Charged

JANUARY 25, 2022

Primobius has reached an option and licensing agreement with Stelco Holdings to commercialize Primobius’s proprietary EV battery recycling and processing technologies in North America. Operations are expected to begin in 2023. Canada-based Stelco is a steelmaking company that supplies steel to automakers. Source: SMS group.

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North America Recycling Recycling Batteries 97

TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 16, 2023

The onshoring of battery manufacturing for EVs started as a trickle during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, just two battery factories were operating in the United States with another two under construction. Today there are about 30 battery factories either planned, under construction or operational in the country.

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North America Construction Batteries Government 96

Charged

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sepion Technologies , a manufacturer of EV batteries, has opened a separator coating facility for lithium-metal batteries for EVs. The renewable-energy-powered building spans 25,000 square feet, increasing Sepion’s separator coating capacity by 1,000-fold and polymer synthesis scale by 100-fold.

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Lithium North America Technology Batteries 118

Charged

JANUARY 8, 2023

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a DC fast charging network across North America, Europe, China and “other key markets.” Together with partners including network operator ChargePoint and solar energy and battery storage provider MN8 Energy , Mercedes plans to deploy some 400 hubs with ovr 2,500 chargers across North America by 2027.

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North America Retail Electric vehicle Europe 131

Charged

APRIL 28, 2021

Following Toyota’s announcement of a new line of battery-electric vehicles , Honda now says it plans to make battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles 100% of its North American sales by 2040. Honda also announced a goal to make solid-state batteries available for new Honda EV models in the second half of the 2020s.

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North America Batteries Electricity Electric vehicle 121

Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Hyundai has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean EV battery manufacturer SK On, to secure a battery supply for the North American market. Under the MOU, SK On will supply batteries to Hyundai’s US plants after 2025, as the Korean automaker aims to bolster its EV presence and sales in the North American Market.

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North America Batteries Innovation 126

Charged

MARCH 5, 2024

There’s more to a lithium-ion battery cell than a handful of lithium in a little metal can. Battery supplier Panasonic Energy has signed a long-term agreement with H&T Recharge, a German battery component manufacturer, for the supply of battery cans in North America.

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Batteries North America Lithium Energy 110

Charged

JANUARY 4, 2022

GM has announced a plan to work with global materials firm POSCO Chemical on a battery material processing facility in North America, which is scheduled to open in 2024. GM plans to use the battery materials processed with POSCO for the cells it plans to produce at its new factories in Lordstown, Ohio and Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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North America Batteries Innovation 121

Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Global EV battery manufacturer SK On has signed a conditional offtake agreement with US graphite supplier Westwater Resources in a move to secure battery-grade natural graphite in North America. SK On will use the products for its US battery manufacturing facilities. Source: SK On

Batteries 116

Batteries North America Sustainability 116

Charged

OCTOBER 18, 2023

American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with bus manufacturer NFI Group to supply custom battery packs for NFI subsidiary New Flyer ’s newest 35-, 40- and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. And plenty of cells will be needed—the market for electric buses in North America is heating up.

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Batteries North America Electricity Transportation 107

Charged

JANUARY 2, 2024

Toyota Motor North America is expanding its battery recycling network with Cirba Solutions, a battery recycling materials and management company. This facility will extract critical minerals from scrap and end-of-life batteries with an up to 95% recovery rate, and supply battery-grade metals back into the supply chain.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 112

Charged

AUGUST 14, 2023

Toronto-based battery recycling company Li-Cycle has begun operation of the first main processing line at its new Spoke recycling facility in Magdeburg, Germany. The facility, including its two main lines and planned ancillary capacity, is expected to have a total annual processing capacity of 33,069 tons of lithium-ion battery material.

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North America Recycling Recycling Batteries 95

Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling firm run by Tesla alum JB Straubel, recently broke ground on a new facility near Charleston, South Carolina. Also like Redwood’s Nevada site, the new Battery Materials Campus will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity. Source: Teslarati

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Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 121

Green Living Guy

AUGUST 16, 2020

For they now are offering a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. The post Volvo Heavy Duty Electric Trucks demonstrates in North America appeared first on Green Living Guy. At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California Volvo Trucks went E!

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North America Electricity Europe Demand 98

Charged

JANUARY 29, 2024

Plans call for the 21 GWh facility to begin production of lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells in 2027 for use in medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric trucks. China-headquartered battery maker EVE Energy has 10% ownership and will serve as technology partner, contributing its battery cell design. Source: PACCAR

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Batteries North America Lithium Electricity 117

Charged

MARCH 26, 2024

GILLIG will deliver an initial order of 89 GILLIG Low Floor Battery Electric buses, with the option to purchase up to 306 more units. Built on GILLIG’s Low-Floor platform, the GILLIG Battery Electric Bus features 686 kWh of onboard energy storage.

Batteries 113

Batteries Electricity North America Climate change 113

FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 24, 2024

Volvo Trucks North America has announced the launch of the new Volvo VNL, a groundbreaking heavy-duty truck platform that sets new industry benchmarks in terms of driver productivity, safety, and sustainability.

