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Swedish company Stena Recycling opens its new battery recycling facility in Halmstad, Sweden. The company also announced a new customer with the Norwegian battery company Freyr. The inauguration comes some 16 months after the start of construction. The initial ...

CATL appoints new CEO for Europe

Mathias Hüttenrauch has been CEO of the European business of the Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL since March. This is a position that did not exist at the company before. This is reported by the German publication Automobilwoche. And ...

Amprius achieves battery energy density of 500 Wh/kg

The Californian battery developer Amprius Technologies says it has increased the energy density of its cells to around 500 Wh/kg or 1,300 Wh/l. Results from the Mobile Power Solutions testing institute have shown that the cells deliver an energy ...

KIT to use mechanical over chemical processes for battery recycling

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a recycling process for batteries in which up to 70 per cent of the lithium can be recovered. And it does so without the use of corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or ...

Farasis Energy announces battery upgrade

The Chinese battery manufacturer Farasis Energy has optimised the design of its battery modules to prevent thermal runaway in the event of damage to its latest generation of cells (Generation 4). Industrial production of the optimised modules is scheduled ...

International cooperation to push sustainable battery technology

The Norwegian battery company Freyr wants to join forces with Glencore, Caterpillar, Siemens and Nidec to advance the use of sustainable battery solutions in Europe and North America. For example, by looking at areas of common interest along the ...

Plug Power offers modular hydrogen storage solution

Plug Power also wants to enable small warehouses to rely on hydrogen-powered forklifts. That is why the hydrogen specialist is now expanding its GenKey solution and offering a modular H2 storage solution. According to Plug Power, the switch to ...

ZSW uses water instead of solvent in cathode production

Researchers at the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) have been able to replace toxic solvents with water in the production of cathodes. Water-based production is also suitable for batteries for electric vehicles. In order to ...

Stellantis & US DoE announce Battery Workforce Challenge

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis have announced the Battery Workforce Challenge, which will kick off in fall 2023. The challenge includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition, vocational training, youth education in science, technology, engineering and math, ...

Solid state battery company Factorial expands into Europe

Factorial Energy, a US developer of solid-state battery cells backed by Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Hyundai-Kia, is coming to Europe. The company will open a European office in Germany. However, the company did not clearly state where exactly the company ...

Li-Cycle and Kion Group sign battery recycling agreement

The North American battery recycler Li-Cycle is cooperating with the industrial truck manufacturer Kion Group. Under the agreement, which runs until 2030, Li-Cycle will recycle batteries from Kion’s global brands starting in the second half of 2023. “Through our ...

Rock Tech celebrates start of construction of lithium plant in Guben

Rock Tech Lithium has broken ground for its lithium plant in Guben, Brandenburg. The German-Canadian raw materials company is building a converter plant there to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide for use in electromobility. Rock Tech had recently received the ...

UK Bicycle Association to introduce e-bike battery recycling

The UK-based Bicycle Association has announced plans to set up a nationwide electric bike battery collection and recycling service, expecting significant sales growth of electric bikes in the coming years. Following a detailed tender process, the Bicycle Association appointed ...

ESB to introduce charge for charging in Northern Ireland

Irish energy company ESB has announced the introduction of a pay-for-use system for its public electric vehicle charging network in Northern Ireland. This means that EV drivers in Northern Ireland will have to pay to charge on the street ...

SK On announces plan for precursors joint vernture in South Korea

SK On, cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery material manufacturer GEM are building a production plant for precursors for electric car batteries. The site should be completed by the end of 2024 and have an annual capacity of ...

LGES’ Arizona battery factory will be larger than planned

The battery factory that LG Energy Solution (LGES) is planning in Arizona will be significantly larger than previously communicated. The capacity for round cells is now higher, and an additional production facility for pouch cells with LFP cell chemistry ...

Are BMW’s round cells better than Tesla’s?

According to a media report, the round cells from BMW’s confirmed supplier Eve Energy for the New Class are superior to those from Tesla. Since they apparently have a higher energy density and are also somewhat larger, they allow ...

Entek to build separator factory in Indiana

The US battery separator manufacturer Entek is investing 1.5 billion dollars in a new production facility in Terre Haute in the state of Indiana. The plant is scheduled to start operations between 2025 and 2027 and will supply separators ...

Cirba Solutions joins the battery belt in South Carolina

US battery recycler Cirba Solutions is investing $300 mn in a new recycling factory in South Carolina. The company, which counts GM among its customers, plans to start construction near Columbia in Richland County this year and begin operations ...

Albemarle to build lithium refinery in South Carolina

US speciality chemicals company Albemarle has announced the location of its new lithium processing plant in the US. The plant will be built in Chester County, South Carolina. Construction is scheduled to begin at the end of 2024. Albemarle ...

PowerCo & Umicore receie regulatory approval for joint venture

PowerCo, the battery company of the Volkswagen Group, and the Belgian materials technology group Umicore have received all regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September 2022. The partners can now swiftly begin preparations for large-scale industrial production ...

