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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. In addition to cell production, the new company will be responsible for activities along the entire battery value chain. Future gigafactory for battery cells at the Salzgitter site: Salzgiga. Unified cell.

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Unifrax to build large-scale silicon fiber anode manufacturing line

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SiFAB is a proprietary silicon anode battery technology developed by Unifrax which enables significantly greater energy density in lithium-ion battery systems than prevailing technologies. SiFAB can be mixed into anode slurry with existing battery manufacturing processes. Source: Unifrax.

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Elcora acquires vanadium sites in quest to further position in battery technologies

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This strategic acquisition supports Elcora’s plan to enhance both its mining and energy storage solutions by adding additional markets related to battery technologies. Vanadium’s role in the growing energy grid storage will increase over the coming years. —Troy Grant, Elcora CEO.

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West Coast worth CEO desires EVs to save lots of California’s energy grid

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Known as “vehicle to grid,” two-way charging works through sending energy to the grid from an EV’s battery future the auto is parked and plugged in. The PG&E grid has confronted a barrage of demanding situations from latter climate. Mark Chediak contributed to this file.

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Li-ion batteries from drones might find second lives in less demanding devices – Charged EVs

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Research in ACS Energy Letters shows the potential to improve batteries in aerial EVs that take off and land vertically. The research team developed a new electrolyte to address these challenges and said the “stressed out” batteries could also have second lives in lighter applications.

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Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

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Northvolt intends to establish a battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With an annual potential production capacity of 60 GWh, Northvolt Drei will deliver a supply of sustainably produced lithium-ion batteries to the European market, sufficient for some one million electric vehicles.

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Mercedes-Benz Energy, Beijing Electric Vehicle start development partnership on 2nd-life battery storage

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(BJEV), a subsidiary of the BAIC Group, have entered into a development partnership to establish second-life energy storage systems in China in the future. Together, Mercedes-Benz Energy and Beijing Electric Vehicle plan to set up the first 2nd-life energy storage unit in Beijing, making use of retired BJEV electric car batteries.

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