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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Daimler AG is expanding its production capacities for lithium-ion battery systems with investments of around €100 million (US$125 million) in its Deutsche ACCUmotive subsidiary in coming years. Currently, a new building to be completed by mid-2015 is under construction in Kamenz, Germany. Batteries' Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 15, 2022

The world will need more than twenty times the amount of lithium than was mined last year to meet demand by mid-century, driven by growth in energy storage and electric vehicles, according to new analysis from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. The long term path for lithium is set, yet the supply chain scaling challenge has just begun.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Group14 Technologies, a provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for global lithium-ion markets, announced that it has been selected as a winner of the Department Of Energy’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge and will receive a $3.96-million million award.

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APRIL 21, 2015

For the first time in China, Johnson Controls unveiled its Lithium-ion automotive battery for Advanced Start-Stop vehicles at Auto Shanghai 2015. The Johnson Controls Advanced Start-Stop system solution has two batteries. liters per 100 km in 2015—a 27% improvement. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 27, 2021

are partnering to develop XING Mobility’s immersion cooling battery technology further, utilizing Castrol’s advanced thermal management fluid to deliver power and safety to the EV market. With immersion cooling technology, battery cells are directly immersed in a non-conductive, non-flammable, and non-toxic coolant.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

UK-based Faradion, a developer of sodium-ion battery technology ( earlier post ), and Phillips 66 have launched a new technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. —Ann Oglesby, Vice President, Energy Research & Innovation at Phillips 66.

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MAY 23, 2021

GMG) reported initial performance data for graphene-enhanced aluminum-ion batteries developed by GHG and the University of Queensland (UQ). Hongjie Dai, Nature , 2015, 520, 325, and 3. The current nominal voltage of our batteries is 1.7 The current nominal voltage of our batteries is 1.7 ion batteries (AIBs).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

XING Mobility , a developer of immersion cooling battery technology for industrial applications, will introduce its IMMERSIO Cell-to-Pack (CTP) product at the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany. The IMMERSIO CTP Solution is the result of XING’s extensive research and development of immersion cooling battery technology.

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MAY 14, 2014

General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant worker Tina Oaks attaches wiring harnesses on a Spark EV battery pack. A newly designed battery system features an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh and uses 192 lithium ion cells. Battery module for 2015 Spark EV battery pack. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

24M announced that it has developed and delivered commercially-viable, high energy density lithium-ion cells. These deliveries represent a significant milestone in the 24M mission to scale its unique, capital-efficient, low-cost approach to advanced lithium-ion battery manufacturing.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As dealerships embrace electrification to maintain competitiveness , it’s crucial to also explore the benefits of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS). Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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JANUARY 10, 2015

Neah Power Systems, a provider of fuel cell-based power generation and lithium ion-based storage solutions for the unmanned aerial vehicles (defense and commercial), military, transportation and portable electronics industries ( earlier post ), will acquire Shorai , Inc.,

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

million in funding from ARPA-E in 2016 to further the development of the next generation of high-energy-density, low-cost batteries ( earlier post ), has raised a $21.8 Yet-Ming Chiang, a professor of Material Science and Engineering at MIT and one of the top battery researchers in the world.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy major Total, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saft, and Groupe PSA with Opel, intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company (ACC) to develop EV battery manufacturing in Europe. The project will leverage cutting-edge R&D, notably provided by Saft, in order to produce EV batteries starting in 2023.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Advanced Battery Technologies signed a strategic partnership agreement with Jiangsu Duke New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd to supply its fast charging lithium-ion batteries for Jiangsu Duke’s 20,000 electronic sports cars in 2015.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Total lithium-ion transportation battery revenue by region, world markets: 2012-2020. In a new report , Pike Research forecasts that the overall market for Li-ion batteries in light duty transportation will grow from $1.6 —“Electric Vehicle Batteries”. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 16, 2018

This autumn, AKASOL will begin serial production of the first-generation battery system AKASYSTEM OEM for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric bus. AKASOL is also starting to develop second-generation lithium-ion battery systems in close cooperation with Daimler Buses. —AKASOL CEO Sven Schulz.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

joint-venture company for their combined business operations related to the lithium ion capacitor (LIC), a next-generation energy storage device. The new joint venture, Asahi Kasei FDK Energy Device Co., LICs have higher cell capacity than conventional(EDLCs) and longer life than lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

PHEV/EV Models 2010-2012 by Battery Chemistry. Battery chemistries that prioritize energy capacity over power density can equally satisfy both the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and the EV battery segments, enabling vendors to offer products to multiple vendors for multiple models. Source: Pike Research.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

million) in its Valencia, Spain manufacturing plant to support the company’s electrification strategy with a state-of-the-art battery assembly facility in addition to new S-MAX Hybrid and Galaxy Hybrid models. Delivered through a €24-million investment, the new battery assembly facility will begin production in September this year.

