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SK On signs MOU with Global Lithium Resources to bolster key battery materials supply chain

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SK On ranked ninth in terms of global EV battery market share in 2019, but has shot up to fifth this year. The company, which supplies batteries to automakers including Ford, Hyundai and Volkswagen, currently operates seven factories in the United States, Hungary, China and South Korea and is currently in construction of seven more plants.

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Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

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Plus, SK On has installed capacity to support the scaling of Ford’s high-volume F-150 Lightning and E-Transits through late 2023—scaling NCM cell production beyond earlier-planned levels from its Atlanta facility and providing new battery cell capacity from its Hungary operation. Driving to more than 2 million EVs by late 2026.

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China’s new energy buses are re-exported to Europe

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No, recently, good news came from the overseas markets of BYD and Zhongtong new energy buses at the same time. Entering the European market again! The export of this batch of pure electric buses has become an important symbol for Zhongtong New Energy Bus to enter the European market again. matching solutions.

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Ford will use module-less LFP batteries from CATL

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Plus, SK On has installed capacity to support the scaling of Ford’s high-volume F-150 Lightning and E-Transits through late 2023 – scaling NCM cell production beyond earlier-planned levels from its Atlanta facility and providing new battery cell capacity from its Hungary operation. Driving to more than 2 million EVs by late 2026.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Although there is widespread interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), the US—one of the largest auto markets in the world—expresses higher levels of resistance than most nations, according to a new study by Ipsos, a leading global market research firm.