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Faraday Institution launches physics-based battery modeling standard: BPX

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The Faraday Institution launched the Battery Parameter eXchange (BPX) , an open standard for physics-based lithium-ion battery models. The standard defines the battery parameters, the equations that use the parameters, and the reporting of experimental measurements used to validate the reported parameters.

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Solid Power, SK Innovation partner to produce automotive-scale all-solid-state batteries; $30M investment from SK

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The partnership is intended to facilitate the validation of Solid Power’s all-solid-state cell development and production techniques as part of the industry-standard automotive qualification process (APQP). Solid Power’s Silicon EV Cell is expected to be safer, provide longer range, and cost less than today’s leading lithium-ion batteries.

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Tesla switches Standard Range vehicles to LFP battery chemistry

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Among the most interesting announcements made by Tesla during its Q3 2021 Earnings Call yesterday was the strategy to move all of its Standard Range vehicles to a cheaper LFP, or lithium iron phosphate, battery chemistry. The post Tesla switches Standard Range vehicles to LFP battery chemistry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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FREYR and 24M sign licensing and services agreement for mass production of Li-ion battery cells; Glencore for raw materials

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FREYR AS and 24M Technologies signed a definitive License and Services Agreement to use 24M’s SemiSolid lithium-ion battery platform technology ( earlier post ) in FREYR’s planned facilities in Mo i Rana, Norway. —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR.

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Ford joins PT Vale Indonesia and Huayou in Pomalaa nickel project; offtake agreement

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All three companies are making equity investments in the Pomalaa Block High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) Project through a definitive agreement. LLC is serving as Ford’s financial advisor in connection with this transaction, while Standard Chartered is providing similar services for Huayou. announced an agreement with Ford Motor Co.,

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Setting a new standard for battery leak testing

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There currently are no reliable tests on which to base leak-detection standards for a full range of soft-pouch, cylindrical or prismatic battery cells in use throughout the industry. Today’s pressure and helium testing methods are either too slow or unreliable, and also may allow small but significant lithium-ion leaks to go unnoticed.”.

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LG Energy Solution signs binding term sheet with Sigma Lithium for battery-grade lithium concentrate

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The six-year agreement scales from 60,000 tons per year in 2023 to 100,000 tons per year from 2024 to 2027 (Guaranteed Take-or-Pay Quantity) subject to Sigma Lithium and LGES executing a mutually acceptable definitive agreement to implement the offtake.

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