Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company’s Materials segment makes high-performance, high-margin Specialty Polymers and Composites, mainly for automotive (including solutions for lithium-ion and next-generation batteries) and aerospace markets. The new operations will provide material for over 5 million EV batteries per year at full capacity. “We

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Charged

JUNE 8, 2022

Battery cathode materials specialist Nano One has announced the acquisition of Johnson Matthey Battery Materials (JMBM), a Canadian company that operates one of the few LFP cathode production facilities in North America. The deal includes the company’s LFP battery production capacity in Candiac, Quebec.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Volkswagen Group and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will investigate opportunities for Canada to contribute to VW’s global and regional battery supply chains. A key focus will be the supply of critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has signed an agreement to recycle scrap and defective battery cells for Envision AESC, which manufactures batteries for the Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tennessee. To make the batteries the world needs in 10 years, the industry will need 1.5

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. EV battery tracking. EV battery visibility.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

OTTAWA — As Canada’s largest trading partners transform their economies to be cleaner and more competitive, one aspect of that shift is clear: batteries will be the engines of the modern world. Canada has the right ingredients for a successful battery sector, the experts told Clean Energy Canada in a roundtable convened in March.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For most car buyers, their technical automotive knowledge amounts to this: they know a car has an engine (or motor), and they want the biggest, most powerful one they can afford. LFP-based batteries have been the norm in the Chinese EV industry for years. Is this confirmation that the Asia/Europe LFP Model 3 is coming to North America?

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

UK battery maker expands its presence internationally with proposed deal for Monbat Group subsidiary. Britishvolt has agreed to purchase German lithium-ion battery cell technology developer EAS for €36m, as the UK-based firm looks to continue its rapid expansion in the energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) battery market.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ford and BMW have been investigating how quantum computing can advance the development of their respective battery and fuel cell vehicles. As such new materials for batteries for example is one of the early use cases for quantum computing and the automotive industry also is one of the early adopters of the method. Have you read?

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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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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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Charged

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Barra spoke at the Barclays 2020 Global Automotive Conference, joined by Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, and Travis Hester, newly appointed as its Chief EV Officer. Fully 40 percent of the models GM sells by the end of 2025 will be battery-electric, she said. Battery cells in massive volumes.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

US and Japanese car firms step up collaboration on battery technology and manufacturing development in bid to drive down cost of EVs. First established as a battery firm in 1995, BYD - which stands for Build Your Dreams - has expanded to become the biggest EV manufacturer in China, which is also the world's biggest EV market.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2022

Japanese car giant unveils 10-year electrification strategy, as rival carmaker Nissan teams up with NASA to develop EVs using ‘game changing’ fast-charging solid-state batteries by 2028. It also said it planned to offer a "variety of solutions" to its customers, including swappable batteries and hydrogen.

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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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Greentown Labs

MARCH 3, 2020

On the topic of partners, Reichert introduced a new Terawatt-level partner , Keolis North America. SomEV provides a wait-less charging network for light electric vehicles, using swappable batteries paired with a smart battery swap kiosk.

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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 Link Bloomberg’s Hyperdrive newsletter recently highlighted how lithium ion has come to dominate the stationary storage sector.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Titan Advanced Energy Solutions : Developing and producing advanced battery management systems for lithium ion battery (LiB) consumer electronics, automotive and storage markets. Meet our Schneider Mentors: Bimal Mehta, North America Business Incubation Leader, Corporate Strategy, Schneider Electric.

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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. As part of the plan, Prime Batteries Technology intends to attract and access new talent. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at Skeleton Technologies’ €108 million funding round, with investors such as Siemens Financial Services and Marubeni Corporation, for supercapacitor manufacturing and development of new high-power battery technology, namely the SuperBattery.

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Charged

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sponsored by MK North America. The production of batteries for the electric vehicle industry is growing and changing rapidly, based on the expansion of knowledge within the industry. This stainless steel conveyor is used to convey raw product in the battery industry up an incline. So let’s get started.

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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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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Establishing extraction and processing of rare earths closer to the places where automotive components are made is a high priority, but it’s not something that can be rushed.

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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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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 15, 2020

Europe is sinking billions of dollars into research in an attempt to overturn Asia’s dominance of the battery market, but analysts believe it could be in vain. The investment will support battery research and innovation across Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden. Dwarfing U.S. energy storage spending.

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Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

Traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry, thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive. We have been operating in the automotive industry for a long time. I joined BV in 2016.

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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

From 90 million vehicles in 2019, LMC Automotive projects this year’s total could be as low as 70 million if the slowdown endures or new Covid outbreaks erupt. Those will be high-dollar, large luxury vehicles—the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck and the Cadillac Lyriq luxury crossover utility will be the first two launches for North America.

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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

  This week, we get nerdy mining ExxonMobil’s lithium announcement - is this lithium’s shale moment? Lithium Mobil-ization Source: Company presentations, Bloomberg Last week, ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation in Arkansas, marking its first major foray into lithium production.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

General Motors and Honda today announced they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding following extensive preliminary discussions toward establishing a North American automotive alliance.

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