Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup. Ford is now commited to build both nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the US. Limited (CATL), the world’s leading battery manufacturer.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) is reportedly in talks with battery giant CATL to license its cheaper LFP battery tech. The plans could include a new joint North American plant to produce the new batteries. GM is ramping up production of its Ultium-based models after it “turned the corner” at its battery factory in Detroit.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The BYD Seagull made headlines as one of the most affordable electric vehicles on the market. Elon Musk says Tesla will build €25k EV at Giga Berlin Forbes speculated that the Seagull, labeled Blade, might be equipped with BYD’s lithium-ion phosphate batteries. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2023

The updated version, dubbed MEB+, will incorporate charging and battery updates, as well as an electrical architecture designed to support more advanced driver-assist tech, according to VW. The Volkswagen MEB platform that has served as the backbone for the automaker's EV push is set to get a number of updates over the next few years.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Kia announced that it is shifting its electric vehicle plans to include more hybrids and affordable EVs. It plans to boost demand by launching a series of new affordable EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Honda has provided the first look at the exterior and interior styling of the all-new Honda Prologue battery-electric SUV that will come to market in North America in 2024. Showcasing a tech-rich cabin, the Prologue will have a standard fully digital 11-inch driver display panel and an 11.3-inch Prologue will have a wheelbase of 121.8-inches,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Kia announced that it is shifting its electric vehicle plans to include more hybrids and affordable EVs. It plans to boost demand by launching a series of new affordable EVs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford plans smaller affordable EV pickup and SUV During an investor call last month, Farley revealed the company had been “secretly” working on a low-cost EV platform. However, it’s also exploring other EV battery tech.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 10, 2023

Affordable priced EV with connected display: MG Comet EV We already know that MG Motor India is working to bring affordable electric vehicles (EVs) to the Indian market soon. The car is marketed as Tata’s affordable competitor to its Tiago EV electric car model. That said, MG will sell this car at an affordable price.

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CN EV Post

MAY 5, 2024

It's just not affordable. @munio In reply to munio. It's the costs of production that's the biggest challenge. Until we see it in big pocket racing or elitest overpriced cars, we're not going to see them in regular people driveways.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2021

Most importantly, on the way to EV affordability and profitability, the company outlined plans to potentially halve its battery costs for its most.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

During an investor meeting on Wednesday, BYD’s CEO, Wang Chaunfu, said it will launch its next-gen hybrid tech offering over 1,200 miles (2,000 km) range. Most BYD vehicles are based on its e-Platform 3.0 , an advanced 8-in-1 electric powertrain with integrated Blade batteries. The 30% offers room for Chinese brands to grow.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

The Renault Group has entered two major partnerships for the production of Li-ion batteries in France. The first is with Envision AESC —a long-standing partner of Nissan; the second is with Verkor , a Grenoble-based start-up specialized in development of EV battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 26, 2019

Which company is looking for new battery suppliers outside the U.S.? What upcoming electric car is not designed to drive but to ride in? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 25, 2019.

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Teslarati

MARCH 27, 2024

In addition, the United States has an under-supply of affordable EVs and cheap batteries for electric vehicles. Meanwhile, China has an oversupply of affordable EVs and cells in the battery market. Even Europe is leaning towards domestically sourcing and supplying battery cells for electric vehicles.

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2023

Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo SE plans to introduce the dry coating process to its battery cell production plants in Europe and North America. Tesla pioneered the new battery manufacturing process with its 4680 cell production. Technologies like Dry Coating showcase PowerCo’s technological prowess.

