Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

billion battery plant in South Carolina, set to be the JB Straubel-led company’s second. Redwood Materials broke ground on the South Carolina battery materials facility last week, as announced by Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations Morgan Crapps in a LinkedIn post. “And we’re off!

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

CATL’s Chairman (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) teased Tesla batteries for the robotaxt fleet. Tesla will use idle equipment from Chinese supplier CATL at Gigafactory Nevada. He confirmed that CATL will supply battery machinery to Tesla Giga Nevada last month. billion expansion earlier this year.

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Teslarati

JULY 25, 2022

billion battery materials facility can make a difference in the United States’ EV supply chain. With the transition of the automotive sector to electric vehicles, the need for battery materials is bound to increase. This is quite a different strategy, as notable battery players like SK Innovation Co.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

Redwood Materials , which was founded by Tesla co-founder and current board member JB Straubel , is a battery recycling firm dedicated to the pursuit of creating a circular supply chain for battery materials. Our team is inventing and building the US battery supply chain one process and machine at a time.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a recent sighting, two units of the Tesla Semi were spotted together near Gigafactory Nevada, and one of them even had its frunk opened. . The images were reportedly taken at the Tesla Semi facility near the Giga Nevada complex. BREAKING: 2 brand new Tesla Semi's spotted at Giga Nevada Semi factory.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2023

Tesla has applied for a set of building permits regarding a previously unannounced “Lithium Lab,” which is likely an upcoming R&D facility. It’s no secret that Tesla has been diving head first into developing more dependable lithium supplies, even going as far as opening its own lithium refinery in Southern Texas.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Tesla finally moved forward with Gigafactory Nevada expansion for Tesla Semi and 4680 cells a year after the original announcement. Tesla Gigafactory Nevada was the first major step in Tesla’s effort to secure battery cell supply for its ambitious growth. It was supposed to become the largest building in the world.

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Teslarati

JUNE 14, 2021

Redwood Materials, a battery and e-waste recycling venture from former Tesla executive J.B. Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. Tesla also manufactures electric motors for the Model 3 in the Nevada Gigafactory.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Five years ago, Tesla’s collaboration with Panasonic in building its massive Nevada Gigafactory was widely seen as somewhere between an overcommitment and a full-on boondoggle. It assured control over its electric-car battery cell supply, as it ramped up.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2024

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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Facility construction is focused on rapidly ramping up manufacture of 2170 cylindrical Li-ion batteries to meet surging domestic EV battery demand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM’s proprietary Ultium battery cells. Earlier post.) and Argentine businesses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Redwood Materials, founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel ( earlier post ), is launching the most comprehensive electric vehicle battery recycling program, beginning in California, to establish efficient, safe and effective recovery pathways for end-of-life hybrid and electric vehicle battery packs.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has stated that it intends to start the buildout of its Kansas, US plant this November. Panasonic is already supplying batteries for Tesla through Gigafactory Nevada. The upcoming Kansas plant is expected to provide batteries for Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility. .

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Redwood Materials will supply Panasonic with recycled battery cathode material starting in 2025, shipping remanufactured components to the battery maker’s recently-announced Kansas factory. battery cell manufacturing. battery cell manufacturing. The materials will then be used in U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. We’re building higher levels of vertical integration, driving expanded investment and helping create jobs across North America.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling firm run by Tesla alum JB Straubel, recently broke ground on a new facility near Charleston, South Carolina. The plant will complement the company’s Nevada materials location, and will be used to recycle, refine and remanufacture anode and cathode components.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2022

Recent reports have emerged suggesting that Tesla has signed long-term battery materials supply deals with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. The reports come amidst the efforts of veteran automakers like Ford and General Motors to acquire as much battery materials as possible. revealed the battery materials suppliers’ deal with Tesla.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. The project will be built in Ville-sur-Haine and be the largest project Eneco builds to date.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Tesla plans to start building battery packs for the upcoming Cybertruck on a new cell manufacturing line in the Fremont factory, people with knowledge of the project told Teslarati. In August, we reported that Tesla had filed to build a new battery manufacturing equipment line on the second floor of the Fremont factory.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. Ford is building on agreements tied to its 600,000 run rate milestone and is taking them even further.

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2021

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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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2021

This means that Panasonic would be doubling down on its electric car battery business, headlined by its partnership with the world’s premier EV maker, Tesla. Over the years, Panasonic has been pushed frequently by Tesla to produce more batteries, particularly as the demand for the Model 3 hit its pace.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Redwood specifically states that it accepts any rechargeable device with a lithium-ion battery. The company adds that it can recover more than 95% of materials, like nickel, cobalt, copper, aluminum, lithium, and graphite from a lithium-ion battery. For instance, Redwood supplies Tesla Giga Nevada with copper.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials has narrowed down the locations for its new battery recycling plant in Europe. Germany would be a good location for Redwood Materials’ battery recycling plant in Europe. Tesla Giga Berlin might benefit from a Redwood Materials battery plant nearby. Pros of Redwood Materials Germany.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Graphjet plans to build a facility in Nevada and is talking to the US Department of Energy and the US Department of Defense. Graphjet Technology said it can turn palm kernels into graphite — an essential component in EV battery anodes — from its facility in Malaysia, one of the world’s top producers of palm oil. this month.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Boomtimes in Batteries. It's a great time to be a battery maker: The world could see 145 million electric vehicles on roads by 2030, versus 10 million in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency. gigawatt-hours of batteries — a 40 percent jump in one year, according to Adamas Intelligence. Tesla's deployment of 22.5

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The newly minted Tesla factory will produce the company’s grid-scale Megapack battery storage products. Tesla noted that demand for the Megapack remains above production capacity, primarily due to supply chain issues. Giga Nevada is currently building Megapacks for delivery.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 1, 2023

TOKYO – Eastern electronics and battery vast Panasonic, a key provider to Tesla Inc., is making plans a large ramp as much as quadruple its battery production capability and spice up the power density of its battery 25 p.c as the house to a unutilized $4 billion battery manufacturing facility that can provide Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Currently, the global supply chain for these elements relies heavily on dated extraction processes that are energy-intensive, consume a lot of water, and create toxic waste. If successful, the group would like to build a pilot-scale plant in New Zealand. The work has been approved and will get underway in Spring 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2021

A battery electric vehicle based on the E-GMP is capable of a maximum range of more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) with a fully charged battery (WLTP standard) and it can high-speed charge up to 80% in just 18 minutes and can add up to 100 kilometers of driving range in just five minutes. Motional Inc.,

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2023

The company explained that JB Straubel’s experience both in Tesla and as the head of battery recycling firm Redwood Materials would be invaluable. Mr. Straubel joined Tesla in 2004, and spent 14 years as our Chief Technology Officer, where he played a key role in our battery cell design, and engineering and production.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Although the United States has large reserves of lithium in all forms, in January 2022 the only operational US supply of lithium is a brine facility in Nevada using lithium evaporation ponds. Provide capacity building funds, such as grants, and other resources (e.g.,

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