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Li-Cycle opens battery recycling facility in Alabama

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Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

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Tesla buyers offered a choice between LFP or NCA battery packs

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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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Li-Cycle recovers usable battery-grade materials from shredded Li-ion batteries

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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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Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021

GreenBiz

These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. This will be achieved partially by using a patented, composite material the company has developed. delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S in early 2020.

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Will sudden changes and securing patents strengthen Hyzon Motors’ strategic goals?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Recently, its efforts have included applying for a number of patent registrations as well as sudden changes like saying goodbye to Pat Griffin, the company’s North American president. Among these strategies is several patent registrations. Griffin suddenly departed from Hyzon.

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Transportation Pitch Day Convenes Cleantech Ecosystem to Dive into the Future of Mobility

Greentown Labs

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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Smart Energy Finances: €108m for supercapacitors and the SuperBattery

Smart Energy International

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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