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Soteria BIG licenses ORNL Li-ion battery safety technology

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Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) has exclusively licensed and optioned a technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries due to mechanical damage. —Jianlin Li, a principle investigator of the technology at ORNL.

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LG Chem charges Li-ion trade secrets theft, files Federal suit against SK Innovation

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The wholly-owned US manufacturing subsidiary of LG Chem, Ltd. for misappropriation of Li-ion battery trade secrets, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and other. the lithium-ion battery division of LG Chem, which developed the world’s. first commercial pouch-type Li-ion battery for automobiles.

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CATL to adopt Toyocolor’s conductive carbon nanotube dispersions

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Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., in Guangdong, China.

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Sanyo Supplying Li-ion Batteries for Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid

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Sanyo Electric recently announced an agreement with Suzuki Motor to supply lithium-ion battery systems for the Swift Plug-in Hybrid. Suzuki has already announced its intention to start manufacturing the vehicles. kWh Li-ion battery pack. Earlier post.)

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CATL starts construction of Li-ion factory in Germany; 14 GWh by 2022

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China-based Li-ion battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has begun construction of its first lithium-ion battery factory in Thuringia, a state in east-central Germany. A local supply chain is another key element of successful production localization. —Matthias Zentgraf.

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China BAK to supply high-power Li-ion batteries to Brilliance Auto Group for testing

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will supply high-power Li-ion batteries to Brilliance Auto Group, one of the largest state-owned automobile manufacturers in China. Under this arrangement, China BAK will deliver a sample order of five lithium-ion high-power battery units to Brilliance Auto by July 2012. China BAK Battery, Inc.

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Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to form JV for Li-ion battery production in N America; 40 GWh plant

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The parties intend that the joint venture will establish a new battery manufacturing facility that will help power Stellantis’ goal of realizing more than 40% of its sales in the US composed of electrified vehicles by 2030.

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