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North America Batteries Hydrogen Sustainability 131

GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, says North America chief Gwenaelle Avice-Huet. acquisitions of wind developer Infinity Renewables, solar installer SoCore Energy, and battery storage company Green Charge Networks.

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North America Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 130

altenergymag

AUGUST 17, 2022

New solution puts homeowners in control of their energy and creates new business opportunities for solar installers, including home battery backup and EV charging

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North America Energy Energy Batteries 185

Charged

MARCH 13, 2024

OneD Battery Sciences, a nanotechnology startup, and Koch Modular Process Systems, a process engineering design and modular construction company, have announced a strategic partnership to mass-produce silicon-graphite anode materials for EVs. Source: OneD Battery Sciences This avoids making an expensive carbon substrate for silicon.

Batteries 112

Batteries North America Startups Europe 112

Charged

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Volkswagen Group and its recently founded battery company PowerCo SE intend to rapidly expand their global battery business to North America. To that end, Volkswagen and the Canadian government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to identify suitable sites for a battery cell factory in Canada.

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North America Batteries Europe Construction 119

FuelCellsWorks

MARCH 6, 2024

In a major boost to the “Finger Lakes Forward” initiative aimed at revitalizing the region and spurring economic growth, Toyota, a leading global manufacturer of lift trucks, is venturing into.

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North America Batteries Energy Energy 124

Energy Storage News

APRIL 17, 2024

Green Li-ion, a Singapore-headquartered startup, has put into operation what it claims is the first recycling facility in North America to turn black mass directly into precursor cathode active material (pCAM).

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Startups Recycling Recycling North America 65

GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

More recently, it’s added 80 megawatts of behind-the-meter batteries to its virtual power plant portfolio. Kiwi is far from the only European company targeting distributed energy market opportunities in North America. French energy giant EDF’s North American renewables subsidiary has acquired U.S.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring North America Solar Energy Monitor 130

altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Designed for professional floor-cleaning equipment, the new lithium-ion batteries combine long runtime with long lifetime to maximize your equipment uptime. Trojan's lithium-ion batteries are ideal for organizations that want to drive efficiency now and in the long run with a low total cost of ownership over their life.

Lithium 104

Lithium North America Batteries Organic 104

Charged

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Automaker Stellantis and nuclear energy company Orano have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to recycle EV batteries and scrap. Stellantis will have access to cobalt, nickel and lithium from gigafactories in Europe and North America for electrification and energy transformation.

Recycling 117

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 117

altenergymag

OCTOBER 13, 2022

-Li-Cycle’s fourth Spoke recycling facility in North America has capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year -The Spoke can recycle the equivalent of batteries required for approximately 20,000 EVs per year and has the ability to directly process full EV battery packs

Recycling 138

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 138

Charged

APRIL 17, 2024

Adhesives giant Avery Dennison has introduced new electrode fixing tapes for use in the assembly of EV batteries. The new products are “the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of functional bonding and protection tapes engineered to make EV batteries safer, more efficient and easier to assemble.”

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Batteries North America Automotive Plastics 58

Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Batteries North America Sustainability Recycling 52

Solar Industry

DECEMBER 19, 2023

ENGIE’s 100 MW Sun Valley Battery Storage project in Hill County, Texas has been commissioned. We have more than 2 GW of energy storage already under construction in Texas and other states expected to be commissioned by end of 2024,” says Dave Carroll, chief renewables officer of ENGIE North America. “We

Batteries 111

Batteries North America Construction Electricity 111

Solar Industry

APRIL 11, 2024

Enphase Energy has launched its Power Control software that can integrate with the company’s Energy System in North America. It added that software benefits include the ability to avoid main panel upgrades and increased battery capacity.

Batteries 59

Batteries North America Energy Energy 59

Charged

MAY 29, 2023

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution will invest approximately $5.5 billion to construct a battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek, Arizona. billion in building the EV battery manufacturing facility, which will have a capacity of 27 GWh and $2.3 The company plans to invest $3.2

Batteries 145

Batteries North America Energy Energy 145

TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Kinterra Capital, a Canadian private equity firm, has closed its $565 million debut fund dedicated to securing critical mineral assets for battery development. The influx of private capital comes amid increasing government incentives into the sourcing and production of battery materials in North America.

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North America Batteries Government Investment 67

Charged

MAY 2, 2023

Volkswagen and lithium-ion battery recycler Redwood Materials have partnered to offer US consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration between Volkswagen Group of America and Redwood began last year with a recycling deal for all Volkswagen and Audi EV battery packs.

Recycling 130

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 130

Charged

MARCH 14, 2023

Battery recycling company Ecobat is building its third lithium-ion battery recycling facility and its first in North America. The plant will be located approximately one mile from the existing Ecobat Resources Arizona facility, which has been manufacturing battery anodes for 15 years. Source: Ecobat

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 132

Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Highlights Enel North America has added 369 MW / 555 MWh of utility-scale energy storage capacity to the Texas energy grid this summer, increasing grid flexibility and reliability in a state tha.

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North America Batteries Energy Energy 40

Charged

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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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