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The new Recirculate project aims to create new business models for the repair, reuse and recycling of second-life batteries. Eleven companies are involved in the €4.9 million EU-funded project, which started this month. The consortium will work for three ...

JLR to source battery cells from Agratas

JLR will rely on cells from Indian battery company Agratas for its future electric cars, as the carmaker has now announced to investors. Agratas is a subsidiary of JLR’s parent company Tata, which had recently announced a battery cell ...

GM & Samsung SDI battery cell factory to be built in Indiana

General Motors and Samsung SDI have now announced details of their planned battery cell factory. The factory is to be built in the US state of Indiana. The companies had already announced their plans in April. At that time, ...

Volkswagen wants to use dry coating in large-scale production

Volkswagen is aiming to bring a new production process for electric car batteries into large-scale production. A dry coating is to reduce the energy consumption in the production of battery cells by 30 per cent and lower the costs ...

Kore Power scores financial support from Washington

The US battery developer Kore Power has received a conditional commitment for a loan of 850 million US dollars from the US Department of Energy. The loan is intended to support the domestic production of battery cells for electric ...

Toyota invests $50m in US battery lab

In the USA, Toyota is investing almost 50 million US dollars in a new battery laboratory. This will be built at the research and development headquarters in York Township and will go into operation in 2025. The investment illustrates ...

US DoE invests in lithium battery recycling programmes

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office has announced a funding pot of $2 million for the recycling and reuse of Lithium-ion battery programmes, administered through the ReCell Center located at Argonne National Laboratory. Through ...

AESC kicks off construction of battery plant in South Carolina

Battery cell manufacturer AESC (formerly Envision AESC) has begun construction of its new factory in the US state of South Carolina, which will supply BMW with cylindrical cells in the future. Announced in December 2022, the production facility in ...

AVL presents new battery cell test system ‘TS ACORA’

AVL presents the new AVL Battery Cell TS ACORA system. This is intended to examine the behaviour of battery cells under different climatic conditions and operating states. The system is suitable for both prismatic and pouch cells. The AVL ...

Schuler and partners begin ENLARGE battery value chain project

In Germany, the official go-ahead has been given for the project called “ENLARGE – Interoperable Production as Enabler for a Data-Driven Battery Value Chain.” The project, involving the collaboration of German and European institutes, companies and universities, aims to ...

Gotion considers building battery factory in Morocco

Chinese battery cell manufacturer and Volkswagen partner Gotion High-Tech is looking into building a large battery cell factory in Morocco. It is still unclear what the timetable will look like for the construction or production launch. A letter of ...

Tata Group to build battery factory in Gujarat

The Tata Group wants to invest 130 billion rupees (just under €1.5 billion euros) in the construction of a new battery cell factory in the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction of the factory is to begin there in three ...

Volkswagen said to be planning battery factory in Indonesia

The Volkswagen Group is allegedly planning a battery factory for electric cars in Indonesia. Citing Ikmal Lukma, Secretary of the Indonesian Ministry of Investment, local media report that Volkswagen intends to invest around €4.7 billion in the factory. Construction ...

Hyundai and LGES to build battery factory in Georgia

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution have announced a joint venture to produce battery cells for electric cars in the USA. The Korean companies will invest over $4.3 bn and hold the JV equally. The selected site is ...

SAIC wants to launch its first solid-state model in 2025

SAIC appears to be taking up solid-state battery development again. Local news outlets now see the first series EV with the new technology rolling off the assembly lines in China in two years. CN EV reports from a recent ...

Stellantis buys into Li-S battery developer Lyten

Stellantis invests in lithium-sulphur battery developer Lyten, working on a novel three-dimensional graphene material platform. Stellantis wants to get in on what could be a breakthrough in the Li-S sector. Utilising Lyten developments, Stellantis aims for advanced Lithium-Sulfur based ...

Sakuu unveils 3D printed batteries for licensing

Sakuu, a Californian developer of 3D-printed solid-state batteries, has unveiled a market-ready lithium metal cell chemistry that battery manufacturers can now license. Sample 5 Ah pouch cells are available at Sakuu’s battery pilot plant in Silicon Valley. Sakuu, which ...

SK On gathers another 880 million euros

SK On, the battery division of the South Korean company SK Innovation, has secured further capital for its global expansion. SK On has now managed to well exceed its targeted investment amount of 4 trillion won with the addition ...

Tata to pick the UK over Spain to build new battery plant

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors appears to have opted for the UK to construct its planned battery cell factory. Previous plans for Europe saw Tata also eyeing Spain, yet the latest BBC reports consider talks in Britain well ...

ExxonMobil goes for lithium mining

The US mineral oil company ExxonMobil is apparently getting involved in lithium mining. According to information from US media outlets, the oil giant has acquired drilling rights for an area in the US state of Arkansas where large lithium ...

