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Porsche Behind World’s Biggest Factory For Silicon Battery Materials

CleanTechnica EVs

Silicon battery technology gets the seal of approval from Porsche, which has put up the big bucks to help Group14 build the world's biggest silicon battery materials factory in Washington State.

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Group14 Technologies begins construction of second commercial-scale silicon battery materials plant

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Built to run on renewable energy in the form of Washington State's abundant hydropower, the factory is expected to be part of a larger Group14 campus, comprising at least six modules, as the company looks to continue to expand its footprint in Moses Lake. a full-service engineering, design and construction firm with offices across the US.

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That Was the Year That Was

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Volvo, Lucid, Porsche and Jaguar had low sales while Mini, Genesis, Toyota and Subaru were just beginning their sales. The scenario was playing out as expected as EV sales became normalized in many places around the globe, including the state’s of California, Washington, Florida and Texas in the U.S. . Looking to 2023.

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VW Group head of research says its time for electrification, but progress has been extremely low; We need more

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What has changed the business mainly is that Li-ion batteries have come around and finally supported an energy density that allows you to build a halfway decent car. And “ to build a decent type car ”, the industry needs capacity on the order of 1,000 Wh/kg. So what has changed? —Jürgen Leohold.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. I realized the future wasn’t going to be building the electric truck, it was going to be providing the service. Get in line.