Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

France-based Forsee Power is sourcing very high energy density NMC cells to be integrated into its battery systems from Chinese battery cell manufacturer CALB. CALB is planning to grow its production capacities to 500 GWh by 2025. It specializes in cells for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Battery maker Octillion Power Systems will supply advanced lithium-ion batteries to Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) for the production of 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev. It features Octillion’s 650-volt battery and and Danfoss Editron’s drivetrains. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

Most of the battery packs and propulsion equipment for the Russian capital’s electric buses are made by Drive Electro, which has manufactured and supplied components for 400 of the city’s electric vehicles. This year, Drive Electro will supply Moscow with battery packs for a further 200 electric buses. Up to US$5.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. The battery is rechargeable for 1000 cycles with a low polarization gap and can operate at high rates. —Kondori et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

PEUGEOT has become one of the first manufacturers to offer in series production, from 2021 onwards in the compact utility van segment, an electric version powered by a hydrogen fuel cell in addition to its battery-electric version. A high-voltage lithium-ion battery, located under the cab seats, with a capacity of 10.5

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

Panasonic Energy signed a battery agreement with Subaru. The agreement covers the supply of cylindrical automotive lithium-ion battery cells. Panasonic Energy has been strengthening its supply chain for lithium-ion battery cells in North America recently.

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Innovation News Network

AUGUST 4, 2022

Curtin University’s Professor Jacques Eksteen explores the Australian lithium industry and its role in the global battery supply chain. Lithium is most commonly used for rechargeable batteries in our mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, home and grid energy storage, and electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

Octillion also is supplying batteries for Lightning’s new mobile battery charger, which can be rapidly deployed to provide fast roadside charging to support the operation of electric fleet vehicles. The mobile charger offers the capability to recharge EVs on their routes, which allows fleets to maximize vehicle uptime.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Toshiba Corporation, Sojitz Corporation, and CBMM have entered into a joint development agreement for the commercialization of next generation lithium-ion batteries using niobium titanium oxide (NTO) as the anode material. One of the major requirements for rechargeable battery development is greater energy density and faster charging.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

has entered into an agreement with Sion Power Corporation ( earlier post ), a leading developer of high-energy rechargeable battery technology, to design and to supply battery cells based on their proprietary lithium-metal technology for commercial vehicle applications. Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Starting on 22 April (Earth Day), Volkswagen of America and Redwood Materials will offer consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. If adopted across the industry, battery recycling programs like this could help reduce battery costs as well as the need to mine and ship raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

Umicore and Automotive Cells Company (ACC)—a joint company between Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies together with its subsidiary Saft—have signed a long-term strategic supply agreement for EV cathode materials in Europe. The plant will start commercial production in the second quarter of 2022 and will employ 400 people.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

The lithium-ion battery industry has been, and will continue to be, the main catalyst for growth; it accounted for close to 50% of consumption in 2017 and is expected to reach over 80% by 2027. Lithium carbonate remains the main lithium product used for batteries, forming more than 80% of consumption. New lithium operations.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

L&F currently supplies LiNiMnCoO 2 , LiCoO 2 and LiMn 2 O 4 materials, with customized high-nickel NCM materials for high-performance products. L&F also supplies LG Energy Solutions among other battery makers. L&F was founded in July 2000 to produce LCD back lighting units.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. The share of Recharge cars reached 29% during the month, with all-electrics accounting for 11.4% (973 units).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2021

James Breyer founded Hercules Electric Vehicles in 2018 with a vision to bring luxury eco-utility products to market, beginning with an electric pickup truck and followed by other electric mobility products. Hercules vehicles will offer integrated solar charging, long-range batteries and optional fuel-cell range-extender options.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Umicore and LG Chem have concluded a multi-year strategic supply agreement for NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) cathode materials to serve LG Chem’s needs out of Umicore plants in Poland, Korea and China. The supply agreement takes effect in 2020 and covers a total volume of 125,000 metric tonnes to be delivered over several years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. Earlier post.) Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

MHI) will supply two electric buses to serve in a transportation system being planned by the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. 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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Boston-based SES AI Corporation, a developer of high-performance lithium-metal (Li-Metal) rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and other applications, has incorporated its subsidiary SES Korea and plans to build a pre-production facility in South Korea. It’s all about speed and winning the race. SK) and LG Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. Once production begins in the first half of 2026, the site will have the capacity to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active material (CAM) per year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The mobile charging column is based on the battery pack of the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB). This offers the advantage of quick scalability; it also allows batteries from electric vehicles to have a second life. The start of production is planned for 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

(MHI) is selling its Li-ion rechargeable battery business to Delta Electronics. MHI will focus on energy storage system (ESS) products using Li-ion batteries. Under the brand name MLiX, MHI designs and manufactures prismatic cells, modules, CMU (Cell Management Unit) / BMU (Battery Management Unit), packs and systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

Figures from May 2022 were negatively affected by lower production due to last year’s supply chain constraints. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 55% in May, accounting for 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. US sales grew by 14% in May to 10,723 cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With this partnership, the parties are setting up a world-class player in the development and manufacture of high-performance batteries for the automotive industry from 2023. Total/Saft will contribute its expertise in R&D and industrialization, and Groupe PSA its knowledge of the automotive market and its experience in production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

and Oregon-based InSpec Group will commence contract services for the construction of manufacturing plants for secondary batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, and a range of ancillary facilities. As a result, ITOCHU concluded, the expansion of production capacity for secondary batteries has become essential in the market.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The decline was related to a shortage of components which affected production but the demand for Volvo Cars’ products remained strong. The share of Volvo Cars with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain—the Recharge models—amounted to 25.5% The growth was related to a planned ramp up in production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Umicore, a global materials technology group, is a pioneer in the recycling of rechargeable batteries; its battery recycling plant in Hoboken, Belgium, has an annual capacity of 7,000 tons of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and battery production scrap, the equivalent of 35,000 electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a contract with public transport operator Freiburger Verkehrs AG for the supply of 15 electric buses: five 12-meter Solaris Urbino 12 electric and ten 18-meter articulated Urbino 18 electric. The commissioned Urbino will be equipped with Solaris High Power batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In its second quarterly update to its Lithium: Outlook to 2030, 17 th Edition report, Roskill maintains the view that future refined lithium supply will remain tight, with a period of sustained supply deficit in the mid-2020s. The lithium-ion battery supply chain does not only depend on lithium.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

Leading silicon and carbon products company Elkem has successfully commissioned its industrial pilot for battery materials in Kristiansand, Norway, starting industrial scale pilot production for customers. The production of battery materials represents one of our biggest growth opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The company said that full year sales performance was affected by challenges across the supply chain as well as production restraints caused by component shortages and COVID-related lockdowns in China. The share of overall Recharge cars—those with pure electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains—reached 27.4%

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2023

The lithium-ion battery isn’t going anywhere soon. Stanley Whittingham , the Nobel laureate who created the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery some 50 years ago, told attendees of the SLAC-Stanford Battery Research Center Launch Symposium on Thursday. We need regional supply chains,” Whittingham says.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The Panasonic Group will supply the lithium-ion batteries for Toyota Motor Corporation’s Prius Plug-in Hybrid. This will be the first time for the Panasonic Group to supply its lithium-ion batteries for a mass production plug-in hybrid vehicle. Earlier post.) Li-ion cell for Prius PHV. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Umicore and Volkswagen AG plan to establish a joint venture to build up precursor and cathode material production capacities in Europe to supply Volkswagen AG’s European battery cell production. The intention is to ramp up gradually the JV’s precursor and cathode material production capacity.

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