Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Demand for manganese in batteries is set to grow over eight-fold this decade, due to new battery chemistries and rising electric vehicle sales, according to Benchmark’s Manganese Sulphate Market Outlook. New battery chemistries are expected to use even more manganese.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

General Motors (GM) recently showed its commitment to electric vehicles (EVs) by continuing its plans for a $3.5 billion battery plant in Indiana, near New Carlisle. battery plant for heavy construction. The South Korean company was supposed to help GM build its fourth Ultium battery plant.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2023

General Motors and Mercedes-Benz aim to produce only electric vehicles by 2035 and 2030, respectively. TWh of batteries will be needed in 2030, compared to 3.9 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). But without large increases in the amount of lithium, these targets will be impossible to hit.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors and battery manufacturer Microvast will work together to develop specialized EV battery separator technology and build a new separator plant in the US. Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing initiative.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

The value of venture capital (VC) deals in advanced batteries shot up by 850% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021 with focus on lithium chemistries, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Big deals from VC investors are pushing forward the advanced batteries funding to a new high.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

NEO Battery Materials, a low-cost silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), is under the process to establish NBM America, a US subsidiary, in February. Ohio has been recognized as a strategic hub for the growing US battery supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

CATL ) signed a cooperation agreement with Honda Motor in Tokyo to cooperate formally to develop electric vehicles for the future market. Under the agreement, CATL will become Honda’s partner in the field of lithium-ion EV batteries. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

General Motors is leading a $60-million Series B financing round in Mitra Chem , a Silicon Valley-based, AI-enabled battery materials innovator. Iron-based cathodes are cheaper, cleaner, and safer than legacy battery technologies such as NMC and NCA that exist today, but are less energy-dense than Ni/Co-based ternary cathodes.

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EV Obssesion

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors (GM), will use Honeywell’s Quality Control System (QCS) to ensure the quality and integrity of the lithium-ion batteries produced at its new manufacturing plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Due to be completed in 2022, the 2.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

General Motors has agreed to form a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure sustainably produced lithium from the CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development, located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Farasis Energy, a global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion cells, modules and large battery systems, recently completed C-round financing exceeding 1 Billion US dollars. The compay will use the capital raised to accelerate the expansion of its global automotive battery manufacturing infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

General Motors and OneD Battery Sciences signed a joint research development agreement focused on the potential use of OneD’s silicon nanotechnology in GM’s Ultium battery cells to drive significant increases in energy density for longer range and reduced cost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

An analysis by Nikkei in Japan concludes that nearly 40% of the suppliers for materials used in Tesla’s electric vehicle batteries are Chinese companies. Tesla’s share of Chinese suppliers was 4 points higher than the percentage for General Motors. Tesla is working to boost the resiliency of its lithium supply chain.

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Electrek

JULY 27, 2022

billion for Ultium Cells, a joint venture of General Motors (GM) and battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution, to help finance EV lithium-ion battery cell factories in three states. The post GM and LG to build 3 US EV battery factories with a $2.5B DOE loan appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

-based global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion technology solutions targeted for heavy-duty mobility applications. The company’s 460,000-square-foot automated assembly facility in Midland includes advanced clean rooms and produces cells, packs, modules and management controls and software for lithium-ion power systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Lotte Chemical’s expertise in chemical/material manufacturing, GM’s sophistication in electric vehicle and battery development and KTB’s experience in venture capital will combine to help propel development and commercialization of our technology, and also help us attract top talent. —Sung-Jin Cho, Founder and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

The discovery, published in Nature , challenges the conventional belief that lithium metal batteries fail because of the growth of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) between the lithium anode and the electrolyte. The findings could pave the way for bringing rechargeable lithium metal batteries from the lab to the market.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

Glencore and General Motors announced a multi-year sourcing agreement in which Glencore will supply GM with cobalt from its Murrin Murrin operation in Australia. It is known for its heat-resistant properties and is added to lithium-ion battery cathodes to improve energy density and battery longevity.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors Co. (GM) GM) signed a supply agreement with Element 25 Limited (E25) for battery-grade manganese sulfate, a key component in lithium-ion battery cathodes. Element 25 agreed to supply General Motors with 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate annually.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. An LG Chem lithium-ion battery cell, as used in the 2011.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

General Motors launched the Buick LaCrosse with eAssist on August 25. At the heart of the LaCrosse eAssist is a 115V lithium-ion battery and 15kW motor-generator unit, which help increase fuel economy. The new model features a 2.4-liter Deliveries to customers will begin in September. (By

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant worker Tina Oaks attaches wiring harnesses on a Spark EV battery pack. A newly designed battery system features an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh and uses 192 lithium ion cells. Battery module for 2015 Spark EV battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $209 million in funding to 26 new national laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. Battery 500 Phase 2, with BNL, INL, SLAC, General Motors and 8 universities as partners. 3D Printing of All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced an agreement with Li-Cycle to recycle up to 100% of the material scrap from battery cell manufacturing. Ninety-five percent of these materials can be used in the production of new batteries or for adjacent industries.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On the other hand, pure electric vehicles (meaning those powered only by batteries) were involved in just 25 fires per 100,000 sold. A citywide backlash against battery-powered vehicles followed, as reported by multiple sources. In the U.S., Yet, says, Paul A. 498 of the vehicles in its holds were electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $2.4-million —Yan Wang.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2022

Li-Cycle will operate its sixth and largest lithium-ion battery recycling Spoke facility co-located at the Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing mega-factory site in Warren, Ohio. Ultium Cells is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

HRL Laboratories, a corporate R&D laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors, will be a partner in Stanford University’s Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC), established in 2009 with a $20 million, five-year grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2019

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, awarded a $4.8-million million technology development contract to Zenlabs Energy Inc.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

Two next-generation battery material and cell manufacturers are cooperating to expedite solid-state battery development. LG Chem and Factorial Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, hoping to eventually lead the solid-state battery segment with a strategic partnership.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2022

Recent reports have emerged suggesting that Tesla has signed long-term battery materials supply deals with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. The reports come amidst the efforts of veteran automakers like Ford and General Motors to acquire as much battery materials as possible. and CNGR Advanced Material Co. Credit: Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

and General Motors signed a term sheet for the long-term supply of battery grade nickel sulfate from Vale’s proposed plant at Bécancour, Québec, Canada. Nickel sulfate is the chemical compound used in the production of pre-cathode active materials for nickel-based lithium-ion batteries.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors will develop electric vehicle battery separators with manufacturer Microvast in a joint partnership that will yield a new separator plant in the United States. Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing initiative. DOE grant appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors will invest $449 million to upgrade manufacturing processes at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Brownstown Battery Assembly plants. Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Southern California Edison (SCE) opened the largest battery energy storage project in North America—the Tehachapi Energy Storage Project—to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy. It will also help us to gain a better understanding of the value and benefit of battery energy storage.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. Detroit’s Big 3 and Toyota all announced investments in battery plants these last few weeks. Toyota’s US Battery Plant. billion in battery development and production within the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization operated by Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $7.7-million million advanced battery technology development contract for electric vehicle applications to Envia Systems. Batteries'

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