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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

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Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. As Honda’s global CEO alluded this past week in a Q&A with Green Car Reports and various automotive and tech media at CES, it doesn’t see how the parallel pencils out quite yet. Otherwise it faces compromised range.

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Tech: Protecting EV Batteries from Corrosion

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Some companies have investigated ways to automate these techniques, making them easier to scale. Automating the coating-application options should also bring down the overall cost of EV battery production. Then, the cars become more affordable for consumers. More Battery Tech: Tech: How Long Do Hybrid Batteries Last?

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GM in talks with CATL to license cheaper LFP EV battery tech and joint North American plant

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General Motors (GM) is reportedly in talks with battery giant CATL to license its cheaper LFP battery tech. After software glitches, freight delays, and other issues caused GM to miss its EV sales target in 2023, the company believes “production hell” is behind it. Ford reached an agreement with CATL to license its LFP battery tech.

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Report: Tesla Ditched Next-Generation Gigacasting Plans

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Tesla had pushed toward developing a new platform for smaller, more affordable vehicles and initially thought it would cast the body in one piece. This is yet another sign that Tesla is facing increasingly fierce competition from Chinese companies and other automakers.

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Tesla’s years of battery tech investments are becoming a buffer against nickel’s rising costs

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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. For years, Tesla has invested heavily in its supply chain and battery strategy.

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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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Utility holding company Xcel Energy wants 1.5 Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers. million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030.

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Mercedes and Stellantis pause European EV battery plans, look to LFP

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Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis are pausing work on two EV battery plants and may be looking to LFP battery cells to lower costs, reports Bloomberg. Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a battery supplier for the two automakers with plans to open three new battery plants in Europe at a cost of 7.6 billion euros (approximately $8.2