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Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

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Neste is introducing public high power charging (HPC) at its service stations in Finland for light- and medium-duty electric vehicles. Neste MY Renewable Charging adds another option to Neste’s portfolio of solutions in Finland for supporting the transition to low-emission transport.

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Stellantis and Terrafame agree on low-carbon nickel sulfate supply for EV batteries

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signed a supply agreement for nickel sulfate to be used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Beginning in 2025, Finland-based Terrafame will supply Stellantis with nickel sulfate over the five-year term of the agreement. Stellantis N.V. and Terrafame Ltd.

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Valmet Automotive sees battery systems as the main growth driver

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Valmet Automotive expects sales from its battery business for electric vehicles (EV) to reach or exceed the level of contract manufacturing of vehicles in just a few years. The growth will focus primarily on the EV Systems business line with its services for the development and manufacture of battery systems.

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Johnson Matthey to exit battery materials business; increased commoditization, lower returns

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Following a detailed review and ahead of reaching a number of critical investment milestones, the company has concluded that the potential returns from the Battery Materials business will not be adequate to justify further investment. A second eLNO plant is also planned in Finland. —Robert MacLeod, Chief Executive.

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FREYR Battery and Nidec complete formation of joint venture

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FREYR Battery and Nidec Corporation, a globally leading producer of high-efficiency electric motors and a leader in the energy storage systems (ESS) space, have established a downstream joint venture, now called Nidec Energy AS. FREYR first announced a broad partnership with Nidec in August 2022. Earlier post.).

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15 countries agree to work toward 100% ZEV truck and bus sales by 2040

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Fifteen countries have agreed to work together toward 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales by 2040. California recently adopted its Advanced Clean Truck rule that establishes firm sales targets for zero-emission trucks that formed the basis of the MOU ambition.

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Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring cathode materials plant proceeding as planned

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Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/a and potential for future expansion for the production of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.