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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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Tesla donates $3.1M of $6M grant to Jeff Dahn’s Dalhousie University battery team

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A team of battery researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University are the recipients of a $6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Michael Metzger as the Herzberg-Dahn Chair to supplement Dahn’s experience and ensure that Dalhousie remains a global force in battery tech advancements.

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European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

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million grant to develop Next Generation Cobalt-free batteries. The financial objective is to achieve a cost of no more than €90/kWh at the pack level when entering commercial production. The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million Useful cycle life of >2000. >4.5V

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BMW expects to have solid-state battery in a demonstrator vehicle well before 2025; IPCEI grants

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We want to significantly increase the energy density of the cells and reduce the costs of material use and production at the same time. The development of battery cells is an ideal fit for Bavaria’s automotive industry and tech-industry as a whole. Earlier post.). —Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. ".

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Tesla’s years of battery tech investments are becoming a buffer against nickel’s rising costs

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Being a key component of its high-performance batteries, Musk stated back in 2020 that any company that can provide Tesla with environmentally-friendly nickel would be granted with a massive contract. Tesla also managed to handle the rising cost of nickel by using batteries that do not use the material at all.

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Solvay invests in Li-metal battery company Sepion

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The $16-million funding round was led by Fine Structure Ventures, and also includes other climate tech investors. Sepion raised funds to accelerate commercialization of lithium metal batteries for long-range and low-cost electric vehicles. In March, the California Energy Commission awarded Sepion a $1.4-million

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Intelligent Energy tech lead in €3.5M EU DIGIMAN program to advance fuel cell stack mass production; Toyota the automotive partner

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UK-based Intelligent Energy is the program’s technology lead with overall coordination provided by CEA Tech-Liten. The reduction of the production cost of fuel cell systems to be used in transport applications is one of the five techno-economic objectives of the FCH, and DIGIMAN fully contributes to the overall strategy.

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