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Teslarati

MARCH 22, 2022

For years, Tesla has invested heavily in its supply chain and battery strategy. So focused was the company in these endeavors that it even decided to design and produce its own batteries, the 4680 cells. The next-generation cells are a crucial component of Tesla’s long-term plan to make electric vehicles more affordable.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. 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.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Nissan’s “product offensive” will include new development and manufacturing upgrades to make EVs more affordable. 2024 Nissan LEAF (Source: Nissan) Nissan plans to introduce new EV tech, including NCM li-ion, LFP, and all-solid-state batteries for a wide range of uses. It will also roll out in the US and other global markets.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Zendure shocks the world of clean energy with their affordable and super powerful SUPERBASE V. The SuberBase V removes the guess work and work-arounds that are common in the backup storage world, and replaces them with cutting edge tech and plug-and-play features.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

battery-supply deal with China’s CATL, Car News China reports. The deal reportedly being discussed would bring that partnership to North America in the form of a joint battery plant located in either the U.S. or Mexico, along with a GM license agreement for CATL’s LFP battery tech. car manufacturing.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

In the main markets (Europe, Japan, the US, China) 15 Alliance plants already produce parts, motors, batteries for 10 EV models on the streets, with more than 1 million EV cars sold so far and 30 billion e-kilometers driven. Common battery strategy, breakthrough battery innovations and a planned 220 GWh production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Renault will introduce a new, affordable urban electric vehicle in 2019, coming first to China, and new hybrid and plug-in hybrid options on three of its popular vehicles in 2020. e-Tech, a 100% Renault in-house technology, enables Renault to offer hybrid versions on B- and C-segment models.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On the other hand, pure electric vehicles (meaning those powered only by batteries) were involved in just 25 fires per 100,000 sold. The blaze had allegedly been kicked off by an electric scooter that was connected to a charger on the premises, according to reporting by the investigative tech news site Rest of World. In the U.S.,

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 8, 2024

Changes include more tech, new advanced driver assistance features, but they’re limited to higher, more expensive trim levels. 4 rolls into the new year with the same battery and powertrain options it had before, but tech improvements should help it remain competitive. 4 one of the most affordable EVs on sale today.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

More positively, VinFast has engaged the small Australian independent design company GoMotiv to develop models for it including the Wild ute concept displayed at his year’s CES tech-fest in Last Vegas and the VF3 ‘mini-Jimny’ electric off-roader. The Wild is defintyiely going into production and would be a guarantee for Australia.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

The company has always sought to provide most of what you can get from higher-priced electric bike models, yet at a much more affordable price. The 504 Wh battery isn’t particularly large, and I’d even say it’s a bit smaller than most batteries in the direct-to-consumer electric bike market right now. Don’t believe me?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Ultium Platform will: Enable GM to make nearly every type of vehicle across its different brands and up and down the portfolio by building everything from affordable, high-volume crossovers and passenger cars to full-size pickups and SUVs, performance, and commercial vehicles. GMC HUMMER EV. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors).

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Are solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries a solution to some of the issues with the lithium-ion batteries powering our EVs today? The environmental implications of moving to solid-state EV batteries are significant.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

General Motors has hired former Tesla battery-development boss Kurt Kelty as its new vice president of batteries. “For more than 30 years, I’ve been focused on helping develop and commercialize battery technologies that will aid in the transition to electric transportation,” Kelty said in a statement.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Virginia Tech will host a university-wide competition for students to design on-demand, remote-controlled 3-D printed aircraft and ground vehicles. This competition promises to catapult Virginia Tech to a leadership position in additive manufacturing linked to robotic systems. according to challenge organizers.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

Making them affordable involves moving the up-front capital expenditure of new vehicles to a recurring operating expenditure like in ICE vehicles, where fuel is the main recurring expense. By taking fixed batteries out of the equation, BaaS reduces the upfront cost of EVs and thereby drives adoption.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The purpose of cars is to carry people, preferably in a practical, safe and affordable way, so the constraints are quite different compared to a sports car or race car. The more streamlined the car, the longer the range for the same battery. Tech: Porsche Taycan Aerodynamics Explained. Tech: Coastdown Testing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world's largest technology manufacturer and service provider, announced two self-developed prototype electric vehicles at its third annual Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD): the MODEL B crossover hatchback and the MODEL V all-terrain, electric pickup. —Hon Hai Chairman and CEO Young Liu.

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Teslarati

MARCH 11, 2022

To state that Tesla’s future lies in the success or failure of the 4680 battery is not an understatement. Without 4680 cells, Tesla’s efforts to create an affordable car at a price point beneath the Model 3 would likely be for naught. “He (Elon Musk) is changing the way how battery manufacturing is done.

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