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APRIL 1, 2014

Daimler will acquire all of the shares held by Evonik in Li-Tec Battery GmbH (50.1%) and in Deutsche ACCUmotive GmbH & Co. of what was Evonik’s subsidiary Li-Tec. From the beginning, both partners sought the involvement of a third shareholder in Li-Tec with expertise in electrical and electronic systems integration.

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MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2

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Companies Batteries Battery Production 430

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology , a developer of advanced battery recycling solutions, to scale up OnTo’s patented process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 186

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JUNE 16, 2023

In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt—which is often mined using child labor—in the batteries that power electric cars and other products, scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have developed a long-lasting alternative made with nickel. The LiNi 0.5 mA cm −2 ).

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Lithium Ion Nickel Lithium Ni-Li Batteries 243

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) led by Professor Xiaodong Chen have developed a new TiO 2 gel material for Li-ion battery anodes. A battery equipped with the new anode material can be recharged up to 70% in only 2 minutes. A 2013 paper (Dylla et al. ) —Prof. and Chen, X.

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Li-ion Singapore Lithium Ion Batteries 290

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion 385

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AUGUST 20, 2012

AllCell Technologies LLC launched two new standard li-ion electric bike batteries. The 48V batteries come in 15 and 20 Ah options. Protected by AllCell’s patented thermal management technology, the two batteries are small and lightweight despite their high capacity, weighing 10 and 13 pounds respectively (4.5

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed thermal barriers that help to slow down thermal runaway in Li-ion batteries by increasing resistance to propagation. More than 100 million electric cars are expected to be on roads worldwide by 2030.

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Batteries Battery Li-ion Lithium Ion 195

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JULY 4, 2021

Blackstone Resources AG announced that its German subsidiary Blackstone Technology GmbH will increase its battery production capacity tenfold to 500 MWh per annum by 2022 for Li-ion batteries, which contain 3D-printed battery electrodes, at Blackstone’s Döbeln site in Saxony.

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Batteries Battery Production Li-ion 273

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Li-Cycle, a Toronto-based lithium-ion battery resource recovery and lithium-ion battery recycling company, and a battery and cell pack manufacturer and a member company of Vingroup company, announced the launch of a global recycling partnership.

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OCTOBER 18, 2014

Malaysia-based Graphene NanoChem’s wholly-owned subsidiary Platinum Nanochem Sdn Bhd has entered into a product development and collaboration agreement with Sync R&D Sdn Bhd jointly to develop a graphene-enhanced lithium-ion battery solution for electric buses under the Electric Bus 1 Malaysia program (EB1M Program).

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Malaysia Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 236

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

Colorado-based Elithion has shipped a production order for Lithiumate Pro Li-ion battery management systems (BMS) to Russian automaker AvtoVaz for inclusion in its all-electric car EL LADA. The shipment includes 110 masters and more than 10,000 cell boards.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 210

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Penn State researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes. Wang and the team found that the batteries preheated to 60 ?C

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JUNE 14, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. 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.

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Li-ion China Auto Supplies 218

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AUGUST 7, 2018

A team from Tohoku University and Tokyo Tech have addressed one of the major disadvantages of all-solid-state batteries by developing batteries with a low resistance at their electrode/solid electrolyte interface. cm 2 in solid-state Li batteries with Li(Ni 0.5 Structure of the thin-film all-solid-state batteries.

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Ni-Li Li-ion Japan Batteries 262

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MAY 28, 2021

MG Motor partners Attero to recycle Li-ion batteries . MG Motor India has made an announcement that it has partnered with Attero for the recycling of electric vehicle batteries in India. The joint venture aims to reuse and recycle the lithium-ion batteries used in the company’s ZS EV units.

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Li-ion Motor Motors Motoring 59

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JULY 28, 2022

Electric cars are on the rise. The number of electric car sales nearly doubled from last year until now. About 10% of people buying a new car chose an electric one. Part of the answer to this question lies in the efficiency of EV batteries. Electric cars are much older.

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Electric Cars Batteries Battery Li-ion 82

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APRIL 2, 2012

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Magna E-Car Systems are forming a $200-million automotive Li-ion battery joint venture. Magna E-Car, a partnership between Magna International and the Stronach Group, is a global supplier of components and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. Korea Herald.

