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JUNE 23, 2021

are enhancing their ongoing strategic partnership in mobility services to focus on accelerating EV adoption in Southeast Asia. Hence, the enhanced partnership will focus on addressing some of these barriers by piloting new EV business models such as leasing EVs with a battery-as-a-service model or car-as-a-service model, and EV financing.

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JANUARY 15, 2022

Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. We all win when we prevent batteries from going to landfill. The opening of this facility will help meet that demand.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 482

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The facility will be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia, focusing on the production of specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies, used for electric vehicles. It also improves safe usage and fast charging of batteries. It also improves safe usage and fast charging of batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 1, 2021

Hyundai and Grab, which provides taxis and rental cars in markets in Southeast Asia, are in the mood to electrify. Down in Southeast Asia, the duo are partnering to offer more electric cars as rentals. The two companies plan to also push battery-as-a-service and EV financing forward. But that’s not all!

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Asia Hyundai Taxi Financing 140

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JUNE 23, 2021

A new report from IDTechEX forecasts the solid-state battery market will grow to $8 billion by 2031. Under most of the mass-production plans, the solid-state battery will likely take off after 2025, although small-scale production may happen even earlier, IDTechEX said. Major solid-state battery players globally.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Australia-based Avass Group recently signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to jointly manufacture electric vehicles and lithium batteries. The agreement bolsters Avass Group’s plans to mass manufacture full electric buses and lithium batteries in Saudi. Allen Saylav, Group Chief Executive Officer at Avass.

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Saudi Arabia Manufacturer Batteries Battery 284

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. China leads the pack with a 40-70% cost reduction in utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and offshore wind compared to other Asia Pacific markets.

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Asia Coal Solar Power 52

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Founded in 1995, BYD is a leading NEV (plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles] manufacturer. It has more than 27 years of experience in battery research and development. Central Asia map by Cacahuate - Own work based on the blank world map, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Uzbekistan BYD Azerbaijan Production 458

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Octillion Energy, a global supplier of advanced high-density lithium-ion battery packs for passenger cars, trucks, buses, and energy-storage systems, has achieved the milestone of shipping more than 1,500 battery packs a day and expects to hit 2,000 packs per day this month. billion kilometers driven on its systems.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Since its commissioning earlier this year, the Demo Plant has verified a 163% increase in actual leach processing capacity over the 500 kg/day planned capacity and 99% leach extraction efficiency of lithium-ion battery cathode waste material using RecycLiCo’s patented closed-loop process.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Waste 345

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MARCH 30, 2022

Berlin-based Theion , a developer of lithium-sulfur cathode technology, appointed Dr. Ulrich Ehmes as CEO and announced the upcoming commercial availability of its Crystal Battery for applications, beginning with the aerospace sector. The battery technology is compatible with a bipolar cell arrangement to maximize energy and power content.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Sulfur Lithium Ion 334

Electrek

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Gogoro’s battery-swapping network is world-renowned for making EV charging obsolete in dozens of models of electric scooters and motorbikes. The system uses smart connected batteries and thousands of swap stations that allow riders to roll up, swap batteries, and ride off — all in less time than a fuel fill-up on an ICE vehicle.

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Asia Batteries Battery Connect 80

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MAY 12, 2023

These components are critical for fuel cells, electrolyzers, and long-duration energy storage such as flow batteries. Advent PBI MEA Advent’s electrochemistry components business includes electrodes, membranes, and MEAs.

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Asia Supplies Fuel Polymer 273

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Among alternative powertrains, consumer interest in battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is highest in the Republic of Korea (23%), China (17%) and Germany (15%), while Japanese consumers showed the highest preference towards hybrid electric vehicles (HEV/PHEV) (48%) followed by the Republic of Korea (35%).

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Hybrid Asia Vehicles India 273

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Figures released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF) show that total vehicle sales in Southeast Asia will be about 2.79 Southeast Asia’s new energy vehicle market is expected to grow from about $500 million in 2021 to $2.67 The attractiveness of Southeast Asia to new energy vehicle companies is gradually strengthening.

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Asia Chinese Thailand Companies 97

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport.

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Poland Europe Batteries Battery 273

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Redwood Materials will build its next Battery Materials Campus just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Redwood takes in end-of-life batteries, break them down to their basic metals (such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium) and then rebuilds those metals into cathode and anode products. billion in the local community.

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South Carolina Li-ion Building Batteries 273

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

EIA projects most of this growth will come from regions where the consumption of energy is driven by strong economic growth, particularly in non-OECD Asia. Other significant findings of IEO2019 include: Manufacturing centers are shifting toward Africa and South Asia, especially India, resulting in energy consumption growth in those regions.

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Asia Energy 2018 India 220

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In 2021, 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by “high nickel” cathode chemistries (i.e., In Europe, this proportion amounted to a lower 51% and in Asia Pacific just 30%, speaking to the regional preferences for high, low and nickel chemistries, Adamas said.

