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BYD is planning a new production facility for its blade batteries in Taizhou in the Chinese province of Zhejiang. Production capacities for 22 GWh per year are to be created there on an area of around one million square ...

BMW is looking to build battery factories

According to a media report, BMW wants to build five gigafactories for electric car batteries together with partners. However, the carmaker is still holding back on further details. The news was reported by Manager Magazin with reference to statements ...

Aurubis starts battery recycling test operation in Hamburg pilot plant

The multi-metal supplier Aurubis has started the test operation of a new pilot plant for battery recycling in Hamburg. A battery recycling plant on an industrial scale is to be built within the next five years. The pilot plant ...

Sparkz to build batteries in West Virginia

US battery manufacturer Sparkz announced it will begin construction in 2022 of a Gigafactory in West Virginia to commercialize their zero-cobalt battery which will initially employ 350 workers. The move is strongly in line with US President Biden’s mission ...

Nissan unveils prototype solid-state battery production facility

Nissan has unveiled its prototype production facility for solid-state battery cells, which the company plans to launch in 2028. The prototype plant within Nissan’s research centre in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is intended to advance the development of solid-state battery ...

InoBat to build battery gigafactory in western Europe

The Slovakian battery company InoBat Auto wants to build its third gigafactory for electric car batteries in Western Europe. A decision on the specific location is to be made this year. The company is also recruiting its board of ...

NHTSA investigates LG ES battery recalls

The US Federal Highway and Vehicle Safety Administration is moving to investigate LG Energy Solution’s faulty battery cells that led to fires in electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to ensure that all ...

Hydro & Altor buy stake in Elkem subsidiary Vianode

The Norwegian metal producer Elkem has announced external investors for its battery materials subsidiary Vianode, which was founded last year. Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro and investor Altor will each take a 30 per cent stake in Vianode. Elkem will ...

CATL to launch battery production in Germany this year

The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL wants to ramp up cell production at its new plant in Thuringia in the second half of this year. Instead of the planned capacity of 14 gigawatt-hours, however, it will only produce 8 GWh ...

Green Cell opens plant for e-bike batteries

Green Cell, a Polish specialist in batteries and charging technologies for mobile devices and electric vehicles, has opened a new plant for e-bike batteries near Krakow. Up to 50,000 batteries per year are to be assembled at the plant ...

LGES to build battery plant in Arizona

LG Energy Solution (LGES) has announced another battery factory in North America. The production facility for the manufacture of cylindrical battery cells for use in electric vehicles is to be built in Queen Creek in the US state of ...

Gotion High-Tech begins serial production of 210 Wh/kg LFP batteries

According to company CEO Li Zhen, Volkswagen’s Chinese battery partner Gotion High-Tech has achieved industrialisation of the battery cell with LFP chemistry presented at the beginning of 2021, which offers an energy density of 210 Wh/kg. The company is ...

Magna to build battery housings for Ford in Ontario

The automotive supplier Magna International has announced the establishment of a production facility in Chatham-Kent in the Canadian province of Ontario. Battery housings for the all-electric F-150 Lightning will be manufactured there for customer Ford. The 170,000 square foot ...

CircuBAT to analyze battery supply chains

The CircuBAT research project aims to close the loop between the production, application and recycling of lithium-ion batteries from mobility. To this end, seven Swiss research institutions and 24 companies are jointly looking for optimisation options for more sustainability ...

Britishvolt & VKTR sign MoU to secure battery supply chain in Indonesia

Budding British battery cell manufacturer Britishvolt has agreed to set up a joint venture with VKTR, part of the Indonesian conglomerate Bakrie & Brothers. A memorandum of understanding initially provides for the construction of a nickel sulphate plant in ...

Plastic Omnium invests in Verkor

The French automotive supplier Plastic Omnium is accelerating its strategy for electromobility with two investments: Plastic Omnium wants to take over Actia Power, as well as investing 20 million euros in the French battery manufacturer Verkor. The investment and ...

Battrion & Jagenberg to supply aligned graphite production lines

Battrion, a battery technology spinoff from the Swiss university ETH Zurich, has teamed up with German production specialist Jagenberg Converting Solution. The two companies intend to supply anode pilot and GWh production lines that use Battrion’s Aligned Graphite technology ...

Anodox Energy to build two battery plants in Latvia

The Swedish company Anodox Energy Systems wants to build two factories in Latvia to produce batteries for electric vehicles. According to Latvia’s Ministry of Economy, a plant for the assembly of battery packs will be built first in the ...

Northvolt places nickel order with Vale Canada

The Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has concluded a multi-year agreement with the mining company Vale Canada for the supply of low-carbon nickel products. Vale did not provide more details about the delivery volume and the time schedule in ...

CATL to release third generation cell-to-pack battery in April

The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has announced the third generation of its cell-to-pack battery technology. This is ready for mass production and is said to even outperform battery packs with 4680 cells in some respects. According to Chinese media ...

