Charged

JULY 12, 2023

Mack Trucks has announced that dealers are now taking orders for the Mack MD Electric, the brand’s first medium-duty electric vehicle. The MD Electric is designed to complement the diesel Mack MD, introduced in 2020. The company’s first EV was the Mack LR Electric, which began production in December 2021.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Highlights Advanced production approach has potential to unlock vast supplies of lithium in North America Domestic sourcing will contribute to energy security, support manufacturing and a.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has announced a Grant Funding Opportunity for projects that seek to address corrosion and/or scaling in geothermal installations in California or advance technologies to enhance extraction of lithium and other valuable minerals from geothermal brine at the Salton Sea geothermal field.

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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.

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Charged

JANUARY 29, 2024

Marshall County, Mississippi, is the future site of a planned joint venture of Accelera, the zero-emissions segment of Cummins; Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks ; and US commercial truck maker PACCAR , which produces diesel and electric models under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF brands. Source: PACCAR

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

But will lithium follow that same trend? Last year saw lithium prices soar due to increased demand for lithium-ion batteries as well as supply chain impacts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2022, battery-grade lithium carbonate soared to $72,000 per metric ton, which was nine times higher than the 2020 price.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mercedes has set the starting price for the eSprinter, its first all-electric van in North America, at $71,886.12. It is equipped with a 113 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery and offers a WLTP range of up to 249 miles.

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Charged

MARCH 14, 2023

Battery recycler Aqua Metals has demonstrated the recovery of high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility in Nevada. This new capability can have a profound impact on the lithium battery industry in North America.

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

EVM says its planned Battery Chemicals Complex will position Saudi Arabia as “a global midstream hub for the production of high-purity chemicals required by electric vehicle and battery cell manufacturers.” This will be used for the first two processing trains in the Lithium Chemicals Plant to produce lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM).

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

Feedstock has been introduced into the automated system, enabling recovery of valuable critical minerals from spent lithium-ion batteries. Li AquaRefining uses electroplating powered by electricity to recover metals, instead of intensive chemical processes or polluting fossil-fuel furnaces.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

South 8 Technologies has raised $12 million in Series A financing to commercialise next-generation electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. The financing round was led by industrial venture investor Anzu Ventures along with LG Technology Ventures and Shell Ventures as well as Foothill Ventures and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation.

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Charged

JUNE 2, 2021

BYD, a major manufacturer of transit buses, is introducing a battery-electric Type D school bus. The new e-bus will use BYD’s lithium iron phosphate battery, and BYD’s proprietary powertrain, which features dual in-wheel traction motors. It can seat up to 84, and can be equipped with an ADA-compliant liftgate.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Billions of dollars in incentives such as the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have spurred the creation of a so-called Battery Belt across the southeastern US, all fuel to fire an anticipated spike in electric vehicle demand. Manufacturers, too, are getting in on the game.

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Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Strategy Analytics has been covering the automotive electronics field for some 30 years, and has recently released a pair of Electric Vehicle Service reports that address current trends in the cell game. The resulting levels of battery demand growth have also been rapid. Source: Strategy Analytics.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 31, 2022

In two previous articles, I have discussed China’s commanding lead in the rapidly-growing lithium industry. In a nutshell, it’s because China has invested heavily into developing its lithium supply chain, while the U.S. However, a number of companies are working to commercialize a lithium industry in the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

It is said to be the first-ever cylindrical-type battery manufacturing plant in North America. Batteries produced from the Arizona plant will be supplied to electrical vehicle (EV) manufacturers, including start-ups and electric tool companies based in North America.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 3, 2022

AI to monitor bird interactions with solar PV, lithium iron phosphate battery production coming in Europe, a lithium mine for EV batteries and the energy infrastructure requirements in the Moon to Mars exploration are on the week’s technology radar. First lithium iron phosphate battery cell prototype in Europe. AI for the birds.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a filing Monday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia proposed a groundbreaking battery storage pilot project that the company says could significantly increase the length of time batteries can discharge electricity to the grid. One of the technologies could discharge energy for multiple days. .

