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Rock Tech Lithium signs MoU with Romanian Government for second lithium hydroxide plant

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Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Government of Romania. The Rock Tech converters produce lithium hydroxide in three steps: pyro-processing, hydro-processing and purification. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. —Rock Tech’s Chairman, Dirk Harbecke.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

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The company is laser-focused on keeping costs down, and a key part of that strategy involves setting up micro-factories to serve specific customers, and building local supply chains. We believed in the technology, and we’ve focused on building that tech, and that’s what the last seven years were all about.

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A Peek at Intel’s Future Foundry Tech

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Faced with these realities, as all makers of leading-edge processors are now, Intel broke Clearwater Forest’s system down into its core functions, chose the best-fit technology to build each, and stitched them back together using a suite of new technical tricks. For more, see Intel’s whitepaper on their foundry tech.

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GM in talks with CATL to license cheaper LFP EV battery tech and joint North American plant

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General Motors (GM) is reportedly in talks with battery giant CATL to license its cheaper LFP battery tech. With several new Chevy EVs rolling out this year, including the Blazer EV, Equinox EV, and Silverado EV, GM looks to build 200,000 to 300,000 Ultium EVs this year. Ford announced a $3.5

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Using modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The company is laser-focused on keeping costs down, and a key part of that strategy involves setting up micro-factories to serve specific customers, and building local supply chains. We believed in the technology, and we’ve focused on building that tech, and that’s what the last seven years were all about.

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence: The west needs to build LFP battery capacity for the technology to go global

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Last month Gotion High-Tech agreed to supply a large listed and unnamed US automaker with 200 GWh of LFP batteries between 2023 and 2028 in an indication of the auto industry’s reliance on Chinese production. In addition, rising lithium carbonate prices are adding to the costs of LFP batteries.

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Hystar raises $5.9M+ to develop and commercialize its high-efficiency thin-membrane PEM electrolysis tech

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A unique cell design and process architecture offers an opportunity to reduce electricity consumption and increase hydrogen output, significantly lowering the cost of green hydrogen production from PEM electrolysis. Hystar’s PEM electrolysis technology enables the production of hydrogen at higher efficiencies than existing PEM technologies.