Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2019

The global battery energy storage market will to grow to $13.13 Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023. APAC will continue to be the largest market, reaching $6.05 billion by 2023, according to a new forecast by GlobalData.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

With an identical manufacturing process to conventional Li-S and Li-ion, the delivery of the Quasi Solid-State batteries is achievable by late Autumn 2021, the company claims. The attraction of OXIS cells for vehicle markets, is that on average, the battery systems are up to 60% lighter than conventional Li-ion battery systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

Brazil-based metals and mining multinational Vale announced a partnership with Wabtec Corporation to advance the decarbonization of Vale’s rail operations. The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to test ammonia as a potential clean, alternative fuel to replace diesel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

b) Region-specific/vehicle-specific/battery-specific cumulative (from 2010 to 2050) demand for critical metals and the cumulative potential secondary production from recycling. (c) c) Sensitivity of cumulative requirement under different battery scenarios. Recycling w/2nd” denotes retired batteries reused as ESSs before recycling.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Canada-based Sigma Lithium Corporation ( earlier post ) has begun construction on site to build the foundation and infrastructure installation of its greentech dense media separation production plant, at its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project in Brazil. —Ana Cabral-Gardner, co-CEO and lead commercial officer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Graphex has more ethan a decade of commercial experience producing 10,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade purified spherical graphite at its facility in Heilongjiang Province, China, for the power battery market. Reforme was founded by the team that developed a first in the sorting and beneficiating of iron ore.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

FinDreams Technology, the battery subsidiary of BYD, has filed paperwork to establish a new battery production facility in Central China. According to Reuters , BYD will construct a battery production facility that produces 40 GWh of batteries annually. What do you think of the article?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Starting in fall 2022, Premium models built with the Extended Range battery offer a targeted EPA-estimated range of 290 miles on all-wheel drive models, up 13 miles. New Zealand, Brazil and Argentina are among the latest markets added to the Mustang Mach-E stable.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

Atlas Lithium Corporation, a US-based mineral exploration company focused on lithium and other battery metals in Brazil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Lithium concentrate produced by the plant would then be available for purchase by Mitsui at a price generally based on the then-prevailing market price.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2015

announced a collaborative agreement with Fundação Parque Tecnológico Itaipu ( FPTI ) to develop a new centre of excellence for energy storage in Brazil. Their first project together will focus on the research and development for a new and flexible architecture lithium battery for stationary power and transportation applications.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Roskill noted that battery grades are particularly affected as both the manufacture of synthetic graphite and the processing of spherical graphite from natural flake are known for their high levels of energy consumption. Total output for 2021 is likely to rival the next-largest ex-China producer, National de Grafite in Brazil.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

China’s leader EV maker, BYD , has held “active” discussions with lithium producer Sigma Lithium as it looks to expand its battery business. The Chinese EV maker is now eyeing expanding its EV battery business. Sigma began shipping lithium from its Grota do Cirilo mine and processing plant in Brazil last year.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

BYD is expected to launch its next-gen Blade EV battery later this year. The battery will promote more range at an even lower cost. Will the new battery be BYD’s X-factor in its “liberation battle” over gas-powered vehicles? The batteries are a major reason behind BYD’s success.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The facility—due to open in early 2024— will have the capacity to supply material equivalent to 1GWh of battery cell production. This positions Echion as the first in the market to guarantee the commercial supply of niobium-based battery anode oxides.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Volvo Trucks is continuing to enter new markets with its battery electric trucks. The company has now delivered its first heavy-duty electric trucks to Latin America, with the vehicles going to customers in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. By that, Volvo has delivered electric trucks to customers on six continents and in 45 countries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The buses—full-size, low-floor models for the city’s regular route network—will operate on MHI’s high-performance “ MLIX ” lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. The drive motor is a 3-phase asynchronous AC induction unit with maximum output of 240kW; the 621.6VDC battery pack has 93.24 Electric (Battery) Heavy-duty'

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JANUARY 22, 2014

and Nissan will begin testing the Nissan e-NV200 battery-electric compact cargo vehicle under real world conditions in Washington, D.C. FedEx Express and Nissan have conducted similar e-NV200 tests with fleets in Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Brazil. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.,

