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Blackstone announces progress with printed battery cells

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Switzerland-based Blackstone Resources AG announced that it has achieved a series of important milestones for producing any kind of printed battery cells. The company has been investing in the next generation of battery technology through its German subsidiary Blackstone Technology GmbH.

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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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Eos Z3 battery module Z3 battery modules store electrical energy through zinc deposition. The streamlined Eos Z3 battery module design features an aqueous electrolyte, bipolar electrodes, and a polymer casing. A blend of water, halides, additives, and buffering agents make up the proprietary aqueous electrolyte.

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Tesla to begin Giga Berlin expansion in first half of 2024: report

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The expansions will begin with construction to modernize the existing facility and build a water recycling plant before initiating plans to add a second production facility and a battery recycling plant in the following years. The news also comes after years of criticisms and legal issues lodged at the factory’s water consumption.

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LG Energy Solution signs binding term sheet with Sigma Lithium for battery-grade lithium concentrate

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LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a six-year binding term sheet with Canadaa-based Sigma Lithium Corporation for an offtake agreement on a “take or pay” basis for the sale of 6% battery-grade high purity and environmentally sustainable lithium concentrate.

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Insurance company faked a Tesla battery fire to prove batteries catch fire

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An insurance company wanted to prove that Tesla batteries catch on fire and performed a test without the battery. that there were no batteries in the tested videos. a Tesla Model S goes up in flames – but the battery had been removed beforehand. that there were no batteries in the tested videos.

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Tesla Giga Berlin expansion objections rejected by Environmental Agency

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The documents discussed Giga Berlin’s annual production capacity for electric vehicles and battery cells. It also wants to increase its battery cell production by 50 gigawatt hours to 100 GWh annually. He stated that Tesla’s updates to its documents are legal. Tesla has since updated the documents due to its expansion plans.

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires.

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