CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Back in 2004, Elon Musk became the largest shareholder and chairman of Tesla. Later, in 2008, Warren Buffett invested $232 million for a nearly 10% stake in BYD, a China-based company that makes lithium-ion batteries and electric cars.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2017

Tesla is currently ramping up lithium-ion battery cell production at its U.S. But the automaker has discussed plans for at least one additional Gigafactory, presumably to meet demand for battery cells related to large-scale electric-car production outside the U.S. Gigafactory" near Reno, Nevada.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2021

Tesla Energy director Mark Twidell believes Australia is well-positioned to become a large supplier of lithium as demand for electric cars and large energy storage units continues to rise. Mark Twidell stood in for Tesla Chairman Robyn Denholm at the Southstart entrepreneurs conference in Adelaide recently.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2013

Most advocates and industry analysts expect lithium-ion batteries to dominate electric-car energy storage for the rest of this decade. But is Silicon Valley startup carmaker Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] planning to add a new type of battery to increase the range of its electric cars?

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As electric cars and other electric vehicles (EVs) become more popular, many consumers hoping to make the switch want to know: How long does an EV battery last? A lithium-ion battery’s high energy density means it produces more power for its size, making it ideal for an electric car.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2014

If you watched 60 Minutes on Sunday night--perhaps wondering whether the show would target the Tesla Model S electric car--you may have been relieved. The segment, "Fast Cars and Rocket Ships," was nothing less than a laudatory paean to the vision and accomplishments of Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2010

indicated that it plans to develop an electric-car prototype jointly with Tesla Motors Inc. As the first step, the two firms aim to develop a prototype based on a current Toyota model using Tesla’s lithium-ion-battery-based system. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. for testing as early as this year.

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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2021

Tesla battery partner Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) announced on Monday that it had extended its battery supply deal with American electric car maker Tesla. As per CATL, it would now be supplying lithium-ion batteries to Tesla from January 2022 to December 2025. .

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium announced the construction of Europe’s first lithium refining facility in Guben, Brandenburg. It plans to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide for lithium-ion batteries, making it a perfect fit for Tesla Giga Berlin, which happens to be just 60 km (37 miles) away.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2016

Panasonic is currently Tesla's sole supplier of battery cells for its electric cars, and a partner in the carmaker's massive lithium-ion cell "gigafactory" in Nevada.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2014

Tesla Motors recently announced plans for a battery "Gigafactory," which is to provide enough lithium-ion cells to allow it to build a projected 500,000 electric cars per year by 2020. The question is.'

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2020

Energy density for lithium-ion cells in electric cars has been improving at a rate of roughly 7% a year. But that rule, which has held for consumer cells for decades might be thrown to the wayside if a remark from CEO Elon Musk holds true. 400 Wh/kg *with* high.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When it comes to Tesla and electric-car batteries, the eyes of most analysts are currently on the automaker's "Gigafactory," which began battery-cell production earlier this year.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

From the technical point of view, the power battery equipped with an electric vehicle is charged and discharged by transferring lithium ions in the electrolyte and embedding and de-embedding in the positive and negative electrodes. The working power of the PTC heater of a pure electric car is about 2-4kW.

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EV Central

APRIL 29, 2024

To ensure far higher charging speeds than any current LFP cell, CATL used new lithium-ion material and redesigned the battery terminals to dissipate as much heat as possible during high-current charging. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 21, 2014

Today on Green CarReports: We drive the first-ever hybrid Subaru, electric cars crop up even in small towns, and we have the Tesla "TV ad" that even Elon Musk enjoyed. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve driven the.'

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Teslarati

JUNE 3, 2021

Tesla, who has worked very closely with Dahn’s team, will also contribute an additional $3.1 million to help develop advanced batteries from electric cars and grid energy storage. Tesla and Dahn signed another five-year contract earlier this year. Tesla and Dahn are contractually tied until 2026.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The 210,000 plug-in electric vehicles sold around the world last year used a lot of lithium-ion batteries. But if startup automaker Tesla Motors has its way, it will soon need as many lithium-ion cells (of the 18650 format it uses) as are now built worldwide.