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Market Asia Batteries Battery 243

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JUNE 5, 2021

These investments will allow ATC to remanufacture batteries and electric drive units for both plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles. ATC will launch remanufacture of both NiMH and LiON batteries and electric drive units in the 3 rd quarter of 2021 in Oklahoma City and 4 th quarter of 2021 in Zhangjiang, China.

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North America Oklahoma City Asia Electric Vehicles 243

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JULY 25, 2023

Li-ion battery recycling technology company Aqua Metals ( earlier post ) entered into a strategic partnership with Yulho Co., a storage solution and battery materials company based in South Korea. For the equity investment, Yulho has agreed to the purchase of approximately 4.5

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South Korea Batteries Battery Li-ion 150

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APRIL 29, 2020

SK Innovation announced plans for additional investment in its US battery business, following approval by the SK Innovation Board of Directors to fund the start of construction of a second electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia. SK Innovation has increased investment plans for its Georgia EV battery site, shown here in a rendering.

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Georgia Building Batteries Battery 394

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Adamas Intelligence has released its 4th biannual ‘ State of Charge: EVs, Batteries and Battery Materials ’ report. This latest report covers the global EV market’s performance over 2020 H2 and its implications on the ever-evolving battery and battery materials supply chains. million units versus 2.24 Tesla deployed 22.5

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Batteries Battery 2019 2020 396

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Limited (CATL) and Daihatsu Motor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota, announced an MOU of Strategic Cooperation on battery supply and battery technologies to promote e-mobility in Japan. CATL and Daihatsu intend to promote the application of advanced battery technologies including CTP (cell-to-pack) and BMS.

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Supplies Batteries Battery Japan 150

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Adamas Intelligence has published its 5 th semiannual State of Charge: EVs, Batteries and Battery Materials report. The report provides an overview of the global EV market’s performance over the past half-year (2021 H1) and its implications on the ever-evolving battery and battery materials supply chains.

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Batteries Battery 2020 Asia 218

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APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories.

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Global Batteries Battery North America 448

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JULY 30, 2013

General Motors’ Rayong engine plant in Thailand and Cheongna proving ground in Korea are now landfill-free , bringing the company’s total to 33 sites throughout Asia that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all of their daily waste. GM’s landfill-free facility count in Asia compares to 45 in North America and 22 in Europe.

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Asia GM Thailand Waste 236

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JUNE 9, 2021

The Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) ( earlier post ) has released the National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries 2021–2030 to guide investments in the urgent development of a domestic lithium-battery manufacturing value chain. —National Blueprint.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Energy Storage 320

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JUNE 30, 2023

BASF has opened Europe’s first co-located center of battery material production and battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. This underlines BASF’s commitment to establishing a robust, localized battery value chain in Europe. We are happy to support this transformation with IPCEI funding.

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Batteries Battery Europe Germany 195

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JULY 8, 2022

While it's unclear which company will win the race to put solid-state batteries in a production car, Toyota and research partner Panasonic currently have the lead in patents related to the technology, Nikkei Asia reported Thursday.

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Toyota Batteries Battery Asia 166

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

BASF and Nanotech Energy , a developer and manufacturer of graphene-based energy storage products, have agreed to partner to reduce the CO 2 footprint of Nanotech’s lithium-ion batteries for the North American market.

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Low CO2 Lithium Ion Li-ion America 170

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Electra Battery Materials ( earlier post ) launched a demonstration plant designed to recover and recycle high-value elements found in lithium-ion batteries, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, copper, and graphite at its refinery complex north of Toronto.

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Batteries Battery North America Lithium Ion 221

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance representing the US battery ecosystem, convened by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by Argonne National Laboratory, released an action plan to accelerate the creation of a robust domestic manufacturing base and comprehensive supply chain for lithium-based batteries.

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Boston Consulting Group Batteries Battery Supplies 273

Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Japanese company and Tesla supplier Panasonic announced plans on Monday to cut domestic production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries due to some vehicle sales being slower than initially planned. for EV battery operations. These older batteries, according to Umeda, are still in use in Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles.

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Production Batteries Battery Tesla 124

Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

BASF, a globally leading battery materials producer, and SK On, a globally leading electric vehicle battery cell manufacturer, have entered into an agreement to jointly evaluate collaboration opportunities in the global lithium-ion battery market focused on North America and Asia-Pacific.

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Lithium Ion North America Batteries Battery 104

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Taiwan-based ProLogium, a developer and manufacturer of next-generation EV solid-state battery solutions selected France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing plant outside Asia. The European Commission has now given a green light to a €1.5-billion Earlier post.)

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Grant Batteries Battery Taiwan 150

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

NEO Battery Materials, a developer of silicon anode materials, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Asia-based producer of high-purity silicon powder through recycling silicon by-product waste from solar photovoltaic cell and semiconductor manufacturing. The recycler will remain confidential until officially disclosed.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Waste 210