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MAY 10, 2023

Longtime Tesla battery supplier Panasonic has announced a delay in the commercial production of its 4680 cells. As per the company’s recent statements, Panasonic is now planning to start commercial production of the next-generation cells during the April to September period in 2024.

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JUNE 14, 2023

According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the worldwide commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) market is projected to grow from US$30.7 This market valuation refers to the total industry-wide global revenues derived from all commercials EVs sold yearly. billion in 2020 to more than US$682 billion by 2030.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

General Motors is leading a $60-million Series B financing round in Mitra Chem , a Silicon Valley-based, AI-enabled battery materials innovator. The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

For more than a year, the Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer battery-electric van has demonstrated its suitability for daily operations—be that as a hotel shuttle vehicle, a high-capacity taxi or a vehicle for on-demand mobility concepts in public transport. The range of the eVito Tourer with a 60 kWh battery is 217-239 km (135-149 miles).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Skyworks Aeronautics will use the funds to move forward with the commercialization of its gyroplane aircraft, including the eGyro electric air taxi geared towards urban air mobility and the 400 mph VertiJet VTOL aircraft that competes directly with helicopters, but at a much higher speed, longer range and lower operating cost.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

Stellantis Ventures announced its participation as a strategic investor in Tiamat, a France-based company that is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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MARCH 12, 2021

At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium metal battery innovator SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) ( earlier post ). —Mark Reuss.

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JULY 20, 2022

Suzuki Motor, Daihatsu Motor, Toyota Motor, and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have agreed to work towards the market introduction of mini-commercial van electric vehicles (BEVs) in FY2023.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a livestreamed briefing on batteries and carbon neutrality, Toyota Chief Technology Officer Masahiko Maeda said that the company will invest ¥1.5 billion) in the development of a battery supply system and research and development by 2030. trillion (US$14.3 million BEVs. million BEVs.

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JULY 29, 2022

Battery costs are declining quickly, but even Tesla still lists its 300-mile Semi variant with an estimated starting price of $150,000. As per the bill, commercial vehicles that weigh over 14,000 pounds are eligible for a $40,000 tax credit or an incentive worth 30% of the cost of the vehicle, whichever one is less.

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MAY 3, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002760 ) to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Advanced batteries capable of safe, rapid charging are necessary to appeal to these Americans who are unable to charge cars at home for long periods of time.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

In a media briefing in Tokyo, Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda said that Toyota Motor will roll out 30 battery EV models by 2030, globally offering a full lineup of battery EVs in the passenger and commercial segments. Additionally, the company will increase its new investment in batteries from the ¥1.5 Lexus RZ.

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JULY 22, 2021

have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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JULY 20, 2023

Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to establish a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport’s HPDI (High Pressure Direct Injection) fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications.

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MARCH 25, 2022

One of the more promising candidates for batteries beyond the current standard of lithium-ion materials is the sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery. V), a sodium-ion battery can greatly increase the amount of energy that can be stored in a given weight or volume. In addition, when cycled at high voltage (4.5 —Guiliang Xu.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

-sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Carbonates are known to adversely react with the intermediate polysulfides and shut down Li-S batteries in first discharge. sulfur and its application in Li-S batteries.

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MAY 4, 2021

Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, announced a $130-million Series B investment round led by the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and Volta Energy Technologies. The BMW Group and Ford aim to utilize Solid Power’s low-cost, high-energy all solid-state battery technology in forthcoming electric vehicles.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Solid-state sodium battery company LiNa Energy ( earlier post ) has closed out a £3.5-million LiNa Energy, a spin-out from Lancaster University, established in 2017, is commercializing a safe, cobalt- and lithium-free solid-state sodium battery. Now with over 20 staff, LiNa Energy works at the cutting-edge of battery technology.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Since the technology can be easily adapted to all engine types and manufactured in series to deliver economies of scale, it offers the advantage of affordability. Valeo has developed a hybrid system combining low-voltage (less than 60 V) electric motors with traditional combustion engines. To power various electrical components.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has received approval to establish the nation’s first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) export compensation mechanism for commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging customers in its California service area. More than 420,000 EVs have been sold in PG&E’s service area, representing one in six EVs in the country.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Saratoga Energy , the developer of a process for synthesizing graphite from carbon dioxide, has won a $1-million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Energy to help commercialize its innovation. The company’s graphite—synthesized from carbon dioxide—has a negligible carbon footprint.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy major Total, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saft, and Groupe PSA with Opel, intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company (ACC) to develop EV battery manufacturing in Europe. The project will leverage cutting-edge R&D, notably provided by Saft, in order to produce EV batteries starting in 2023.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

General Motors is leading a $60 million Series B financing round in Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley-based, AI-enabled battery materials innovator. The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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JUNE 30, 2023

The addition of a zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric vehicle (BEV) to the Mack medium-duty lineup also supports the company’s long-term sustainability goals. HVIP can help accelerate the commercialization of zero-emission trucks by offering point-of-sale vouchers to increase the affordability of advanced technologies.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Strategic Partnership Agreement is an umbrella agreement that will support a long-term partnership and commitment between the parties, affording Sparc the first right of refusal to commercialize technologies developed from projects Sparc undertakes with QUT. CATL launched its first-generation sodium-ion battery in 2021.

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JUNE 21, 2022

The study identified hydrogen vehicles as an increasingly viable alternative to BEVs (Battery-Electric Vehicles). Manufacturers will need to make hydrogen vehicles more affordable to become viable for fleets, but increased range and suitability for heavy goods transport will ultimately drive growth and economies of scale.

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JULY 19, 2020

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery, eliminating the cobalt and opening the door to reducing the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways. More nickel in a battery means it can store more energy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. The Ultium Platform also helps GM innovate in core areas such as the interdependent body frame and battery structure of its all-new EVs.

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JULY 13, 2022

We stepped back even further and asked: How can we affordably integrate new technology and required infrastructure into the world’s massive railroad networks in a way that is gradual, flexible, reliable, and affordable? This led us to OptiFuel’s modular, affordable designs. We didn’t look at one railroad or even one country.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

AM Batteries (AMB), a developer of lithium-ion dry-electrode technology, closed its Series A financing. One of the fundamental issues with today’s lithium-ion battery manufacturing process is the heavy carbon footprint, energy consumption, and cost from the solvent evaporation and recovery process needed for electrode fabrication.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and Inobat Auto, a European battery R&D and manufacturing company, are partnering to custom-manufacture high energy density batteries for automotive applications.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Enevate, a developer of advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology capable of extreme fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs), announced its new fourth-generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale. Achieves 800 Wh/L and 340 Wh/kg in large-format EV cells.

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MARCH 26, 2021

MIT researchers and colleagues at two national laboratories have developed a sulfonamide-based electrolyte that enables stable cycling of a commercial LiNi 0.8 V in lithium-metal batteries (LMBs). V lithium-metal battery can retain >88% capacity for 90 cycles. The next step is to scale the production to make it affordable.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Metal-Air Batteries (MABs), which use oxygen from ambient air as recourses to store and convert energy, have received considerable attention for their potential use in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their large storage capacity, lightweight, and affordability. This has hindered its further commercialization into the marketplace.

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MARCH 5, 2020

The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. GM’s joint venture with LG Chem to develop and mass produce battery cells will drive cell costs below $100 per kWh.

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