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Stellantis officials agreed to give workers better pay and more benefits, and the company will add another 1,000-plus jobs with a new battery production facility in Belvidere. We don’t know which truck model Ram will be built at the site, but it might not be the Rampage currently made in Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We are taking important steps in Argentina and Brazil, with the aim of decarbonizing mobility and ensuring strategic supplies of raw materials necessary for the success of the Company’s global electrification plans. In Brazil, it is targeting approximately 20% low emission vehicle (LEV) sales mix by the end of the decade.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Media coverage of EVs tends to focus on the world’s largest auto markets: North America, Europe and Asia. Until recently, that’s been where most of the action was, but in many smaller markets around the world, voltage levels are starting to rise. The company has launched the Dolphin Mini in Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

China’s BYD plans to end production of the pouch-type batteries used in its best-selling hybrids as the automaker seeks to address durability concerns and the risk that they could leak, said three people familiar with the matter. In extreme cases, leaking electrolytes could cause the battery to burn or explode, they said.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2019

The plant will supply the OXIS Energy Brazil Holding’s manufacturing plant, which has been jointly set up between the State Government of Minas Gerais and OXIS Energy UK. OXIS is currently working on the design of the Brazilian Plant with NORDIKA Pharmaceutical of Brazil. —Huw Hampson-Jones, CEO OXIS Energy.

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CN EV Post

JULY 13, 2023

The Chinese are building new car factories in abandoned US car factories in Thailand and Brazil now But with the anti Chinese sentiment in the US right now I am guessing it would be risky for a Chinese company to build a factory in the US. @Wayne Lewis In reply to Wayne Lewis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD won an order to deliver another 406 battery-electric buses to the Colombian capital of Bogotá, coming shortly after a previous announcement on 17 December of the delivery of the 470 pure electric buses to the city. Earlier post.) BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2012

Pike Research forecasts that the global market for all electric-drive buses—including hybrid, battery electric, and fuel cell buses—grow steadily over the next. The Latin American market will be driven largely by uptake in Brazil, but other countries will also spur adoption, notably Uruguay which recently indicated it.

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Teslarati

JULY 6, 2023

The German automaker plans to target Brazil, which it claims is South America’s largest market. “As As a fast-growing car market, South America is of strategic importance to Volkswagen. VW plans to grow 40% in Brazil by launching 15 new electric and flex-fuel vehicles by 2025. 4 and ID.buzz to Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Sigma is developing the largest hard rock lithium spodumene deposits in the Americas, located in its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo Project in Brazil. The company has processed these spodumene into battery-grade lithium for three years and has achieved certification status with the largest battery makers in the world.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

With the pandemic spreading across the globe, strict lockdowns in key markets, combined with consumer panic and economic uncertainty, have all contributed to the huge decrease in sales last month. Registrations fell in all 27 markets, but with varying severity. This downward trend is not simply due to the restrictions of free movement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Global benchmarks conceal a range of country-level estimates that vary according to market maturity, resource availability, project characteristics, local financing conditions and labor costs. Shipping routes from Asia are critical to deliver solar panels, inverters, batteries and other components. compared to 1H 2021.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Of the many applications for lithium batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage solutions (ESS) stand out as by far the largest and fastest growing sectors, driven by the world-wide shift from traditional fossil-fueled vehicles towards cleaner forms of transport and energy use. Ltd; AMG Brazil S.A.; ppm Li (0.0018%).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

kWh battery pack for 190 miles (305 km) or 252 miles (405 km) CLTC range, respectively. BYD is launching the Seagull as the “Dolphin Mini” in overseas markets. The low-cost EV landed in Brazil earlier with a starting price around $20,000 (99,800 BRL). The new model is powered by a 30.08 kWh or 38.88

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

The 183 BYD electric buses will join the 100 electric buses that BYD and local partner Enel brought into Santiago last December, giving BYD a dominant share of more than 60% in the capital’s electric bus market. The existing fleet of K9FEs operating in Santiago. The first 100 BYD buses were delivered to Santiago in December 2018.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

ready—being pre-disposed to receive batteries for electric use—and comes with a charging plug behind the Renault logo. A multinational concept car, the KWID CONCEPT is the first of its kind in Renault to target new markets. Customers in new markets are much younger. The KWID CONCEPT is also Z.E

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

High growth in demand for lithium batteries is spurring three-fold growth in mine production of lithium over the next four years, with 86kt of new lithium metal capacity coming on stream, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. After moderate growth in lithium supply between 2010 and 2017 of 6.4%

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