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Cabot to invest $200M over next 5 years in US conductive carbon additives capacity for Li-ion batteries

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Cabot Corporation plans to add conductive carbon additives (CCA) capacity in the United States to enhance its position in the market and support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). As part of these efforts, federal and state governments have implemented a variety of programs in the form of grants, loans, and tax incentives.

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Sion Power ARPA-E Project Targeting Li-S Battery With 600 Wh/kg and 1,000 Cycles by 2016

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Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) for the development of practical, economical and safe lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for powering electric vehicles.

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Chrysler to Develop New Fiat 500 Electric Vehicle for the US; Ram PHEV to Offer 20 Miles All-electric Range

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The Fiat 500EV powertrain comprises three main systems; high power electric powertrain module, advanced lithium-ion battery, and an EV control unit to manage power flows. Beginning in 2012, Chrysler Group will manufacture the Fiat 500EV for the United States market. Earlier post.) The Ram PHEV features Chrysler Group’s 5.7-liter

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3M Forms Strategic Relationship with Amperex Technologies for NMC Li-Ion Cathode Materials

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(ATL) that will expand the use of nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries targeted at consumer electronics and automotive applications. Under the agreement, 3M granted ATL a license to 3M intellectual property for the use of 3M NMC cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Source: 3M.

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University of Delaware Licenses V2G Technology to AutoPort; 100 V2G EVs as Test Fleet

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Under the terms of the licensing agreement, AutoPort has been granted non-exclusive rights in the area of commercial fleet vehicles. 35 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Vehicle to Grid Power (Presentation to Delaware Public Service Commission, Kempton, 2009. a major vehicle processing and modification facility in New Castle, Del.

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Elcora acquires vanadium sites in quest to further position in battery technologies

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Furthermore, the Biden administration in the US has also pledged to deploy 1050-1570 gigawatts of solar power by 2050 and more than 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind in the United States by 2030. Like other minerals and metals needed for li-ion batteries, the thriving renewable industry will accelerate demand for high quality vanadium.

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Researchers boost performance of lithium-rich cathode material 30-40% by creating oxygen vacancies

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As described in an open access paper in Nature Communications , the target material (Li[Li 0.144 Ni 0.136 Co 0.136 Mn 0.544 ]O 2 , denoted as LR-NCM) delivers a discharge capacity as high as 301 mAh g −1 with initial Coulombic efficiency of 93.2%. —Qiu et al. The researchers prepared LR-NCM using a co-precipitation method.

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