Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Tesla Gigafactory Nevada employees have built the 1,000,000th battery pack produced at the plant. Employees at the Sparks, Nevada facility have each signed the commemorative pack, recognizing their hard work has officially resulted in one heck of a milestone for Tesla as a whole and each worker involved on production lines.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 19, 2024

billion expansion of Gigafactory Nevada, which will add 4 million square feet of manufacturing space and two new facilities for Semi and 4680 cell production. Tesla has been able to ramp production of the cell , but not to initially expected levels. Giga Nevada expansion for Semi and 4680 cell appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 5, 2022

On Tuesday, January 4, Panasonic announced that Redwood Materials would start supplying copper foil to its battery production facility in Giga Nevada. By the end of 2022, @PanasonicNA will include Redwood’s copper foil, produced from recycled materials, back into new battery production at the Gigafactory.

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2023

The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Board approved a $330,250,366 million tax break for Tesla. billion to expand Gigafactory Nevada in Storey County. capital investment in Giga Nevada could generate an estimated $685 million in net state and local revenues in the next 20 years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. The project will build a new plant in Chattanooga to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of graphite targeted at the electric vehicle industry.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic announced today that it intends to build a new campus in Reno that will handle training, research and development, employee recruitment centers, and other support functions. Panasonic announced the new building, located at 645 East Plumb Lane, yesterday. It was first reported by InsideEVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

Autonomous delivery company Nuro is investing $40 million to develop two new facilities in southern Nevada—an end-of-line manufacturing facility and a closed-course test track—to commercialize and scale production of the company’s third-generation autonomous vehicle.

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

CATL’s Chairman (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) teased Tesla batteries for the robotaxt fleet. Tesla will use idle equipment from Chinese supplier CATL at Gigafactory Nevada. He confirmed that CATL will supply battery machinery to Tesla Giga Nevada last month. billion expansion earlier this year.

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Teslarati

APRIL 19, 2021

Tesla Gigafactory Nevada might not be attracting as much attention as its newer siblings like Giga Texas and Giga Berlin, but the massive battery factory is still undergoing improvements. This is evidenced by satellite images from late March, which still showed a notably lower volume of solar panels on Giga Nevada’s roof. .

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

billion battery plant in South Carolina, set to be the JB Straubel-led company’s second. Redwood Materials broke ground on the South Carolina battery materials facility last week, as announced by Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations Morgan Crapps in a LinkedIn post. “And we’re off!

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Teslarati

JULY 25, 2022

billion battery materials facility can make a difference in the United States’ EV supply chain. With the transition of the automotive sector to electric vehicles, the need for battery materials is bound to increase. This is quite a different strategy, as notable battery players like SK Innovation Co.

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Teslarati

APRIL 30, 2024

Redwood Materials partnered with the Rotary Club to collect used batteries during Earth Day 2024. The company invites more people to collaborate on similar events or learn more about what they can do to build a clean energy future. The pair collected old batteries from used devices like laptops, tablets, and phones.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A new report states that Tesla is going to build a small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines in Nevada. According to a new report from Bloomberg report, Tesla plans to build a “small facility” using “idle equipment” from CATL. The production of those cells has been limited to China until recently.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Tesla finally moved forward with Gigafactory Nevada expansion for Tesla Semi and 4680 cells a year after the original announcement. Tesla Gigafactory Nevada was the first major step in Tesla’s effort to secure battery cell supply for its ambitious growth. It was supposed to become the largest building in the world.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is negotiating with General Motors (GM) to license its LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology. CATL and GM are also discussing the possibility of building a joint factory in North America. In addition, CATL and GM’s battery factory would be in either the United States or Mexico.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a recent sighting, two units of the Tesla Semi were spotted together near Gigafactory Nevada, and one of them even had its frunk opened. . The images were reportedly taken at the Tesla Semi facility near the Giga Nevada complex. BREAKING: 2 brand new Tesla Semi's spotted at Giga Nevada Semi factory.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Site selection will be announced later.

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2023

Tesla has applied for a set of building permits regarding a previously unannounced “Lithium Lab,” which is likely an upcoming R&D facility. Now, the company is also starting up a lithium research division, which will operate at an all-new research and development facility nicknamed “Lithium Lab” in Nevada.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Teslarati

JUNE 14, 2021

Redwood Materials, a battery and e-waste recycling venture from former Tesla executive J.B. Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. Tesla also manufactures electric motors for the Model 3 in the Nevada Gigafactory.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

Redwood Materials , which was founded by Tesla co-founder and current board member JB Straubel , is a battery recycling firm dedicated to the pursuit of creating a circular supply chain for battery materials. Our team is inventing and building the US battery supply chain one process and machine at a time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Facility construction is focused on rapidly ramping up manufacture of 2170 cylindrical Li-ion batteries to meet surging domestic EV battery demand.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has decided to acquire a factory site in the United States for “high capacity lithium-ion batteries,” according to the Nippon H?s? Both companies operate Gigafactory Nevada outside of Reno, Nevada. The facility would produce the 4680 lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This was a surprise to electric vehicle enthusiasts, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted during the 2021 Annual Shareholder Meeting that the Class 8 all-electric hauler would be hitting volume production in 2023. The Semi’s new video, which was shared on YouTube by Tesla advocate Sawyer Merritt , was shot last Friday near Gigafactory Nevada.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has stated that it intends to start the buildout of its Kansas, US plant this November. With such an aggressive timeframe for the facility, Panasonic is reportedly looking to start mass production at the plant by March 2025. Panasonic is already supplying batteries for Tesla through Gigafactory Nevada.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 22, 2024

battery factory this month, another executive has cautioned that the manufacturer should first boost output at its current plants before debuting an additional site. “I keep telling people we need to think about thoroughly raising productivity before setting up a third location,” Kusumi said. .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Redwood Materials, founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel ( earlier post ), is launching the most comprehensive electric vehicle battery recycling program, beginning in California, to establish efficient, safe and effective recovery pathways for end-of-life hybrid and electric vehicle battery packs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Located inside Montana State University’s (MSU) Innovation Campus, New Horizons Studio’s all-new Bozeman facility will focus on: Product design and development. End-user/commercial production and smart assembly. Elevate concept revealed in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2019. Testing operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Lithium Americas estimates the lithium extracted and processed from the project can support production of up to 1 million EVs per year.

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2021

This means that Panasonic would be doubling down on its electric car battery business, headlined by its partnership with the world’s premier EV maker, Tesla. Over the years, Panasonic has been pushed frequently by Tesla to produce more batteries, particularly as the demand for the Model 3 hit its pace.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling firm run by Tesla alum JB Straubel, recently broke ground on a new facility near Charleston, South Carolina. The plant will complement the company’s Nevada materials location, and will be used to recycle, refine and remanufacture anode and cathode components.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. The project will be built in Ville-sur-Haine and be the largest project Eneco builds to date.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

On Thursday, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Tesla Motors, confirmed what had been widely leaked the day before: that Nevada and Tesla had reached an agreement—subject to legislative review and approval—that will result in the state being the site for the Tesla Gigafactory. Batteries'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. Ford is building on agreements tied to its 600,000 run rate milestone and is taking them even further.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Tesla Semi is currently only in low-volume production at a facility outside Gigafactory Nevada. In January 2023, Tesla announced a massive expansion of Gigafactory Nevada to add production of Tesla Semi trucks and 4680 battery cells and to finally expand the factory to its originally planned size.

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