Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2020

Following the production of first prototypes of battery enclosures for a Chinese automotive manufacturer in 2018, SGL Carbon has now received a substantial contract from a North American automaker for high-volume serial production of carbon and glass fiber-based composite top and bottom layers for battery enclosures.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2021

The total value of the contract is reported to be US$630-880 million, with Yahua Lithium to provide battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Tesla from 2021 to 2025. Yahua Lithium commissioned the Ya’an plant in May 2020 with 20ktpy of capacity for battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

In collaboration with SGL Carbon, Chinese automotive manufacturer NIO has developed prototypes for battery enclosures made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for its NIO high performance electric vehicles. The battery enclosure is extremely lightweight, stable and safe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

At Auto Shanghai, Chinese battery giant CATL launched what it calls a “condensed battery”—a type of semi-solid state cell with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg. CATL also says it can achieve mass production of condensed battery in a short period of time.

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CN EV Post

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

CALB's plant in Portugal will be located near a local port and the company aims to make the project a world-leading zero-carbon plant. The post Chinese battery maker CALB to build production base in Portugal appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Lithium prices continued to rise in November, with Chinese battery-grade prices surpassing the RMB 200,000/tonne (US$31,395/tonne) mark, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. Launched in 2020, ACC has announced EV battery plants in France, Germany and Italy with a 7 billion-euro (USD 7.6 billion) investment.

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Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

However, as usual, the Chinese are on the case. As reported by the South China Morning Post , the Greenwater 01’s propulsion system is powered solely by batteries, and saves 3,900 kg (8,600 lb) of fuel for every 100 nautical miles sailed. The ship’s main battery pack features LFP cells, and has a capacity of over 50,000 kWh.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 26, 2024

In addition, Toyota debuted two new battery EV models, the bZ3C and the bZ3X, as part of the company’s multi-pathway approach to achieving carbon neutrality. […] The post Toyota showcases new bZ3C and bZ3X EV models for Chinese market appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2020

Jian Liu and Prof.Zhongshuai Wu from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed Fe 1-x S-decorated mesoporous carbon spheres as a cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries. This further causes low capacity and stability of lithium-sulfur batteries. Image by DICP).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. While both countries are leaders in battery and components manufacturing, they do not have the same influence in raw materials refining and mining as China.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2022

Tesla’s embrace of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries has propelled the chemistry into the mainstream of the automotive industry. However, more than 90% of the world’s LFP battery cell manufacturing capacity is based in China, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Gigafactory Assessment. on prices a year prior.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in real terms to $132/kWh in 2021, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). These prices are an average across multiple battery end-uses, including different types of electric vehicles, buses and stationary storage projects.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Swedish battery materials company Altris AB, which specializes in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries, has officially opened its first office in China. CATL has led the way and has announced that there will be a value chain to produce such batteries by 2023. V vs sodium.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6 Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals).

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It appears that Tesla is considering Chinese battery components manufacturer Sunrise New Energy as a potential supplier, according to a new report. Sunrise New Energy said on Wednesday that Tesla has expressed interest in the manufacturer’s battery component products, as reported by Reuters. billion as soon as mid-2024.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The project consists in extracting brine from the salar and processing it into lithium carbonate. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. To further concentrate the metal obtained, two successive processes are then conducted: nanofiltration and reverse osmosis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Lithium price rises accelerated in the first half of September as surging demand and raw material supply concerns combined to push Chinese domestic prices up to their highest levels since mid-2018 according to data from Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. and 215% respectively in the Chinese domestic market this year. year-to-date.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Euro Manganese has entered into an offtake term sheet with Verkor , a low-carbon battery manufacturer based in Grenoble, France, for the sale of high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (HPMSM) from the company’s Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. Earlier post.) The term sheet is non-binding.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Sharp price rises and supply shortages for non-active materials used in lithium ion cells are adding pressure to battery manufacturers already facing a rise in battery raw material prices, according to the most recent analysis by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. year-to-date in July 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. The battery shows a reversible capacity of ≈100 mAh g −1 and a capacity retention of 88% after 200 charge–discharge cycles. times), and energy density (~1.6-2.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers from Western University, Canadian Light Source, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel solid-phase Li-S transformation mechanism that enables high energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion carbonate electrolytes. Schematic of a lithium sulfur battery in carbonate-based electrolyte.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