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Li-ion Hyundai North America Batteries 268

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JULY 23, 2012

Moving forward on their Heads of Agreement signed earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show ( earlier post ) Korea-based SK Innovation and the international automotive supplier Continental signed an agreement to found a jointly managed company to develop, to produce and to market automotive Li-ion battery systems.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 231

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, setting up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham. —Dr Gavin Harper, lead author on the paper.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 199

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MARCH 29, 2012

The Columbus Dispatch reported that Coda Automotive is abandoning plans to build a Li-ion battery factory in Columbus. Since Coda applied for the loan, the Department of Energy has come under fire for its loan to Solyndra, a maker of solar panels that later went bankrupt, and for aid to other electric car companies.

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Columbus Li-ion Ohio Building 231

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Although silicon anodes could greatly boost the capacity of Li-ion batteries, their performance rapidly degrades with use. The spontaneous formation of the SEI between the electrolyte and the anode is essential for the long-term performance of the battery. Credit: Noriyoshi Matsumi from JAIST.

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Polymer Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 418

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) battery scientist Nitash Balsara and co-inventor Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have launched Blue Current , a startup company backed by investment firm Faster LLC, to commercialize their non-flammable electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.

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Li-ion Commercial Lithium Ion Batteries 150

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APRIL 9, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. announced a new contract to supply high-power Li-ion batteries to Chery Automobile. Under the contract, China BAK will deliver 1,000 lithium-ion high-power battery units in 2012 to power Chery’s Ruilin M1 electric cars.

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Chery Li-ion China Supplies 210

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, will begin construction this month of its new facility that will produce cylindrical Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles. The facility in De Soto, Kansas will be the Company’s second EV battery facility in the U.S., Panasonic Energy Co.,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. has received a new contract to supply high-power batteries used in the Chery Automobile Ruilin M1 electric car. According to the contract, China BAK will supply 100 units of lithium-ion high-power batteries, which will be used to power Chery’s electric cars in the first half of 2012.

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Chery Li-ion Automobile China 199

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JULY 18, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. has entered into a new contract to supply 540,000 units of cylindrical battery cells to AC Propulsion, a producer of electric vehicle technology based in Shanghai and California. China BAK will deliver the battery cells to AC Propulsion by the end of 2012, which will be used to power 100 electric cars.

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Li-ion China Supplies 2012 218

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Dürr is positioning itself in the growing Li-ion battery market as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems. Dürr Megtec is part of the Clean Technology Systems division.

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Lithium Ion Manufacturer Batteries Battery 243

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have uncovered a root cause of the growth of dendrites and whiskers that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a fire. Both can pierce the separator inside a battery. a–c, Sequential TEM snapshots of Li particle nucleation.

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Batteries 247

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) designed to eliminate the use of cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid.

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Energy Storage Lithium Ion Energy Batteries 275

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AUGUST 27, 2012

has received a second supply order from Volvo Car Corporation to manufacture its 24 kWh, lithium-ion battery pack to power Volvo’s C30 Electric car. It manufactures advanced, lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems for electric utility, transportation and industrial applications.

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Volvo Li-ion Lithium Ion Supplies 257

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Spain-based battery manufacturer Cegasa Group has started developing its first prototypes of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. Cegasa has been manufacturing batteries for more than 75 years. Cegasa is currently making progress in the research and development stage of its first Li-ion prototypes.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 210

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MAY 31, 2011

SK Innovation has broken ground for an automotive Li-ion battery plant in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Scheduled to be completed next year, the W250 billion facility will be able to produce batteries for some 25,000 electric vehicles per year (US$1=W1,080). Chosun Ilbo.

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Li-ion South Korea Batteries Battery 199

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MAY 4, 2016

Lishen, a major Chinese Li-ion battery manufacturer, has ordered four electrode slurry production lines from Swiss-based Bühler, a contract worth almost US$10.5 The Chinese government is promoting the propagation of electrical vehicles on the basis of a number of targeted measures.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Production Chinese 150

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JULY 31, 2012

Pattern diagram of Li-ion containment in CARBOTRON P. and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have concluded an agreement intended to further accelerate the growth of Kureha Battery Materials Japan Co., Click to enlarge. Kureha Corporation, Itochu Corporation, Kuraray Co., billion (US$256 million) in KBMJ.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Leclanché is the first company to implement the environmentally friendly process in the production of Li-ion cells. Due to the high-volume energy density and high cycle stability, the new cells are particularly well suited for electric cars and heavy-duty applications such as ships, buses and trucks.

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Water Li-ion Energy Lithium Ion 221

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A team from Penn State University and start-up EC Power has developed a material-agnostic technology based on asymmetric temperature modulation with a thermally stable dual-salt electrolyte to achieve stable fast charging for Li-ion batteries. Batteries operate most efficiently when they are hot, but not too hot.

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