Xing Mobility brings immersion-cooling battery system to Europe

Xing Mobility, a developer of immersion cooling for batteries, has entered a strategic partnership with Nordic Booster. The Norwegian company specialises in batteries for construction equipment and mobile charging systems for heavy industrial vehicles. The cooperation brings Xing Mobility’s ...

Twaice & Vispiron open battery research lab in Munich

The Munich-based battery analytics company Twaice has opened the joint Munich Battery Lab together with R&D service provider Vispiron Systems. The new battery lab is a centre of excellence designed to analyse battery behaviour and optimise battery development. The ...

CATL kicks off Qilin battery production

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has started mass production of its Qilin battery, according to Chinese media. This is the third generation of CATL’s cell-to-pack battery technology, which was unveiled in June 2022. The first model to use the new ...

EKPO secures new order for bipolar plates

EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies, the fuel cell joint venture between ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium, has received an order from a “global automotive manufacturer” to supply mass-produced bipolar plates for the latter’s future fuel cell system. As usual, the name ...

Forsee Power, Blue Solutions and Bluebus cooperate on new battery system

Forsee Power, Blue Solutions and Bluebus, both subsidiaries of the Bolloré Group, join forces. Together, they want to develop a solid-state battery made in France, which should be ready to launch in 2026. Specifically, the deal concerns a new ...

Lithium de France raises 44 million euros in Series B financing

When it comes to extracting lithium for EV batteries from geothermal brine, Vulcan Energy Resources is getting competition from France. Lithium de France, a company founded in October 2020 and based in Bischwiller, Alsace, has announced the closing of ...

VW starts battery plant construction in Valencia and plans third party sales

Volkswagen has now officially given the go-ahead for the construction of the second battery cell factory of its subsidiary PowerCo in Valencia. Volkswagen is also said to be considering stakes in raw material mines and the sale of its ...

Designwerk presents new battery system generation

Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk is launching a new generation of its battery systems. The portfolio is growing by four models: New are battery systems with a capacity of 125 and 250 kilowatt hours and voltage options of 400 or ...

Altilium Metals presents details of upcoming recycling plant

Altilium Metals has announced new key points about its planned EV battery recycling plant on Teesside in northeast England. Altilium now intends to provide around 20 per cent of the UK’s cathode active materials (CAM) demand in 2030. Altilium ...

Fortum starts up battery recycling plant in Germany

The Finnish energy company Fortum starts recycling traction batteries from electric vehicles in Germany. The recycling plant in Finland is also scheduled to start commercial operation in a few weeks. In Germany, Fortum’s Germany-based recycling subsidiary Fortum Battery Recycling ...

IBU-Tec spins off battery business

IBU-Tec Advanced Materials AG is responding to the increasing importance of the battery materials business and has founded IBUvolt Battery Materials GmbH. The wholly-owned subsidiary focuses on developing, producing and selling battery materials.According to a company statement, IBUvolt Materials ...

Koura signs supply deal with Ascend Elements

Ascend Elements will supply Koura with up to 5,000 tonnes of recycled lithium carbonate per year. Koura will use the recycled lithium carbonate in lithium-ion battery materials for the US and European markets, including lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), a key ...

Electra Battery Materials successfully completes battery recycling trial

Electra Battery Materials Corporation has successfully recovered lithium in its black mass recycling trial being conducted at its refinery north of Toronto. The recovery and subsequent production of a technical-grade lithium carbonate product in a plant-scale setting validates Electra’s ...

Mercedes & CATL subsidiary Brunp announce battery recycling cooperation

Mercedes-Benz has agreed to cooperate with CATL subsidiary Brunp in China to recycle electric car batteries. Brunp says it already works with Volvo, BMW, FAW-Volkswagen and GAC-Toyota, among others, in the area of battery recycling. According to the now-signed ...

Volkswagen to build battery factory in Canada

Volkswagen is building its first battery cell factory outside of Europe. It has found a location in Ontario, Canada, where production should start in 2027. That VW is looking to manufacture cells in North America is no surprise. The ...

LG & Panasonic rumoured to supply Tesla’s 4680 battery cells

According to an agency report, Panasonic and LG Energy Solution are to supply the 4680 cells for the Tesla Cybertruck. Apparently, this was not originally planned. Tesla is said to have not yet reached the targeted energy density with ...

Fraunhofer IFAM wants to simplify determining battery cell ages

In order to be able to determine the condition of battery cells more precisely and without laboratory effort, the determination of the AC resistance within the battery using dynamic impedance spectroscopy has been further developed at Fraunhofer IFAM in ...

SK On prepares to launch prismatic cell production

The South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK On wants to start producing prismatic cells this year. The new battery type will be presented in a few days at InterBattery 2023, the largest battery trade fair in South Korea. SK ...

ABTC to set up battery recycling facility in Nevada

The American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has announced that it has entered into agreements to purchase a move-in-ready, commercial-scale battery recycling facility located in Nevada to expand operations of its lithium-ion battery recycling technologies. In November 2022, ABTC was ...

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