Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough , one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery, died on 25 June at age 100. He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991. His first was lithium cobalt oxide.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

One-third of the world’s EV batteries come from the Chinese company, which provides lithium-ion batteries to Tesla, Peugeot, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. China-based CATL, the world’s top supplier, expanded its market share from 32% in 2021 to 34% in 2022.

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Innovation News Network

AUGUST 8, 2022

A research team at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has made a significant breakthrough toward increasing the performance of lithium-ion batteries. The post Silicon microparticles innovation enhances performance of lithium-ion batteries appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2023

Panasonic Energy and Mazda have entered into discussions regarding a medium- to long-term partnership for lithium-ion battery cell supply. The discussions include Panasonic Energy supplying Mazda with automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries made in the battery supply plants in Japan and North America.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. By Christmas, he had developed a battery with a titanium-disulfide cathode and a liquid electrolyte that used lithium ions. Two weeks later, Kuribayashi and his colleague departed for Japan with a box of 200 C-size cells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has established a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. Japan is a global center for battery development, and consequently home to some of the most experienced and capable lithium-ion battery cell experts in the world.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

in Hungary and build a new plant for lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries will be assembled in a new plant with lithium-ion cells made in Japan. GS Yuasa will also consider manufacturing lithium-ion cells in this plant in future.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

New Delhi: Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Japan’s Panasonic Energy Co. a Panasonic Group company, have signed a binding term sheet to form a JV for manufacturing cylindrical lithium-ion cells in India for two-and three-wheel vehicles and energy storage systems, the public sector oil giant announced on Sunday.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2020

Toyota has launched the new model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) through dealerships in Japan. Adequate temperature of the lithium-ion battery is maintained using an air conditioning coolant. Since its debut in 1994, RAV4 has pioneered the crossover SUV market, and remains the market leader.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JULY 15, 2021

In the previous few years, India has doubled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import cost. Lithium-ion batteries are imported into India from China, Japan, and South Korea. Now let us look into some of the key players in the Lithium-ion sector in India.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 1, 2022

“Panasonic is developing a new high-capacity lithium-ion battery, the "4680", in multiple locations within Japan,” it stated in a press release issued Monday. Panasonic has made official its pending production of large-format cylindrical cells—the 4680 format that Tesla championed at its 2020 Battery Day.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

To overcome the slow charging times of conventional lithium-ion batteries, scientists from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have developed a new anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that allows for ultrafast charging. A highly promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

QuantumScape Corporation, a leading developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles ( earlier post ), is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with an office in Kyoto, Japan. The new property will feature a laboratory for battery research and development.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire shares in Vehicle Energy Japan Inc., a company engaged in the automotive lithium-ion batteries business. Nissan will acquire all the common shares of Vehicle Energy Japan held by […] The post Nissan to acquire shares in Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials (formerly American Manganese), has delivered samples of its battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea. 2020) “Experimental Study on Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials” J. Electrochem.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that on December 28th, it successfully produced the first lithium-ion battery cell to be designed, developed, and built completely in Europe by a homegrown company. Northvolt Ett’s first Prismatic Lithium-ion cell. Credit: Northvolt).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery manufacturer and developer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Japan will expand its Russia-bound export ban to include 164 additional industrial items such as lithium-ion batteries, gas pipes and car engine oil, the trade ministry said on Friday.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Europe has become the fastest growing region for new electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery capacity outside of China, according to Benchmark Minerals. By end-2022, Europe is set to have 7 active lithium-ion battery producers of which the top five by capacity (and gigafactory location) are: LG Chem (Poland): 32 GWh.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Panasonic Energy Co.,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 16, 2024

All-solid-state batteries, which will be game-changers for EVs, have the potential for energy density approximately twice that of conventional lithium-ion batteries, significantly shorter charging time due to superior charge and discharge performance, and lower costs due to less expensive materials.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The MIH Consortium unveiled the Project X and Y — innovative concept urban mobility solutions for people moving and cargo handling, at the Japan Mobility Show. These projects address the changing urban transport landscape by expanding the options for car-sharing, ride-hailing, food delivery, and goods transport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

TeraWatt Technology announced that its 4.5Ah prototype solid-state battery design achieved a record-breaking energy density of 432Wh/kg (1122Wh/L) in validation tests conducted by third parties, including TOYO System based in Japan. is a significant step beyond the traditional lithium-ion solutions that have dominated for the past 30 years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2022

Panasonic Corporation announced that its Energy Company will establish a production facility at its Wakayama Factory in western Japan to manufacture new, large 4680 (46 millimeters wide and 80 millimeters tall) cylindrical lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Tesla unveiled a 4680-format prototype cell in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2018

The project ultimately aims to lower the battery pack cost to around ¥10,000/ kWh ($90/kWh) by around 2030—about one-third the cost for existing lithium-ion batteries. The research also targets a fast-charge time of 10 minutes, also around one-third of that needed for lithium-ion batteries. Yamaha Mr. .;

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest car maker, will kick off exports of electric vehicles to Japan and Europe in 2024 before it launches its EV in the country in 2025. We will start exports of EVs to countries like Europe and Japan.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Researchers from Tohoku University, Japan, have developed novel ultrathin Li 2 MnSiO 4 nanosheets for use as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries. The material shows reversible two-lithium-ion capacity in conjunction with good cyclability without any structural instability up to 20 cycles. MWCNT coating.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 15, 2023

TOKYO – Japan will give Toyota round 120 billion yen ($854 million) backup in opposition to the automaker’s plan to put money into home manufacturing of the lithium ion batteries for its electrical automobiles, the Nikkei newspaper mentioned.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively. —James Frith, BNEF’s head of energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2014

one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, are entering exclusive negotiations to form a joint venture for cathode active materials (CAM) based in Japan. BASF and Toda Kogyo Corp., This proposed joint venture with Toda Kogyo Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2022

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the NIMS-SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development Center have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density of more than 500 Wh/kg—significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2022

Researchers at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have improved the performance of silicon anodes in LIBs using a self-healing composite polymer binder for the silicon particles. The new binder improves stability and maintains a thin SEI layer. The results of the study are published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The new joint venture would use existing THU facilities to manufacture battery separator film for automotive lithium-ion batteries for sale to LG Group in Europe and the United States. LTHS will license from LG Chem and Toray the technologies necessary to produce separators for LG Group lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2014

Racing group Team TAISAN and materials engineer Power Japan Plus—a company that is commercializing a dual carbon battery technology ( earlier post )—have formed a partnership to develop an electric racing vehicle, which will be the first to use the Ryden dual carbon battery. Both electrodes are carbon (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

Moody’s Japan K.K. says that the push toward alternative-fuel vehicles—battery electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles—poses a credit challenge for multiple sectors in Japan, with the large auto sector and sectors such as steel and refining most affected.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2014

BASF and Toda Kogyo have agreed to form a joint venture for Li-ion cathode active materials (CAM) in Japan. will combine their respective CAM businesses, intellectual property and production assets in Japan in the joint venture, which will operate under the trade name BASF TODA Battery Materials, LLC. BASF and Toda Kogyo Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

said that it has obtained a patent for its safety-reinforced separator (SRS), a key component of lithium-ion polymer batteries, in Europe and Japan. Yonhap News reported that South Korea-based LG Chem Ltd. SRS uses nanoscale ceramic particles to prevent internal short circuits. Earlier post.).

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