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 18, 2024

Image: GM General Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. Right now, GM only has one electric vehicle that’s capable of bidirectional charging: the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

North Carolina-based Pine Gate Renewables has announced the signing of two separate MoUs with EnerVenue and Urban Electric Power. The solar and energy storage developer will be purchasing 2.4GWh of EnerVenue’s nickel hydrogen BESS and 4.5GWh of Urban Electric’s zinc alkaline battery systems. Urban Electric Power.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. To combat this, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts sales of up to 44 million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2030.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2021

He reiterated that during January’s earnings call, saying that cell supply was “the fundamental limit on electric vehicles right now.”. “We Further upstream, the raw materials for cells, especially lithium, nickel and cobalt, present another set of problems. There’s plenty of lithium around in the ground.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Thursday the company is accelerating its electric-vehicle efforts, pulling forward the schedule on many future launches, and expanding the number of EV models it sells globally to 30 by the end of 2025—a larger number than the dozen future EVs shown to journalists in a no-cameras presentation in March.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 13, 2023

Electric vehicles now make up 9% of new car sales in Canada. and Quebec, the market share is even higher, with electric vehicles making up around 20% and 14% of new cars sold in each province, respectively. and Europe and 37% to 45% in China, depending largely on the emissions intensity of the electricity used to charge the vehicle.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

While the first major wave of end-of-life electric vehicles is still a few years away, Redwood and our initial partners at Ford and Volvo are committed to creating these pathways now,” says the company. Redwood’s goal is to create pathways for end-of-life battery packs to be collected, recycled and remanufactured into new battery materials.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Not having some semblance of a supply chain in North America, being 100% exposed to external parties—because there is zero cathode capacity in North America today—will leave us exposed in the same way that we have been exposed in the energy topic in the past.”.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2024

US-based Evergreen Waste Services has taken delivery of the first of five ordered Mack LR Electric models, planning to use bi-directional charging when available during off-peak hours and push power back to the power grid during peak hours. The LR Electric is planned to make 600 pick-ups and travel about 40 miles each day.

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TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion (USD $890 million) joint investment will provide battery materials to supply future Ford electric vehicles. The IRA requires that 60% of the value of battery components be produced or assembled in North America in 2024 to qualify for half of the tax credit, $3,750. The CAD $1.2 to reach more than 180 GWh after 2025.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

Form Energy, a pioneer of iron-air energy storage, is to deploy a 5MW/500MWh system at the site of a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) substation in Mendocino County. While charging the process is reversed with the application of an electric current converting the rust back to iron and the oxygen being released.

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Charged

MAY 21, 2021

Using its patented Spoke & Hub Technologies at facilities in the US, Li-Cycle will transform Ultium’s battery manufacturing scrap into new battery-grade materials, including lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate, helping to close the battery supply chain loop and enable sustainable production of new EV batteries.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The newly-developed sixth generation of our lithium-ion cells will bring a huge leap in technology that will increase energy density by more than 20 percent, improve charging speed by up to 30 percent and enhance range by up to 30 percent,” says BMW Board Member Frank Weber. “To

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 13, 2021

is the North America subsidiary of Polarium Energy Solutions AB, a Swedish company dedicated to providing the best performing, safe and sustainable energy storage solutions built on lithium-ion technology. ESEV Segment Lead | Polarium | Remote. Polarium Inc., About the job.

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Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Vale Canada has signed a long-term deal with GM to supply the automaker with nickel sulfate, a chemical compound used for producing cathode active materials for nickel-based lithium-ion batteries. This new agreement with Vale reinforces GM’s position in building a North American EV supply chain.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Four startups from North America will participate in the energy storage accelerator program. Salient Energy , based in Nova Scotia, makes a unique zinc-ion battery with a water-based chemistry that is cheaper, safer, and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries. Somerville, Mass., Somerville, Mass.,

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

The latest funding round boosts Viridi’s value to $700 million, and supports the company’s aim to manufacture point-of-use lithium-ion battery technology at scale. . Viridi said that its Green Machine brand is a lithium-ion pack system intended to meet demands of the construction and heavy industrial markets.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge General Motors announced that all of its electric vehicles will have bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging capabilities by model year 2026. The idea is to use bidirectional charging equipment to push and pull energy from electric vehicles at any given time.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

North America’s Avalon Battery will absorb publicly traded British company RedT Energy through a reverse takeover, pending shareholder approval. Lithium-ion batteries represent 99 percent of new grid storage capacity. ” Given the state of the competition, that may well be achievable.

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