The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 27, 2022

and Samsung SDI have announced agreements to establish an EV battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana, US. The joint venture company – which consists of automotive manufacturing company Stellantis alongside battery and electronic materials manufacturer Samsung SDI – will invest over $2.5 Stellantis N.V.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

They are developing a domestic supply of this critical resource to the North America electric vehicle industry. The demand for electric vehicles is growing rapidly. For that reason, the global automotive and energy storage industries will be competing […].

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Charged

MAY 7, 2021

As demand for EVs escalates, the supply of batteries could become a bottleneck. Global firms are collectively planning to build 80 new battery gigafactories (sorry Tesla, but everyone’s calling them that now). That is because the kilowatt hour (KWh) battery capacity required per vehicle is likely to rise as well.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Andrew Forrest, Australia's richest man, reportedly told Sky News in Davos yesterday that he plans to expand operations at Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) Technologies, the UK Formula One team offshoot acquired by Fortescue last year, so as to meet growing demand from the electric vehicle (EV) market. We'll open it in April.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Analyst cautions that demand for fossil fuel from automotive market will only drop by 24 per cent by 2050, despite bullish predictions for EV market. By mid-century, 86 per cent of automobile sales in Europe, 81 per cent of sales in China and 78 per cent of sales in North America will be EVs, it said.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD">.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 22, 2022

The funds will allow Sympower to serve more industrial and commercial customers across Europe, including demand-side loads, renewable energy production, EV charging, and battery storage facilities. Hon Hai and NXP have outlined more than 10 automotive products for the first stage, which will soon be in development.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The systems involve electric-powered vehicles communicating with the power grid to sell demand response services, usually overseen by a third party, such as energy retailers or aggregators. In the meantime, as the market continues to develop, tech companies, automotive majors and utilities have been making moves.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

Two major deals agreed this week, as new projections point to upbeat long term prospects for global battery sector. Two major deals between UK-based and international battery producers have been unveiled this week as companies move to seize on the opportunities created by the low carbon transition.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

More specifically, Go Make 2022 is interested in solutions across supply chain management; packaging products and materials; alternative foods and ingredients; and green fleets and battery management. MCA is the holding company for MC group companies in North America.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The partnership, dubbed the Experion Energy Program, will result in the deployment of a total of 300 megawatts of lithium-ion battery storage-as-a-service to commercial customers in Ontario, New York and Massachusetts. NRStor developed and financed a 2-megawatt/4-megawatt-hour battery storage system.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Swedish automotive Polestar, alongside a consortium of grid sector stakeholders, is launching a large-scale vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project in Gothenburg, Sweden, piloting a fleet of Polestar 3 cars. The owner plugs in their vehicle and the VPP and smart charging tech opimises battery use for their transport needs while supporting the grid.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Following my recent article – Lead-Acid Batteries Are On A Path To Extinction – I received an email from Battery Council International (BCI), the trade association for lead battery manufacturers, recyclers and suppliers. Certainly, if it can’t be addressed, then that would be an advantage in favor of lead-acid batteries. .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Sales of plug-in cars soar in 'plate change’ month of September, as automotive sector continues to battle supply chain issues. Battery electric vehicles make up but a small fraction of cars on the road, so we need to ensure every lever is pulled to encourage motorists to make the shift if our green goals are to be met.".

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

More North American Battery Materials Supply Chain News As we discussed last month , there has been a surge in activity lately in the North American battery materials supply chain. “As This is still short of the 508GWh annual demand the region will have by 2030, so expect more announcements to come.”

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Charged

JANUARY 23, 2023

The next generation of high-power automotive interconnects include those for vehicle batteries/drive trains, and other internal systems; as well as external connectors for EV charging stations designed to handle the larger vehicle batteries with higher amperages that deliver faster charging speeds.

