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JANUARY 7, 2022

At CES 2022, Vietnam-based VinFast announced its new development strategy and revealed its complete electric vehicle lineup covering five segments. VinFast said will stop producing vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) by the end of 2022. All five electric vehicles were designed by Pininfarina and Torino Design.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

In 2021, the Volkswagen brand delivered more electrified vehicles worldwide than ever before, handing over to customers more than 369,000 electric cars (+73% versus 2020), comprising approximately 106,000 PHEVs (+33%) and 263,000 all-electric vehicles (+97%). In Europe, these vehicles now account for 19.3%

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Honda will produce an all-new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the recently launched, all-new Honda CR-V starting in 2024 at its Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. Underhood of all-new Honda FCEV coming in 2024.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Ram Truck brand unveiled its Ram 1500 REV battery-electric truck for the first time in a Super Bowl commercial yesterday. Production of the Ram 1500 REV, which will be built on the new body-on-frame STLA Frame platform ( earlier post ), begins next year.

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MAY 1, 2021

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. It has been less than a year since the decision was made to expand production capacity for e-drives in Germany.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Magna has secured new business from General Motors (GM) to supply battery enclosures on the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. The company will produce the enclosures at its Magna Electric Vehicle Structures facility in St. Clair, Michigan, where it already produces the battery enclosure for the GMC HUMMER EV.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

billion in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing. The company aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026. and 10% by Toyota Tsusho Corporation) toward increasing automotive battery production.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ram Truck brand introduced its Ram 1500 Revolution Battery-electric Vehicle (BEV) Concept at CES 2023. Based on the company’s STLA Frame platform, the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features a body-on-frame design that incorporates the battery pack efficiently.

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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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APRIL 20, 2023

billion) over the next five years in its industrial footprint, vehicle programs, autonomous, AI and digital technologies and people skills. JLR confirmed it will start to invite applications for client orders for the modern luxury all-electric Range Rover from later this year.

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MARCH 19, 2022

Last year, almost 40% of all new Porsche vehicles delivered in Europe were already at least partly electric—i.e. plug-in hybrids or fully electric models. But by 2030, the share of all new vehicles with an all-electric drive should be more than 80%, Blume said. 2021 Taycan range.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Evonik is investing in a production plant expansion for fumed aluminum oxide at its site in Yokkaichi, Japan. The facility will be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia, focusing on the production of specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies, used for electric vehicles.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has started producing high-performance batteries for its all-electric luxury EQS at its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen plant, as part of the Untertürkheim location in Germany, ahead of the sedan’s world premiere on 15 April 2021. High-performance battery systems made in Stuttgart-Hedelfingen. technologies.

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MAY 22, 2022

Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors unveiled their first jointly developed light electric vehicles (EVs)—the Sakura and the eK X EV (pronounced “eK cross EV”), —in Japan. Japan, where the vehicle is produced. The vehicles feature a 20 kWh battery pack supporting a range of 180 km (112 miles) (WLTC).

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MAY 18, 2022

ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the car manufacturer’s main plant the only production facility for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Honda celebrated production of the 30-millionth engine built at the company’s Anna Engine Plant in Ohio with the production of the newly refined 2.0-liter liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, which is part of the two-motor hybrid-electric system that powers Honda Accord and CR-V hybrid-electric models. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 8, 2021

Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California. The demonstration plant has a design capacity of 10 tonnes per year of battery-grade lithium. —Rio Tinto Minerals chief executive Sinead Kaufman.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Ricardo has supported Winnebago to develop and launch North America’s latest all-electric RV prototype, called the Winnebago eRV2, based on the Ford E-Transit. The eRV2 features a proprietary IonBlade Li-ion 48V house battery, separate from the chassis battery, each with a separate charging cord. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 11, 2023

LG Innotek has developed a Wireless Battery Management System (Wireless BMS) that improves battery performance. of a battery to optimize its performance and life span. Removing the dozens of cables and connectors required for a BMS reduces both the weight and volume of a battery pack.

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MAY 23, 2022

Seamless electrified ecosystem required from rock to road to secure the North American automotive industry Battery development and production is strategically important for the transition to clean-energy economy and to remain globally competitive Sustainable lithium mining and processing is an essential component of this ecosystem.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to advance electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, transportation, and design (DE-FOA-0003120). As of July 2023, more than 3.9

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

(SES), a developer of high-performance hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable (Li-Metal) batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications ( earlier post ), has established the first pilot production line capable of scaling up high-concentration, solvent-in-salt electrolyte production. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With the final site approval, NEO has now additionally doubled the initial target annual silicon anode production capacity to 240 tons on the same mass-production lines and has consequently renamed the semi-commercial plant into a commercial-scale plant facility to accommodate for industry capacity standards.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

A wave of new planned electric vehicle battery plants will increase North America’s battery manufacturing capacity from 55 Gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/year) in 2021 to 998 GWh/year by 2030, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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JANUARY 1, 2023

The Lion Electric Company recently completed production of its first lithium-ion battery pack at the company’s battery manufacturing facility located in Mirabel, Québec. Final certification of the first battery pack is expected in the first quarter of 2023, followed by a gradual ramp up of production in 2023.

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MARCH 15, 2023

In October 2022, Honda announced that it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio, to prepare for the production of battery electric vehicles in 2026. Following are key next steps involving several of Honda’s US production facilities.

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APRIL 7, 2023

The first generation of the MINI Countryman was a success for MINI, and from 2010 it expanded the model family to include a compact SUV vehicle with all-wheel drive, five doors and—for the first time in a MINI model—more than four meters in length. The battery capacity is 64.7

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MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 Emden is now the second site for electric vehicles in Germany following Zwickau and also joins the Chinese plants in Anting and Foshan. In addition, production of the iconic ID.

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JUNE 2, 2022

Buick is committing to an all-electric portfolio by the end of the decade. In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric vehicle to market for North America in 2024. —Duncan Aldred, global vice president, Buick and GMC.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

ROUSH CleanTech, known for its advanced clean transportation solutions, is entering the electric truck market. ROUSH is providing Penske Truck Leasing with all-new Ford F-650 battery electric vehicles later this year for deployment across Southern California.

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JANUARY 14, 2023

LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor announced the formal establishment of the joint venture (JV) which will produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) produced by Honda. The plant aims to have an annual production capacity of approximately 40GWh. Earlier post.). LGES and Honda have committed to investing $3.5

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. terawatt-hours of electricity to drive 19.1 More than 2.1 Annual sales of PEVs in the US by year. Gohlke et al.

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MAY 21, 2021

BYD announces ultra-safe Blade Batteries for its all-electric vehicles . BYD the world’s leading global EV maker has officially announced that its all-electric vehicles will now come with the company’s ultra-safe Blade Batteries. It has again reset the bar for power battery safety.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

IONETIC , a UK start-up specializing in electric vehicle (EV) battery pack technology, launched its EV battery pack design platform, which the company says can cut the development cost and time for automotive manufacturers bringing a new electric vehicle to market.

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JUNE 9, 2023

to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in North America. As part of its evaluation process, the new Michigan battery lab will ensure that Toyota’s batteries meet North American customer requirements by confirming performance, quality and durability of automotive batteries made by Toyota.

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MARCH 9, 2023

The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.

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APRIL 26, 2023

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden is leading a research project targeting a new generation of sulfur-based batteries. Free of the critical elements cobalt and nickel used in lithium-ion technology, sulfur achieves very high energy densities in solid-state batteries. million in funding.

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