Microvast introduces batteries for utility vehicles

US battery manufacturer Microvast has introduced two new lithium-ion cells and an improved battery pack. The new 48-ah and 53.5-ah NMC cells have been specifically designed to power commercial and special-purpose vehicles. Both new pouch cells are available in ...

Blackstone announces plans for 3D printed sodium-ion batteries

Swiss commodities company Blackstone Resources has announced that its German battery division Blackstone Technology could begin bringing 3D-printed sodium-ion batteries to market from 2025. To this end, Blackstone Technology will lead a German industry and research consortium to take ...

Mercedes-backed ProLogium may go public this year

Taiwan’s solid-state battery developer Prologium is looking into an initial public offering this year or next, CEO Vicent Yang said in an interview with Bloomberg. The company in which Mercedes-Benz has invested a double-digit million euro amount has yet ...

CATL considers plant in North America

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL considers building a cell factory with a production capacity of 80 GWh in North America. A media report reveals that the Chinese company has not yet decided on a location and that Mexico, ...

VW China partners up for nickel & cobalt

Volkswagen has concluded two memoranda of understanding with Huayou Cobalt and the Tsingshan Group in China to secure access to essential battery raw materials. The three companies are planning two joint ventures. Huayou Cobalt and the Tsingshan Group are ...

Ola Electric invests in extra-fast charging tech from StoreDot

India’s Ola Electric has invested in Israel’s StoreDot to access the latter’s fast-charging technology. Ola says this was the first of several global investments as it looks to ramp up its R&D in advanced cell chemistry and manufacturing. Rumours ...

TU Munich & MIT research improves ion mobility

A research team from TU Munich and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has now shown that light can be used to increase the mobility of ions in lithium-ion batteries. The research shows that exposing ceramic materials to light ...

StoreDot reports progress with silicon-dominated cells

Israeli battery developer StoreDot has reported progress in the stability of its fast-charging silicon-dominated battery cells. The company says it has exceeded 1,200 cycles with cells charged to 80 per cent in 15 minutes and then discharged for one ...

LG Energy Solution to expand Michigan plant

LG Energy Solution is planning to expand its own battery factory in Holland in the US state of Michigan. With investments amounting to 1.7 billion US dollars, the production capacity for battery cells and battery packs is to be ...

Stellantis & LG ES to build battery factory in Canada

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have unveiled plans to build a large electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Canada. A joint venture is to be set up to produce battery cells and modules at the new factory in Windsor ...

VW confirms plans for battery plant near Valencia

The Volkswagen Group has now officially confirmed the previously leaked plans to build a battery cell factory in Valencia, Spain. This is part of a total investment of more than seven billion euros along the entire e-mobility value chain ...

ACC to build next battery factory in Italy

Stellantis has officially confirmed plans to build a third Automotive Cells Company (ACC) battery factory in Termoli, Italy. For this purpose, Stellantis’ existing engine plant is to be converted into a battery factory. By 2030, the joint venture of ...

SK On receives funding for battery cell plant in Hungary

SK On, the battery division of the South Korean company SK Innovation spun off at the beginning of October 2021, can count on millions in funding for the construction of a third battery cell plant in Hungary. The EU ...

Proterra & Shyft Group sign battery supply deal

Proterra has won another customer for its battery systems. US vehicle manufacturer The Shyft Group will equip its Blue Arc electric delivery transporters with batteries from Proterra. Proterra’s H-Series battery system will be placed between the truck’s frame rails and ...

Mercedes opens battery assembly plant in Alabama

Mercedes-Benz has opened a battery factory near its US plant. However, the plant will not be manufacturing cells, as only purchased cells will be assembled into ready-to-install batteries for the EQE and EQS SUV models. A US cell manufacturing ...

Hyvia opens fuel cell plant in France

Nine months after it was founded, Hyvia, the joint venture between Renault and fuel cell specialist Plug Power, has opened a plant at Renault’s Refactory in Flins, France. Hyvia plans to assemble and test fuel cell modules based on ...

Toyota announces hydrogen tanks for non-automotive uses

Toyota has developed a new hydrogen storage system for different applications and tasks. Due to different safety standards and environments, the 700-bar high-pressure tanks developed for the Toyota Mirai could not be easily used in other areas until now. ...

Reck Tech Lithium to examine supply chains

Rock Tech Lithium has agreed to collaborate with the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT and supply chain tracking provider Circulor. The goal of the cooperation is to obtain comprehensive transparency of the lithium value chain. ...

Volkswagen joins initiative for responsible mining

The Volkswagen Group has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). The initiative works to establish strict standards for the responsible mining of raw materials. IRMA is an alliance of non-governmental organisations, trade unions, affected local communities, investors, ...

Eramet & Suez to build battery recycling plant in France

The mining group Eramet and the environmental services group Suez have presented plans to build a recycling factory for electric car batteries in France by 2024. Later, the material extracted there will also be processed on-site. Eramet already produces ...

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