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JUNE 3, 2013

The participating companies, including BMW, Daimler AG, Elring Klinger, Manz AG, and Rockwood Lithium, signed a letter of intent at the groundbreaking ceremony on 29 May in Ulm. The new line will also make it possible to study cost-influencing factors in the production process with the aim of reducing battery manufacturing costs.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

million to develop a next-generation lithium ion “6T” battery system for use in military applications, with a focus on ground combat vehicle applications. Currently, there are three companies funded by Alion to develop a first-generation lithium 6T Battery: Navitas Systems, Saft ( earlier post ), and Eagle Picher.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

The hybrid NIC stores charge both electrostatically and electrochemically, and sits between ultracapacitors and batteries in terms of power (ultracaps) and energy (batteries) storage capability. The NIC features an ion-adsorption cathode and an ion-intercalation anode. Batteries' doi: 10.1039/C4EE02986K.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

UK-based Future Transport Systems (FTS) has developed , with support from Ricardo, an energy buffer system using second-life EV batteries for charging stations. The second life EV batteries used for these products make the E-STOR platform cost-effective.

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JUNE 15, 2015

Nissan Motor Company and Green Charge Networks, a provider of commercial energy storage, are partnering to deploy second-life Li-ion vehicle batteries for stationary commercial energy storage in the US and international markets. General availability is targeted for Q4 2015. formed in 2010. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 25, 2015

XALT Energy (originally founded in 2009 as Dow-Kokam, LLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, signed a global exclusive agreement with Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK Group) of China for the supply of its Lithium Titanate (LTO) batteries from its manufacturing facilities in Midland, Michigan for all-electric buses in China.

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APRIL 20, 2010

The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RusNano) and Thunder Sky Group Limited (China) have signed an agreement establish the joint venture Lithium-ion Technology for the first Russia-based production of high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Battery production will begin in 2011. Earlier post.)

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JULY 21, 2022

BASF and TODA KOGYO will further expand the production capacity of BASF TODA Battery Materials LLC (BTBM) at the Onoda site in Japan. BTBM is a BASF majority-owned joint venture with TODA formed in 2015 (BASF 66%; TODA 34%). The R&D center is also located here, where it develops cathode materials such as High-energy (HE) NCM.

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APRIL 16, 2010

will introduce a new Prius minivan equipped with Li-ion batteries early next year—the first of a coming rollout of hybrids equipped with Li-ion packs. A hybrid vehicle that Toyota plans to introduce around 2015 will also offer a choice between the two batteries. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp.

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JULY 28, 2019

Wood-based carbon can be utilized as a crucial component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive industry and large-scale energy storage systems. This lignin will be converted into hard carbon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with properties similar to graphite.

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MAY 8, 2017

Umicore will invest €300 million (US$328 million) between 2017 and 2019 to further increase its production of NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) cathode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. It comprises three main business groups: Catalysis, Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, E.ON electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. The M5BAT project is backed by a €6.5-million

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JANUARY 7, 2015

A team from the University of Rome Sapienza has developed a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery based on the combination of a high capacity sulfur-carbon cathode, nanostructured Li x Sn-C anode and polysulfide-added PEO-based gel membrane. —Agostini & Hassoun (2015). —Agostini & Hassoun (2015).

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JUNE 22, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected SiiLion, Inc. The company is developing high-energy batteries featuring pure silicon anodes and high voltage cathodes—including lithium-manganese-rich and nickel-rich chemistries—enabled using a non-flammable ionic liquid electrolyte. Source: SiiLion.

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APRIL 22, 2016

Daimler AG has commenced deliveries of Mercedes-Benz stationary energy storage units ( earlier post ) for use in private homes. The lithium-ion batteries are being manufactured by the Daimler subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE and distributed through selected sales partners and partner companies.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

(NOHMs), a Cornell University spin-out founded in 2010, raised $5 million in Series B venture capital financing to commercialize its non-flammable electric vehicle (EV) battery electrolyte technology. volts in lithium ion cells. Non-flammable electrolyte to improve EV battery durability. volt lithium-ion batteries.

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APRIL 20, 2012

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has updated its global Li-ion automotive battery study ( earlier post ). billion to US$9-10 billion by 2015, despite scaled-back forecasts for previously announced models. We still expect the global market for Li-ion batteries to reach US$9 billion by 2015.

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