France-based Forsee Power is sourcing very high energy density NMC cells to be integrated into its battery systems from Chinese battery cell manufacturer CALB. Particular attention was placed on safety, material traceability as well as products’ carbon footprint calculation.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Volvo has a question for the ranks of the EV-curious: Is the 2025 Volvo EX30’s small carbon footprint a fair trade for its small physical footprint? The Chinese-owned Swedish car company has its most tidy SUV to date with the 2025 Volvo EX30, a crossover that’s not much larger than a Mini Cooper.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2022

million tonnes LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent)—almost 1.8 As such, Benchmark will now move from bi-monthly to weekly publication of its Chinese lithium prices. Benchmark now publishes weekly prices for: Lithium Carbonate, EXW China, ?99.5% Li 2 O 3 (Battery grade). Lithium Carbonate, EXW China, ?99.0%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

Growth in the consumption of lithium accelerated in 2017 by more than 10% on 2016 levels to reach 211,000t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE), according to a new report by Roskill. Automotive applications were the largest market for Li-ion batteries in 2017, with Chinese sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) increasing by around 20% y-o-y.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

Australia-based Galaxy Resources Limited, an emerging lithium producer, has executed agreements with 13 major Chinese lithium cathode producers for the offtake of its battery-grade lithium carbonate product. Galaxy’s strategic objective is to produce the highest battery grade product in a new era of lithium carbonate demand.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2024

Chinese automaker BYD recently unveiled an electric double-decker bus for the United Kingdom. The Chinese automaker noted that other electric double-decker bus models will launch outside the United Kingdom. Earlier this year, BYD reportedly started phasing out pouch-type batteries due to potential durability issues and risk of leaks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2023

Stellantis aims for 100% of its Chinese vehicles to be electric by 2030. TWh of batteries will be needed in 2030, compared to 3.9 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). TWh of lithium ion batteries can be produced, highlighting that the mineral is a constraining factor. TWh in the base case scenario.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2023

Since 2017, British Lithium has carried out drilling and exploration on Imerys-owned land in Cornwall and developed a unique process and pilot plant to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. British Lithium’s processing engineers have successfully beneficiated Cornish micas to produce a lithium concentrate grading in excess of 1.2%

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

CNESA forecast improvements in the economics of battery energy storage in China this year, without providing specifics. Growth in China’s battery storage capacity could slow down in 2024, according to an industry association, as energy storage struggles with low profitability.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Growth in China’s battery storage capacity could slow down in 2024, according to an industry association, as energy storage struggles with low profitability. Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

In February 2019, 76% more lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) was deployed globally in batteries of newly-sold passenger EVs than the same month the year prior, according to a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s “EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker”.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 16, 2023

In the passenger car segment, sodium-ion batteries can generally meet the needs of models with a range of up to 400 kilometers, a CATL executive previously said. CATL's sodium-ion batteries are not far from starting to be installed in vehicles, after the Chinese power battery giant unveiled the new batteries in July 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2016

Showa Denko will expand its production capacity for SCMG carbon-based anode material used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs) in response to growing demand from customers. Commercial operation of the expanded production facility is scheduled to start at the end of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

China is stepping up its pursuit of control of the lithium supply chain, underpinned by the rapid growth of its lithium-ion battery industry building on agressive policy surrounding electric vehicle sales, according to metals and mining consultancy Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

Furthermore, Volkswagen will acquire a 26% stake in battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech Co., We are actively driving forward the development of battery cells in China through our strategic investment in Gotion. Volkswagen Group China has already outlined its route to becoming a net carbon-neutral company. In 2025, around 1.5

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