Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel. It selected the Covington, Georgia site due to the proximity of EV manufacturing hubs and battery factories.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources. The company was also named to HolonIQ’s list of the 200 most promising climatetech startups from North America.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries. Awards + Recognition.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This situation may change soon, as a series of key patents held by Chinese firms are soon to expire. Mitra Chem is building a facility in Mountain View, California, with the aim of producing pre-pilot cathodes by mid-2022. Tesla recently confirmed that it plans to begin using the cheaper iron-based chemistry in Models 3 and Y.

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Charged

MAY 21, 2021

Using its patented Spoke & Hub Technologies at facilities in the US, Li-Cycle will transform Ultium’s battery manufacturing scrap into new battery-grade materials, including lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate, helping to close the battery supply chain loop and enable sustainable production of new EV batteries.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tesla has reportedly been contacting Model 3 reservation holders in the US, and offering the option of choosing Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cells instead of the usual Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) cells. Is this confirmation that the Asia/Europe LFP Model 3 is coming to North America?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In broad terms, the LEEF approach, which is patent-pending, utilises a so-called Rydberg matter ultra-dense lithium ammonia liquid metal fuel that when triggered with an electrical arc results in fusion occurring.

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