Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business unit of Cummins; Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding LLC [a Daimler Truck Group Company]; and PACCAR are partnering to accelerate and localize battery cell production and the battery supply chain in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

billion in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing. The company aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026. In the United States, approximately US$2.5 PPES) and in Toyota plants and property.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2022

Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. We all win when we prevent batteries from going to landfill. The opening of this facility will help meet that demand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

Proterra announced that the company produced the first Proterra Powered EV battery at its new Powered 1 battery manufacturing plant located in Greer, South Carolina. Proterra expects to begin deliveries to customers of Proterra Powered battery systems from the new battery factory in the first quarter of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery manufacturer and developer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. The supply will go beyond 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

developer of the Lyten 3D Graphene decarbonization supermaterials platform, commissioned its Lithium-Sulfur battery pilot line at its facility in Silicon Valley. The Lithium-Sulfur pilot line will begin delivering commercial battery cells in 2023 to early-adopting customers within the defense, automotive, logistics, and satellite sectors.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

the developer of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells with its Si-Nanowire platform ( earlier post ), has shipped the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1100 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells to an industry leader of a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). Amprius Technologies, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies.

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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. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States. Of that, $1.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

The United States continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery capacity, with US battery power capacity reaching 1,650 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2020. At the end of 2019, 163 large-scale battery storage systems were operating in the United States, a 28% increase from 2018.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Proterra has committed to a minimum investment of at least $76 million, with additional investments planned over the next several years, and expects to create more than 200 new jobs over the next several years at the 327,000 square foot battery system production plant. Rendering of factory concept.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Cummins and GILLIG announced the production of the 100 th GILLIG battery-electric bus built since the two companies began partnering on the heavy-duty transit vehicle. Since GILLIG’s second-generation battery-electric bus was unveiled in 2019, the companies have worked together to deliver the most reliable and durable electric bus in service.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) is awarding $2 million to lithium-ion (Li-ion) recycling development project , “Strategic Collaboration for the Development of a Self-Sustaining Model for the Recycling of Large-Format Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries,” with American Battery Technology Company (ABTC).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

GM announced today that a “significant portion” of GM’s future battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate could come from the Hell’s Kitchen development. Most lithium used in lithium-ion batteries is currently mined and processed outside of the US.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation has decided to spin off its battery production and exploration & production (E&P) business as independent companies. SK Innovation’s EV battery plant located in Seosan, South Korea. The SK Battery Co., The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is negotiating with General Motors (GM) to license its LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology. However, the pair have agreed that the annual capacity of their joint battery plant in North America would be no less than the plant CATL is currently building with Ford.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2023

Stellantis and Australia-based Element 25 signed a binding agreement for Element 25 to supply battery-grade, high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) to Stellantis for use in electric vehicle (EV) battery packs. Manganese is a key stabilizing element in the cathode of EV batteries.

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Teslarati

MAY 31, 2022

Orders for the Nissan Ariya have been closed in the United States. Nissan was a pioneer in the battery-electric market , with the Leaf being one of the original modern EVs that were released for the mainstream market. Even in the United States, we had to request our customers to stop the orders,” he said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The company’s batteries are suited for high performance automotive and aviation applications, where the combination of these features can drive the electrification of transportation. The long-term success of the eVTOL regional air mobility revolution depends on the continued development of high-performance batteries. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

A crucial aspect of electrified transportation is new demand for metals, and specifically the most non-replaceable metal for EV batteries—lithium. Even if the car-centricity of the US transportation system continues, limiting the size of EV batteries alone can cut lithium demand by as much as 42%. Riofrancos et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The results show there is no realistic pathway to full decarbonization of internal combustion engine vehicles, and that only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways. This study uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. The team previously reported a neutral molten salt reaction. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

The program’s focus is to demonstrate that battery-grade metals can be manufactured from recycled materials at lower cost, lower environmental impact, and with higher domestic US sourced content than conventional virgin sourced metals. This is American Battery Technology Company’s first contract with USABC.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis launched of the Battery Workforce Challenge , which includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition; vocational training; youth education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and career and technical education.

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Teslarati

APRIL 3, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) plans to start hiring workers for the Arizona battery manufacturing complex by the end of 2024. These are the jobs of the future – and the State of Arizona is committed to being an active partner in ensuring Arizonans have the skills to fill these jobs.” billion battery manufacturing complex.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

Panasonic Energy signed a battery agreement with Subaru. The agreement covers the supply of cylindrical automotive lithium-ion battery cells. Panasonic Energy has been strengthening its supply chain for lithium-ion battery cells in North America recently.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 31, 2024

In an old World War II training film, the United States military tried to teach marines and soldiers how to. continued] The post How To Ruin Your NMC EV’s Battery appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

billion expansion of a planned North Carolina battery factory to add manufacturing capacity for EV batteries. Last October Toyota announced that it would make batteries in the United States by 2025. Then in December it announced a North Carolina battery plant that it said would make hybrid batteries but would.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It’s the first automaker to state that it will produce both NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles in the United States. Ford has become the #2 electric vehicle seller in the USA, but it’s also now #1 in something in the field.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2023

China’s EV battery developer Gotion High-Tech continues its global expansion, celebrating its latest milestone in new technologies this month. Gotion rolled its first battery pack off its new assembly line near Silicon Valley – its first product manufactured in the United States.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2023

goals for discounts in automobile emissions, month additionally grappling with issues within the provide chain for EV batteries. The post ArcelorMittal North The united states to offer renewably produced metal to Common Motors appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. The car sector is going through competitive U.S.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Chinese automaker Geely's Zeekr brand on Tuesday unveiled the 009, an electric van that marks the production debut of battery supplier CATL's cell-to-pack battery tech. There are no plans to offer it in the United States.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Panasonic Energy parentheses with Novonix for a supply of sustainable graphite for electric vehicle (EV) battery production. The Japanese company signed a binding off-take agreement with Novonix, a battery materials and technology company based in Queensland, Australia.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2021

Rivian battery supplier Samsung SDI is considering a new battery plant near the EV hopeful's Illinois factory, local NPR affiliate WGLT reported last week. The report cites United States Senator Dick Durbin, who said Normal, home to Rivian's ex-Mitsubishi assembly plant, is a "finalist" for a planned Samsung battery factory.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Volvo Group has been selected as the winning bidder in an auction for the battery business and assets of troubled Proterra in the United States with a $210 million bid. The deal comes just a few months after the US electric bus and battery manufacturer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Report also claims Nio will deploy the first battery swap station at its US headquarters in November 2022 for testing purposes.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors on Wednesday announced plans for two additional United States battery factories and new hydrogen fuel-cell projects as part of a $35 billion investment in green technology through 2025.

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