Editors' Roundtable: Significant Battery News of September 2026

As editor-in-chief of Battery Technology, Michael C. Anderson leads the brand’s coverage of advancements in battery technology as well as associated materials and manufacturing techniques across industries such as automotive/EVs, e-mobility, maritime, aerospace, medtech, and consumer electronics.

Mike is also a member of The Battery Show North America Advisory Board, where he contributes his expertise to advising on industry trends and speaker selection for The Battery Show North America while helping to shape discussions on battery technology and electrification.

Mike and Battery Technology senior editor Maria Guerra De Egui are joint 2025 Neal Award Winners in the category of "Best Coverage of the 2024 Election on Your Served Market."

Mike was a recent guest journalist on the popular automotive-industry webcast, Autoline After Hours.

Mike has been covering manufacturing and transportation technology developments for more than 25 years. At SME (The Society of Manufacturing Engineers), he served as lead editor of Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing, lead editor of Medical Manufacturing, senior editor for Manufacturing Engineering, and acting lead editor of Smart Manufacturing. He has also been senior editor of Cutting Tool Engineering, senior technical editor of Gardener Business Media’s Automotive Design & Production, PR manager at B2B advertising/PR agency G. Temple Associates, and editor at the SM Wu Manufacturing Research Center at the University of Michigan.

This all followed more than a decade of teaching English, ESL, literature, and argumentation as a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI) and, for five years, at Sakura no Seibo Junior College (Fukushima, Japan).

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature and a master’s degree in rhetoric and written communication from Eastern Michigan University.