Volkswagen scraps plans for a second battery factory in Lower Saxony

According to a media report, Volkswagen currently sees no chance of realising a second battery cell factory in Lower Saxony, Germany. Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil spoke out in favour of a second cell factory in Emden – ...

Ford secures lithium for future electric cars

Ford is procuring lithium on a large scale for the batteries for its electric cars. The carmaker now signed agreements with five companies. Depending on the supplier, the first battery-grade materials will be delivered to the carmaker between 2025 ...

No end in sight: US and EU continue negotiations on critical materials agreement

Negotiations between the US and the EU on the planned agreement on the critical minerals for EVs are taking longer than expected. It would give European carmakers access to tax credits in the US. According to Politico, negotiations are ...

Gotion High-Tech prepares LMFP cell production

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has presented a battery cell based on lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP), intended to help electric cars achieve ranges of 1,000 kilometres according to Chinese standards. Progress at Gotion High-Tech is closely ...

LGES to buy lithium from GT1 in Canada

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution (LGES) is investing in Australian-based lithium miner Green Technology Metals (GT1) and has signed a preliminary supply agreement with GT1 for North America. LGES is investing 20 million Australian dollars (equivalent to ...

Panasonic to quadruple its battery production

Panasonic wants to increase its annual production capacity for EV battery cells to 200 GWh by March 2031. That would be around four times what it currently produces. To do so, Panasonic is focusing more on production in North ...

LG Chem to greatly expand battery materials business

South Korean chemical company LG Chem revealed its plans to increase its battery materials sales more than six-fold by 2030. The company’s new business strategy will expand its portfolio beyond cathode materials. LG Chem aims to increase sales from ...

Coulomb to build battery assembly facility in the USA

North American distributor of commercial vehicle batteries for CATL, Coulomb Solutions, has announced plans to set up a US manufacturing facility to assemble commercial vehicle battery packs with CATL’s LFP cells. The planned facility will launch with an initial ...

Stellantis & LG ES suspend work on Canadian battery plant

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution are suspending work on their battery factory announced last year in Windsor in the Canadian province of Ontario. The companies claim Canada’s federal government has failed to meet its obligations to the project. At ...

Cellforce uses Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio

The Cellforce Group, the battery cell joint venture between Porsche and Customcells, announced a strategic partnership with Siemens. The two companies will join forces along the entire battery development and manufacturing chain. According to the announcements, the cooperation ranges ...

Germany: Northvolt makes progress on cell plant in Heide

Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt is making progress in setting up a factory in Germany. The communities of Lohe-Rickelshof and Norderwöhrden have agreed to enter the next phase of the approval process. In addition, Northvolt is seeking what is ...

France to push European-made EVs with new subsidy requirements

France will be the first country to implement new prerequisites for EV subsidies, similar to the US Inflation Reduction Act. The government will thus specifically reward buyers of European-made electric cars. And Paris is calling on other European countries ...

Gotion to supply VW with batteries outside of China

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech will in future also supply Volkswagen with LFP cells outside China. The order, the size of which is not yet known, includes unit cells with LFP chemistry and the same specifications as ...

Lithium producers Livent and Allkem to merge companies

Lithium companies Livent and Allkem are merging in a US$10.6 billion stock deal to create the world’s third-largest producer of lithium chemicals by volume. The merger between US-based Livent and Australian-based Allkem is expected to close this year. The ...

Panasonic postpones 4680 cell mass production by several months

Tesla’s battery partner Panasonic has postponed the start of series production of its 4680 battery cells. According to a recent statement, Panasonic is now considering the period from April to September 2024 to produce an improved version. Last year, ...

Lithion to set up battery recycling facility near Montreal

General Motors-backed Canadian battery recycler Lithion is building its first commercial critical minerals recovery facility in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, near Montreal, with plans to start operations this autumn. Construction is already underway and progressing on schedule, according to the release. Whether ...

ProLogium looks to France for next battery factory

Taiwanese solid-state battery cell manufacturer ProLogium is apparently favouring Europe over the US for its planned first overseas factory. According to insiders, the factory will be built in the northern French port city of Dunkerque. An official announcement is ...

Eve Energy to build battery factory in Hungary

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer Eve Energy will build its first European factory in Debrecen, Hungary, to supply BMW with large round cells for new-class electric cars. This had been hinted at before – and is now officially confirmed. ...

Glencore’s Sardinian plant poised to become battery recycling Hub

Mining company Glencore and battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle have announced plans to build Europe’s largest battery recycling plant on the Italian island of Sardinia. A final decision will be made next year. The location appears curious if it wouldn’t ...

Metis Engineering presents new battery safety system

The UK-based firm Metis Engineering presented ‘Cell Guard’, a new battery safety sensor that aims to revolutionise battery health monitoring for electric vehicles (EVs) and Energy Storage Systems (ESS). According to Metis, the Cell Guard sensor provides “unrivalled accurate ...

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