: 1C. 1
“The results of Pure Lithium’s cycling performance are disruptive. Cycle life is the single largest determinant of the levelized cost of energy storage (LCOS). Pure Lithium's cycle life has the potential to reduce LCOS by 75%,” said Pure Lithium’s Founder, Chairman and CEO, Emilie Bodoin. “Pure Lithium’s cycling performance enables a broad range of applications that are out of reach of competitor lithium metal battery companies, including grid-scale energy storage, data centers and electric vehicles. Our achievement of more than 9,315 cycles tells us the lithium metal battery is finally ready to serve these markets."
Lithium metal batteries have long been considered the “holy grail” of energy storage. Lithium is the lightest metal on the periodic table and the most energy dense anode material, with ten times the energy density of the graphite anode used in today’s lithium-ion battery. Replacing the graphite anode with lithium metal can double the energy density and significantly reduce weight and cost. Cycle life has been the largest obstacle to the commercialization of the lithium metal battery and Pure Lithium has overcome it.
On January 6, 2025, the last time Pure Lithium issued a press release on its battery’s performance, the Company achieved over 2,200 cycles at a rate of 1C: 1C at 100% depth of discharge, while retaining upwards of 80% capacity - unprecedented results at the time. That battery utilized an anode developed with the goal of achieving 1,000 cycles.
Ms. Bodoin added, “Pure Lithium never stops innovating, and now with our Advanced Anode™ technology, we have gone beyond what we ever sought to achieve, unlocking markets beyond the niche high-energy applications traditionally associated with lithium metal batteries.”
"We took a first principles approach to commercializing the lithium metal battery. Rather than focusing on one component, we started by reinventing the entire lithium metal battery making process, rebuilding the anode, the electrolyte, the cell architecture and the materials supply chain. This bold approach of reducing cost and improving performance is what is needed to make this battery a commercial reality."
About Pure Lithium Corporation
Pure Lithium is a next-generation lithium metal battery company. Its patented, vertically integrated technology unifies lithium metal extraction, anode production, and battery manufacturing. Its lithium metal battery is a step change improvement in performance over the conventional lithium-ion battery. Free of graphite, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, Pure Lithium’s battery is designed to enable a supply chain independent of Chinese dominance. For more information, visit www.purelithium.io and email info@purelithium.io.
1 The larger fluctuations in the early part of the cycles were due to the lack of temperature control and multiple power failures in Pure Lithium’s 1.0 Boston laboratory. The Company’s new laboratory in Chicago is fit for purpose.
Pure Lithium Announces Unprecedented Cycling Results From Its Advanced Anode™ Lithium Metal Battery Technology
BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Thousands of revelers descended on Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, where they painted the small Spanish town red with up to 165 tons of overripe tomatoes.
Loaded trucks plodded through the crowd with people in their cargo beds throwing tomatoes at the revelers — who, in turn, hurled them at one another. Their white shirts soon turned pink and red while pop songs blasted from speakers. At one point, police appeared to use pepper spray to disperse an area of the crowd, but a festive vibe quickly resumed.
The messy melee takes place for over an hour in the town, where buildings are covered with tarps ahead of the festivities. Held on the last Wednesday of August, the festival traces its origins to a food fight in 1945.
La Tomatina became an annual tradition before Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco banned it in the 1950s. Televised media attention in the 1980s helped turn the festival into a national event, and eventually, an international attraction.
More than 20,000 people had been expected to take part this year, with the Spanish news agency EFE reporting this week that roughly 40% of participants over the past three years have been tourists from outside Spain.
There has been a notable jump in visitors from India in recent years, following the 2011 Bollywood movie “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” (“You Only Live Once”), in which three friends take a road-trip through Spain during an extended bachelor party. The film recreated La Tomatina, introducing the festival to many Indians.
The movie is what first drew Romail Khokhar, a 27-year-old from Mumbai, to Buñol. He was there on Wednesday morning, eager to participate in the food fight for his third time.
“I feel really great, actually. It's the best festival that I ever had, and I enjoy a lot here,” said Khokhar, who owns a clothing business.
Similar tomato-flinging events have taken place in Florida, London, Amsterdam, the Colombian town of Sutamarchán and Hyderabad, India.
Non-local attendees pay 15 euros ($17.50) for a ticket. The first and only rule: Squash your tomatoes before hurling them to avoid injuries. Still, many participants don swimming goggles and earplugs for protection.
Once the hour is up, the sound of a cannon blast marks the end of festivities and crowds wash off at communal showers nearby. The town's streets are later hosed down.
Though stains on clothes can be permanent, the tomatoes' citric acid acts as a cleaning agent, often leaving Buñol’s streets cleaner than before.
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers cheer ahead of the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers from India pose for a picture ahead of the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
A reveler dressed in a tomato costume poses for a picture before the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers Vigu, left, and Megha from India pose for a picture ahead of the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers ahead of the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
