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Tesla Gigafactory Nevada celebrates 1 million battery pack milestone

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Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada has achieved an incredible milestone. As seen in an image recently shared online, the expansive battery facility has formally produced its 1 millionth battery pack. A picture of Gigafactory Nevada’s 1,000,000th battery was posted on the r/TeslaMotors subreddit.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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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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Tesla to open NV battery plant for Megapacks using CATL equipment: report

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Tesla is reportedly poised to expand its battery production activities in Nevada. To accomplish this, the electric vehicle maker will reportedly launch a new battery manufacturing plant that uses idle equipment from one of its battery suppliers, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.

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Renault nears EV battery recycling partnership in ‘advanced’ talks

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French automotive manufacturer Renault is reportedly in advanced talks with prospective partners about recycling used electric vehicle (EV) battery metals. Discussions of battery recycling partnerships have progressed to an “advanced” stage at Renault, according to statements from one company executive this week (via Reuters ).

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Redwood Materials receives conditional commitment for $2B DOE loan for battery materials campus project

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Redwood will draw upon this milestone-based financing in tranches that support phased construction and allows the company to unlock funding as it accelerates the construction and expansion of its first battery materials campus. This will provide enough battery materials to produce more than one million electric vehicles a year domestically.

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Tesla-battery maker Panasonic may add 4680 battery capacity to Kansas plant

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A rendering of Panasonic’s upcoming facility in De Soto, Kansas / Source: Panasonic Tesla battery supplier Panasonic Energy is considering pouring new investments potentially up to $4 billion in its De Soto, Kansas, plant to produce 4680 battery cells for the Tesla Cybertruck and Tesla’s next-gen vehicles.

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Tesla co-founder’s battery recycling firm gets a cushy $700M investment round

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Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by Tesla co-founder J.B. Redwood’s ultimate goal is to create a “closed-loop supply chain for electric vehicles and energy products, making them truly sustainable and continuing to drive down the costs for batteries,” the company said.

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