Charged

MARCH 29, 2022

billion at its battery component plant in Holland, Michigan, an expansion that’s expected to quintuple the plant’s capacity. The facility manufactures large lithium-ion polymer battery cells and packs for EVs. billion to build a third Ultium Cell battery cell plant, a joint venture between GM and LG.

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Charged

JANUARY 27, 2021

Defective cells can shorten battery life, decrease range, and lead to safety issues. A leaky cell housing, one common failure mode for Li-ion batteries, can allow ambient humidity to come in contact with the electrolyte, triggering an exothermic (heat-releasing) chemical reaction.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Featuring full carbon fiber hull construction, the luxury jet ski forgoes gasoline in favor of a 23kWh battery that provides energy for up to two hours and can be charged by a regular outlet, standard automotive chargers and DC fast charging. Continued here: Taiga launches Orca, a 100% electric jet ski with a two-hour battery.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 10, 2020

At the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, acclaimed American-Danish automotive designer Henrik Fisker, CEO of the eponymous startup Fisker Inc. , The brand of batteries for the Fisker Ocean has not yet been disclosed. has unveiled the hotly anticipated Fisker Ocean. Reservations can be placed online for $250. Fisker Images via Fisker.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And it nods towards possible lithium mining opportunities in Cornwall. But it's also about how the UK can tap into international markets for goods and services, as we assume the current trend will hold, which sees domestic automotive production driven primarily by overseas demand.".

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Charged

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Battery management systems (BMS)—the electronic brains that monitors and maintains lithium ion battery packs—are essential for the safe and efficient operation of the batteries powering a variety of applications, including electric vehicles. Battery packs utilize three main wiring architectures.

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I’ll Wait For You, Climate Bill There is an outline for the budget package which contains climate provisions, but it’s not quite a done deal yet. 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

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Charged

JUNE 19, 2023

The increase in demand for EV Batteries has already permanently transformed the car manufacturing landscape, with almost all major automotive companies now operating electric vehicle production lines. But the heart of an EV is its battery , and this is where machine vision solutions have become essential to market success.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

QuantumScape , a US battery company, has announced that its 24-layer A0 prototype cell retained over 95% discharge energy over 1,000+ full cycle equivalents in lab testing. QSE-5 is designed to have ~5 amp-hours (Ah) of capacity; for reference, the 2170 battery used in several leading EV models has a typical capacity of ~4.5–5

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A pair of industrial coating specialists, Dürr and Techno Smart, have reached an agreement to provide technologies for coating lithium-ion battery electrodes. The Japanese company’s coating systems are in high demand among battery manufacturers for electric cars. Dürr CEO Ralf W.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

Sparkz, a cobalt-free lithium-ion battery manufacturing startup, wants to hire displaced coal miners to staff a gigafactory it plans to build in West Virginia. The startup aims to reduce demand for battery components produced in China, which controls much of the world’s mine production for lithium-ion batteries.

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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. The second reason to act? The benefits to Canada span the economy. Both the U.S.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 25, 2021

Are they motivated by an above-market salary or benefits package? Or maybe you are presenting a new lithium-ion battery anode chemistry. Their needs will be drastically different from, say, automotive manufacturers that you plan on selling to down the road. Do their personal values align with your company’s mission?

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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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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.    🔋 Rincell Corporation , a San Francisco, CA-based advanced battery cell developer, raised $1.2m in Seed funding from NextGen Battery Chem Ventures.

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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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Instead, developers made this year the biggest ever for battery installations in the U.S. Large-scale projects reached new heights, including LS Power's completion of the largest battery in the world, just in time to help California grapple with its summer power shortage. Forced to confront fire safety.

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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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