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Chinese university develops new material to accelerate solid state battery production

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A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate their commercialization into EVs.

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Benchmark: battery demand for manganese set to increase 8-fold this decade

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Demand for manganese in batteries is set to grow over eight-fold this decade, due to new battery chemistries and rising electric vehicle sales, according to Benchmark’s Manganese Sulphate Market Outlook. New battery chemistries are expected to use even more manganese.

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Benchmark: lithium prices continue to rise

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Lithium prices continued to rise in November, with Chinese battery-grade prices surpassing the RMB 200,000/tonne (US$31,395/tonne) mark, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production

Electric Vehicles India

Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production. Read further to know more about solid-state battery production. . Solid-state battery production. The biggest barrier for solid-state batteries is the means of cost-effective mass production and the competition with lithium-ion batteries.

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Chinese catch-up: How Hyundai will chase down BYD, MG and GWM with cheaper electric vehicles in Australia

EV Central

While the Korean giant concedes it might not be able to directly price match its Chinese competitors, it says it’s confident its future product will shrink the gap, with the brand then relying on consumers deciding Hyundai and its brand heritage in Australia is worth a small price premium. Are the costs of raw materials dropping?

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Nio & BYD consider battery supply collaboration

Teslarati

Chinese automaker Nio and BYD are considering a battery supply collaboration. Nio is turning to BYD batteries for its new affordable electric vehicle (EV) brand. The new EV brand will be called Onvo in English and Ledao in Chinese. The new EV brand will be called Onvo in English and Ledao in Chinese.

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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

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SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. Precursors are key raw materials that account for more than 65% to 70% of the cost of cathode materials.