Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Power management company Eaton introduced a family of 48-volt DC-DC converters for diesel-powered commercial vehicles that can be used to power accessories such as antilock brakes and lighting. Unlike competitive offerings, Eaton’s DC-DC converters are operational in ambient temperatures up to 85 ?C C and boast 97% design efficiency.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

Stellantis has its eyes set on Indonesia’s nickel supply. As per the Financial Times , Stellantis is talking with Vale and Huayou Cobalt to secure battery metals for its electric vehicle expansion plans. The plant would convert low-grade nickel ore into battery-grade metal, presumably for use in electric vehicles.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 29, 2024

BYD plans to convert a former Ford plant into an electric vehicle (EV) facility in Brazil. The converted BYD EV plant is located in Camaçari, Bahia. The Asian car manufacturer isn’t wasting any time on converting the facility. For instance, it plans to stop pouch-type battery production amid durability concerns.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has established a strategic partnership with Li-Cycle Holdings, a leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. supplying Li-Cycle’s sulfuric acid requirements for its Hub facilities. —Kunal Sinha, Head of Recycling at Glencore.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Pramac , a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a portable zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

Battery metal prices have recovered strongly in the first half of the year, incentivizing new projects to come online. China controls the battery chemical industry, with the biggest market share for all of the five main battery materials: lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery South Africa 300

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Since its commissioning earlier this year, the Demo Plant has verified a 163% increase in actual leach processing capacity over the 500 kg/day planned capacity and 99% leach extraction efficiency of lithium-ion battery cathode waste material using RecycLiCo’s patented closed-loop process.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Waste 345

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Voltabox AG secured a long-term framework contract with e-troFit GmbH as the preferred supplier of high-performance battery systems for e-troFit’s conversion solutions for diesel buses. In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks.

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Conversion Diesel Supplies Batteries 273

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At SEMA360, Chevrolet will showcase a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electric propulsion. To convert the 1977 K5 Blazer, the team first removed from the Blazer the original 175-horsepower, 400 cubic-inch (6.55-liter) Power is supplied by a 400-volt Bolt EV battery pack with 60 kWh of usable energy installed in the cargo area.

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Chevrolet Convert DC Installation 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, have repurposed end-of-life electric vehicle batteries as small energy storage systems (ESS) for off-grid locations in developing countries or isolated communities. When an electric vehicle’s battery reaches the end of its useful life it is by no means massively depleted.

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Grid Convert Batteries Battery 300

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

The partnership agreement allows for Leclanché to provide its Li-ion battery pack solutions, including but not limited to its INT-53 and INT-39 high energy battery packs, to Medha for a wide range of projects including auxiliary and maintenance railway vehicles as well as passenger trains.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2019

Power management company Eaton’s eMobility business was chosen by Nidec-PSA Emotors (Emotors), a joint venture between Nidec Leroy-Somer and Groupe PSA, to supply high-performance traction inverters for a battery-electric vehicle platform.

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Eaton Supplies Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Ionic Mineral Technologies ( Ionic MT ), a US-based advanced battery materials technology company, emerged from stealth mode to debut its halloysite-derived nano-silicon, Ionisil, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for graphite in lithium-based batteries. Precipitated alumina gel is also created as a critical mineral byproduct.

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Tax Credit Convert Tax Batteries 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

Australia-based Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has entered into a binding ore supply agreement with Société Le Nickel (SLN), a subsidiary of Eramet Group, up to 1,000,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of nickel-containing limonite ore per annum to QPM. Specifications for the limonite ore include: 1.4 – 1.7% Ni (typical 1.6%). 30.0 – 47.5%

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Supplies Lithium Ion 2002 Purchase 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The carbonation reaction will convert REE-bearing silicate minerals to REE-bearing carbonate minerals. Idaho National Laboratory.

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Supplies Ni-Li Carbon Universal 345

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) UK, with experts and stakeholders from industry, academia and funding and support bodies, has published an updated power electronics value chain which shows an end-to-end supply chain view of materials and components required for volume manufacturing of automotive inverters, converters, and onboard chargers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

billion in funding to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and the nation’s grid, as well for battery materials and components currently imported from other countries. Converting and Retrofitting America’s Manufacturing Plants. The Department also announced a Notice of Intent to make available $3.5

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Conversion Grant Manufacturer Supplies 279

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The technology group Wärtsilä will engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages in two offshore supply vessels owned by the Norway-based operator Atlantic Offshore. The 746 kWh battery hybrid systems will be installed on the Ocean Star and Ocean Art. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in June 2019.

