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Awesome Alibaba: Low-cost backyard construction equipment, batteries included

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Regularly readers of my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column will know that I usually dig around Chinese shopping sites to find the wackiest and coolest little EVs in the world. more… The post Awesome Alibaba: Low-cost backyard construction equipment, batteries included appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla in talks with new LFP cell supplier for low-cost battery deal: report

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Tesla is reportedly in talks with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co for a potential supply deal for low-cost batteries. EVE’s batteries will reportedly be used to boost Gigafactory Shanghai’s supply chain, as per information related to Reuters by individuals familiar with the matter. .

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Tesla & Chinese EV Makers Putting Lot of Weight on These Low-Cost EV Batteries

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Electric vehicles often differ based on different battery technologies. According to Yang Jie at Wall Street Journal, “A less-expensive battery technology championed by Tesla Inc.’s ” The batteries are lithium-iron-phosphate batteries — often referred to as LFP batteries. […]. .”

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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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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

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To stay in the game, Renault is among the European automakers rushing to produce EVs that are at a similar price point to ICE vehicles – to avoid losing out to Chinese rivals that have Europe in their sites with low-cost EVs – BYD’s vehicles are arriving by the shipload. The Twingo will also use an LFP battery to cut costs.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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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. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6 Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals).

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

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Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

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