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EV Central

MARCH 15, 2024

But the Japanese giant is here at last, and its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, has got the top-selling Tesla Model Y firmly in its sights. So should Tesla be afraid of the no-longer-sleeping giant? Delivering the bZ4X’s range is a 71.4kWh lithium-ion battery. Or is the bZ4X too little, too late?

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Blink Charging

JULY 28, 2022

Electric cars are on the rise. The number of electric car sales nearly doubled from last year until now. About 10% of people buying a new car chose an electric one. Electric cars are much older. In fact, before burning petrol, most vehicles ran on electric batteries. A New Composition.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2017

As Tesla regularly points out, the lithium-ion battery cells used in electric cars can also serve in home energy-storage units. Now, a Daimler company will go up against Tesla in that field under the branding of its most famous luxury-car make.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Tesla is perhaps best known for its electric cars, but the company has another prominent business as well. Its Tesla Energy division markets stationary lithium-ion battery packs for energy storage.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2017

Slightly less than three years after it was first announced, Tesla is now producing lithium-ion battery cells at its massive "Gigafactory."

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2014

Elon Musk, CEO of startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors, is no doubt used to skepticism. Now he faces new doubts over the company''s plans for a massive "gigafactory" costing as much as $5 billion to manufacture more lithium-ion cells than any other plant in the world.

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Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2022

A former Tesla research scientist will join Nevada-based American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), a critical minerals and lithium-ion battery recycling company, to spearhead an EV battery material recycling operation. McDaniel was at Tesla for two years and three months, according to his LinkedIn.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2024

By that point my kids will probably take away my smartphone/key, or at least remove the Tesla App from. continued] The post I Plan To Keep My Tesla Model 3 Until I Die: How Can I Make My Battery Last That Long? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2016

Since the start of Tesla Model S electric-car production in 2012, the company's lithium-ion cells have been supplied by its Japanese partner Panasonic.

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2021

Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by Tesla co-founder J.B. Redwood’s ultimate goal is to create a “closed-loop supply chain for electric vehicles and energy products, making them truly sustainable and continuing to drive down the costs for batteries,” the company said. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.,

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

If you know anything about how electric cars work, you know that they operate via a lithium-ion battery. The battery is recharged by plugging the car into an EV charging station. But did you know there are different types of electric car plugs, and each one has different capabilities, costs and charging speeds?

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2018

A judge dismisses a lawsuit against Tesla over Model 3 production delays. Researchers from Penn State develop faster-charging lithium-ion batteries. We ask if classic cars should be converted to electric power in a new Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car.

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Teslarati

JUNE 3, 2021

Tesla battery supplier CATL plans to build a new production facility near Tesla’s Giga Shanghai electric vehicle production plant in China. Tesla and CATL entered a partnership in early 2020 after Giga Shanghai first started the mass production of the Model 3. GWh in current production and add to the additional 77.5

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2014

Tesla Motors'' proposed "gigafactory" to make lithium-ion cells and battery packs for electric cars won''t just benefit drivers; it will also benefit the state where it''s located. Tesla originally named four.'

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2021

Tesla has officially submitted amended application documents to build electric vehicle battery cells at its German production plant, Giga Berlin. The changes were primarily due to the addition of the plan to produce electric vehicle battery cells on-site. Tesla hat geänderten Antrag u. link] pic.twitter.com/9gRcnU5CuT.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The planned cell output of the Gigafactory in 2020 exceeds 2013 global production by current manufacturers, Tesla said. Tesla plans to invest directly approximately $2 billion, the rest to come from its partners in the venture. Tesla envisions a plant space requirement of up to 10 million ft 2 (929,000 m 2 ) with 1-2 levels.

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Teslarati

JULY 30, 2021

Tesla has filed a patent that aims to recover undamaged and unutilized nickel and cobalt, two crucial raw materials in battery cells. The patent is titled “Metal Sulfate Manufacturing System via Electrochemical Dissolution” and was filed by three Tesla engineers. The patent. Why this is a big deal.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

When electric-car maker Tesla Motors released more information about its planned "gigafactory" to produce lithium-ion battery cells in the U.S., They are Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas, all of which are shown as candidate locations in the presentation Tesla put online.'

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