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JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., The contract will provide a secure source of supply of battery cells for Mercedes-Benz’s electrification strategy, while Farasis gains security for its planned construction of production capacity.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations forecast battery-grade lithium carbonate to trade at 504,813 CNY (US$74,000) per tonne in 12 months time. The only lithium production in the United States currently is from one brine operation in Nevada. Lithium is expected to trade at 484,185.00 Earlier post.).

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APRIL 20, 2020

executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with its Japanese offtake partner and a leading Chinese processor of graphite anode material to collaborate on the construction of a value-add, battery anode plant in a jurisdiction that is proximal to the Company’s Molo graphite project in Madagascar. Canada-based NextSource Materials Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Roskill reports that prices for Chinese graphite continue to rise as producers contend with increasing electricity costs and supply disruption caused by limits on energy consumption. Chinese graphite prices are now the highest they’ve been for many years.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ipsos’ new 2020 Global Mobility Navigator Study, focusing on Electrification, found global interest remained on par with the numbers from 2019. However, the study reveals there has been an increase in interest in the US and Chinese markets. Source: Ipsos. —John Kiser.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Incorporating XPENG’s latest software architecture and hardware platform, the G9 is the company’s fourth production model, and the first to have been conceived and designed from the outset for both domestic Chinese and international markets. The G9 is XPENG’s first production model to incorporate the X-EEA 3.0 XPower 3.0.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

Lithium carbonate’s premium over lithium hydroxide in the Chinese domestic market, seen in the first quarter of 2021, is beginning to narrow, as shifting cathode chemistry demand continues to support hydroxide prices in China while carbonate gains soften amid limited spot transactions, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2024

Stellantis NV CEO Carlos Tavares clarified the company’s position on Chinese electric vehicle brands coming to Italy. He also refuted rumors that Stellantis would shut down production in Italy and leave the country. The Stellantis CEO also talked about Italian politicians and their discussions with Chinese automakers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2021

Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory in Dresden has begun series production of the battery-electric ID.3. This makes it the second production site for the ID.3 family—from initial advice and test drives, to production visits, co-constructing the ID.3 MEB production network. family and the MEB. 4 CROZZ and ID.4

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

It also said that higher duties on Chinese face masks, syringes and needles, medical gloves and natural graphite presents an export opportunity for India. The raising of tariff on EVs , batteries and many other new technology items by the US may push China to dump these products in other markers including India.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Germany-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS is entering the battery chemistry business. Starting next year, the Group will produce electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese company Tinci. Tinci) is a leading global manufacturer of lithium-ion battery materials.

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JUNE 23, 2020

and Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery Co., will begin studying joint development of next-generation vehicle batteries for Nissan’s e-POWER vehicles. The two companies will also discuss the development of an efficient production system to ensure stable supply capacity for jointly developed batteries. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. Data analyzed was from public sources for different operational manganese plants in the country.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Broadly, the investments announced focus on the development of production facilities, technology, EV batteries, new product and securing future raw material supply (primarily semiconductors and battery materials). Prior to this, Toyota had only a few BEV models manufactured with its Chinese partner GAC Group.

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MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cathode Forecast shows that China is set to extend its dominance of cathode production by 2030, increasing its share of production from 78% in 2022 to 87% in 2030. The top four Chinese cathode producers in 2022 combined have more than 1.4 times in the same period.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Demand for manganese in batteries is set to grow over eight-fold this decade, due to new battery chemistries and rising electric vehicle sales, according to Benchmark’s Manganese Sulphate Market Outlook. New battery chemistries are expected to use even more manganese.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has elevated Chinese lithium-ion battery cell and automaker BYD to Benchmark’s top tier EV battery cell manufacturer status joining CATL, Envision AESC, LG Energy Solution, Panasonic, Samsung, and SK Innovation as tier one cell manufacturers. Supplier to domestic Chinese EV market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Farasis Energy, a global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion cells, modules and large battery systems, recently completed C-round financing exceeding 1 Billion US dollars. The compay will use the capital raised to accelerate the expansion of its global automotive battery manufacturing infrastructure.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

General Motors’ (GM) battery plant in Michigan, named Factory Zero, is leaving production hell. General Motors has been experiencing its own version of production hell with Factory Zero. The term ‘production hell’ was first coined when Tesla struggled to ramp up Model 3 production a few years ago.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

BYD licenses LFP blade battery cells to BorgWarner, a supplier for Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. BorgWarner signed a strategic agreement with FinDreams Battery, a subsidiary of BYD Company Limited. BorWarner’s LFP battery packs with BYD blade cells will be sold specifically for commercial vehicles in class 3 or above.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Based on a substantial shareholding agreement in May 2020, Volkswagen Group entered a strategic cooperation framework with the major Chinese battery producer headquartered at Hefei. The unified cell is compatible to all major upcoming innovations in both product and production technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) soars, spurred by government incentives and a push to decarbonize the transportation sector, the global battery industry is set to attract significant attention and investment. On the back of this, demand for battery cathodes and anodes is also set to rocket. million tonnes last year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Webasto, a global systems partner to the automotive industry, has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany. The manufacture of battery packs for a European bus maker has already commenced at the company’s Schierling site in the district of Regensburg.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California can help anchor a multi-billion dollar domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain and inject thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into California’s economically disadvantaged Imperial Valley, according to a new report from New Energy Nexus. Earlier post.).

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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. Construction of a new 11,250 metric tons per annum (tpa) AAM facility is underway, with start of production scheduled for the third quarter of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China will impact the green energy sector, including renewable energy sources, battery energy storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and renewable heating and cooling, says data and analytics company GlobalData. China itself is expected to take a beating on production of around one million vehicles.

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CN EV Post

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Lithium miners in Yichun, nicknamed the "lithium capital of Asia," are being suspended for production violations that analysts expect will affect 13 percent of the global lithium supply if production is halted for a month. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 21, 2023

Deliveries of Zeekr 's Zeekr 009 MPV, the world's first vehicle to be powered by the Qilin Battery, are expected to begin in the second quarter. A high percentage of consumers who ordered the Zeekr 009 opted for the version with the Qilin Battery, a Zeekr source said, adding, "This surprised us."

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The BFS confirms that 10ktpa of AAM production can be achieved via expansion of the existing plant and infrastructure within Syrah’s existing 25-acre industrial site. Syrah intends to initially expand natural graphite AAM production capacity at Vidalia to 10ktpa, and then increase in line with growing market demand.

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APRIL 24, 2021

The merged entity will also be the fifth-largest lithium company by production according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast, with Orocobre and Galaxy’s active assets delivering a combined capacity of around 35,000 tpa LCE. Chinese spot lithium carbonate prices have jumped 90% between December 2020 and end March 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The partnership will further allow both parties to benefit from a global manufacturing presence and service networks to support customers in local markets. Together, the companies will further define product portfolio scope, manufacturing locations and supporting resources to be provided by each party.

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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

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The focus of the 14 GWh plant is on the automated production and intelligent production of batteries. CATL develops battery systems for global customers in EV, HEV and PHEV applications; its sales of EV batteries amounted to 11.84

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Chinese EV battery maker CATL and Vietnamese EV maker VinFast announced an MOU for Global Strategic Cooperation to expand collaboration in areas including CIIC (CATL integrated intelligent chassis) skateboard chassis products.

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