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Installation Supplies Hybrid Norway 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The commercial-scale expansion can be attributed to a more lean and optimized manufacturing method with cost efficiencies to be realized through converting into a continuous process compared to a batch process. NEO’s patented technology utilizes an ion-conductive elastomer nanocoating layer for silicon anodes.

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Commercial Lithium Ion Production South Korea 370

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system. The Spanish state railway operator Renfe is providing the train.

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Europe Supplies Fuel Toyota 261

Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 18, 2021

Indonesia converted 10 motorcycles to electric under pilot project . Indonesia has launched a pilot project to convert combustion engine motorcycles into electric vehicles as part of its national drive to make the transportation more eco-friendly said the energy ministry. million electric cars on the roads by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2021

reached a long-term agreement to supply lithium products to LG Energy Solution (LGES). As pat of the agreement, which runs from 2021 to 2029, SQM will supply battery-grade lithium carbonmate and lithium hydroxide for the production of high-quality cathode materials for EV battery cells.

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Supplies Chile Carbon Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The system was built using batteries reclaimed from electrified vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCEV) and is connected to the consumer electrical power grid. JERA and Toyota began discussions in 2018 to establish battery reuse technologies, which eventually led to this large-capacity, grid-connected Sweep Energy Storage System.

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Energy Storage Nickel Metal Hydride Toyota Energy 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Q1 2020 saw monthly average prices fall further to less than US$7,000/t Li 2 CO 3 for the first time since 2014, eroding price increases caused by forecast strong demand growth in the lithium-ion battery industry and uncertainty over future supply. Lithium demand by application in 2019. Source: Roskill.

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Recharge Li-ion Industrial Industry 334

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Convert Grid Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Li-Cycle’s fourth Spoke recycling facility in North America has capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year. The Alabama Spoke is strategically located to support the recycling needs of the company’s growing battery supply customer base in the southeastern US region.

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Li-ion Alabama North America Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Valmet Automotive has started the production of EV battery packs in its new plant in Salo, Finland. The battery plant project has progressed on schedule, and with the ramp up of production volumes, Valmet Automotive will continue recruiting more employees to the Salo plant.

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Production Batteries Battery Finland 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

XALT Energy, LLC and the ReCell Center, the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office’s (DOE/VTO) battery recycling center ( earlier post ), are working to close a technology gap between the world’s increasing use of lithium-ion batteries and the need for advanced, in-process and end-of-life battery recycling options.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Energy 221

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Finland 221

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2014

Silicon Carbide multiport DC-DC converter fitted to the Tata Vista EV. A consortium led by motorsport and technology company Prodrive has successfully run a silicon carbide-based multiport DC-DC converter in an electric car. A key aspect of the converter is the use of silicon carbide devices. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. In addition to cell production, the new company will be responsible for activities along the entire battery value chain. Future gigafactory for battery cells at the Salzgitter site: Salzgiga. Unified cell.

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Standards Global Batteries Battery 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

million to 10 projects across nine states that will advance innovative technologies to extract and convert battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine sources in the United States. (DE-FOA-0002823, The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $10.9

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2020

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that its hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system H2One, which Toshiba ESS delivered and installed on the rooftop of Toranomon Hills Business Tower (Minato-ku, Tokyo), has started full-scale operation with the opening of commercial facilities.

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Hydrogen Energy Solar Power Storage 493

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Rolls-Royce will ensure a climate-neutral energy supply at the container terminal currently under construction at the Port of Duisburg, Germany. It will not only set new standards in cargo handling, but also in climate-friendly energy supply. The waste heat is used for process heat or for heating buildings in and around the port.

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Hydrogen Climate Power Grid Supplies 459

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) soars, spurred by government incentives and a push to decarbonize the transportation sector, the global battery industry is set to attract significant attention and investment. On the back of this, demand for battery cathodes and anodes is also set to rocket.

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Energy Batteries Battery South Korea 195

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2019

Planned tasks even include building the transformer station for converting medium-voltage to low-voltage electricity as well as the installation of cables on the site. The first 15 eCitaro for Wiesbaden will be equipped with current-generation lithium-ion batteries—NMC batteries (lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide cells).

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Mercedes Batteries Battery 2020 220

Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2022

LG Energy Solution (LGES)—the company’s dedicated cell subsidiary—plans to use 100% renewable energy in all its battery manufacturing plants worldwide by 2025. LGES stated in an ESG Report 2021 that it is working on converting all its manufacturing sites to RE100, including those located in South Korea, North America, Europe, China, etc.

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