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Charged

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is designed to eliminate the need for individual integrations between each automotive brand and each electric utility, and to give electric utilities access to EV battery power across a broad range of EVs. ChargeScape’s single platform builds on years of cross-industry collaboration on the open vehicle-grid integration platform.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Scaling up battery production in Europe, advancing e-mobility with battery supply in Japan and a new community solar project in New York, are on the week’s technology radar. Scaling up battery production in Europe. Due to growing demand, we need to increase our production capacity. Have you read?

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Charged

JULY 18, 2022

Panasonic plans to build a new battery plant in De Soto, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. The new facility will primarily supply batteries to Tesla, but will also have a research department focused on next-generation battery tech. billion in annual economic activity. billion this year in US plants.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 25, 2024

Hyzon Motors (NASDAQ: HYZN), a US-based leading developer of hydrogen fuel cell technology and a global supplier of zero-emission heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles, is working hard to achieve its goal of providing zero-emission power to decarbonize demanding industries. Investors and market watchers will be closely watching Hyzon.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 26, 2021

As our largest trading partners rapidly reimagine their economies, one thing is clear: Batteries will be the literal engines of the modern world—powering our cars, our trucks, our ferries, our commutes to work, and the delivery of our next FedEx package. Right now, 80% of the world’s batteries are produced in Japan, South Korea, and China.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. BYD delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S in early 2020.

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Charged

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moreover, it won the 2024 North American Utility of the Year award this month, voted on by a panel of 50 automotive journalists from the U.S. That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed).

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 5, 2020

This additional value has helped ChargePoint survive in a business that’s still largely driven by government mandate rather than pressing consumer demand, and has claimed would-be charging network competitors such as ECOtality and Better Place.  million in North America.  million in North America.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

These vehicles will likely serve the 80 Amazon fulfillment centers in North America and potentially more than 500 Whole Foods Markets (in addition to any additional facilities that Amazon brings online in the coming half-decade). billion from strategic investors — Ford, Cox Automotive, and now-customer Amazon across three rounds.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In both the UK and mainland Europe, rates of EV adoption have struggled to keep pace with soaring demand, especially from corporate customers, as a shortage of battery metals and components has further complicated manufacturers' multi-billion dollar efforts to boost their EV production capacity.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 25, 2021

Job Summary: The Business Development Analyst will initially report to the Commercial VP, Battery Supply- North America and assume a key role in supporting key battery supply customer activities for the company, with a focus on the North American market. Excellent presentation and verbal communication skills.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Building cars isn’t the whole automotive story for Canada. is already selling electric trucks to CN Rail and Amazon, and is North America’s largest producer of electric school buses. Indeed, Canada has been cited as a potential competitor in the global EV battery industry. Quebec’s Lion Electric Co.

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

On the one hand, we’re seeing top tier automakers integrate vertically by bringing battery manufacturing capacity in house. As electric vehicle manufacturing continues to scale up, major manufacturers like Volkswagen and Tesla are vertically integrating and bringing battery manufacturing in house.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Rolton and chief governance officer Tom Cowling sit down with BusinessGreen to discuss the company's plans to 'kickstart the UK's battery ecosyste. The company behind the scheme, Britishvolt, is only two years old and yet to commercialise a single battery. Battery technology is only at the start of its evolutionary journey.

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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

Supply, but also demand. Today, the North American and European auto industry is emerging from its April paralysis. Still, for the industry to recover to anything like its pace at the end of 2019—which to many feels like years ago in “Covid time”—two things must return to normal: supply and demand. That’s how epidemics work.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 10, 2023

  By the numbers: Chinese battery and EV powerhouse BYD is now just ~3,000 vehicles shy of Tesla’s sales over the last three months, according to analysis by Bloomberg. In fact, Tesla buys batteries from BYD , which makes its own batteries and semiconductors. Tesla and BYD battle for the No.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In deals, more funding fuel for SAFs and batteries, with $191M for SkyNRG’s SAF facilities, $160M for NorthVolt’s battery manufacturing project, and $73M for Element Energy’s battery management technology.    In exits, Volvo buys Proterra out of bankruptcy for $210M (13% of its $1.6B

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