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APRIL 9, 2024

Rimac Technology, specialized EV technology solutions provider to global automotive manufacturers announced long-term partnership with BMW Group to provide high-voltage battery units for BMW Group’s product range – in future model generations slated for the second half of the 2020s.

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JUNE 9, 2023

to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in North America. As part of its evaluation process, the new Michigan battery lab will ensure that Toyota’s batteries meet North American customer requirements by confirming performance, quality and durability of automotive batteries made by Toyota.

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MAY 19, 2023

The high-voltage batteries required for this will likewise be manufactured locally. The virtual ground-breaking for a new assembly site for high-voltage batteries also took place as part of the anniversary celebrations. Rendering of the future high-voltage battery assembly in Shenyang.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition, TMMT will be Toyota’s first European plant to start producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, and the first to be equipped with a battery production line. Alongside the vehicle production line, TMMT will build a new plug-in battery assembly line with a capacity of 75,000 units per year within its facility.

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APRIL 28, 2023

In addition, the two companies will collaborate on an innovative value chain concept for battery materials and its recycling. By 2025 Hydro will enable Porsche to reduce the footprint of the aluminum in future vehicle projects to around 3.5 Hydro has extensive experience in the recycling of battery raw materials.

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MARCH 6, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is transforming its Mercedes-Benz Drive Systems unit and its Stuttgart-Untertürkheim site for an “Electric First” future in the context of Ambition 2039—the company’s path toward carbon neutrality. The site will focus on research, development and production ramp-ups of drive systems.

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JUNE 9, 2021

IAV has developed a battery assembly concept that is much easier to recycle than existing battery systems and also has a much better CO 2 balance. The concept is not only interesting for future vehicles—it can be integrated into existing e-models as well. That’s why many batteries are shredded. —Michael Clauß.

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

As part of its sustainability roadmap, Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to below 29 million tons by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. The gained transparency on the environmental performance will help offer customers greener services and create an additional decision point for future transport tenders and assignments.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Completely unworkable, absurdly optimistic assumptions are made about far future potential costs of non-existent fuel supply chains for hydrogen and things like aluminum.

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MARCH 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis launched of the Battery Workforce Challenge , which includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition; vocational training; youth education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and career and technical education.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup. Ford is now commited to build both nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the US. Limited (CATL), the world’s leading battery manufacturer.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. The team previously reported a neutral molten salt reaction. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Volvo Cars has a strategic direction to become fully electric by 2030 and shape the future of mobility. Aurobay will become part of the new global company specializing in hybrid and low- emission powertrains being formed by Renault and Geely. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Swedish electric car maker Polestar will provide battery and charging systems for Candela’s highly efficient flying boats. The battery deal will enable Candela to scale up production swiftly, bringing mass-market electric boats one step closer to reality.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Lotus Engineering is launching a pilot containerized battery testing facility to assess energy storage solutions for the booming EV sector. It will allow Lotus Engineering to carry out various battery cell, module and pack characterization tests, performance evaluations, and component and lifetime testing under controlled conditions.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Each main line has the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium-ion battery material per year. Germany represents the largest market for both battery manufacturing scrap and the expected supply of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in Europe.

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JUNE 1, 2023

liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, which is part of the two-motor hybrid-electric system that powers Honda Accord and CR-V hybrid-electric models. As part of the new EV Hub, the Anna Engine Plant will produce the cases for the Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) that houses the EV battery module and its controlling hardware.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Molicel have agreed on a strategic collaboration to support the next generation of high performance, superior quality, lithium-ion power battery cells. Our technology is well suited to the arenas that WAE operates and we are happy to be part of this exciting collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Faraday Future has contracted with Myoung Shin Co., an automotive manufacturer headquartered in South Korea, to manufacture Faraday Future’s second electric vehicle, the FF 81, with start of production scheduled for 2024. The plant in Gunsan, where the FF 81 will be manufactured, offers scale, flexibility, and attractive port access.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

Northvolt and Mälarenergi are partnering to establish a battery energy storage system at an electric vehicle charging station in Västerås, Sweden. The battery system will provide power output up to 220 kW and a usable energy capacity of 320 kWh. —Emad Zand, President Energy Solutions, Northvolt.

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MAY 3, 2023

SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Williams Advanced Engineering: final iteration of prototype WAE battery pack incorporating dedicated cell packaging for optimum centre of gravity, vehicle control unit, DCDC converter, integrated cooling, charge port, and styled carbon covers. The all-new battery has peak power of 170kW and continuous power of 90kW, with a capacity of 15 kWh.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has started producing high-performance batteries for its all-electric luxury EQS at its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen plant, as part of the Untertürkheim location in Germany, ahead of the sedan’s world premiere on 15 April 2021. High-performance battery systems made in Stuttgart-Hedelfingen. technologies.

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MAY 18, 2022

Mercedes-Benz will work with Sila , a next-generation battery materials company ( earlier post ), to incorporate Sila's silicon anode chemistry in batteries which are optionally available for the first time in the upcoming electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The supply agreement is the natural next step for the partnership.

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MAY 5, 2022

Natron Energy, a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, and Clarios International Inc., a manufacturer of low-voltage advanced battery technologies for mobility, will collaborate to manufacture the first mass-produced sodium-ion batteries. Natron has spent 10 years developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Swedish sodium-ion battery developer Altris presented a pure Prussian White cathode material with a capacity of 160 mAh/g, making it the highest capacity declared to date. Since its founding in 2017, Altris has developed Prussian White cathodes, electrolytes, battery cells and blueprints to create sodium-ion batteries.

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APRIL 13, 2022

This future lineup will feature 15 dedicated BEVs, including seven carrying the bZ (Beyond Zero) brand moniker. Through this architecture, bZ4X achieves a low center of gravity and greater rigidity thanks to the high-capacity Lithium-ion battery pack placed flat under the floor.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the future, the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim will manufacture and assemble parts of electric powertrains (eATS). For the works council, the long-term future viability of our site has been the focus from the very beginning. With the eATS, we have taken another important step towards the future.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Both the joint innovation lab and the Wolfspeed device fab are planned as part of the Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) for Microelectronics and Communication Technologies framework and are dependent upon state aid approval from the European Commission. The fab will employ more than 600 people when fully operational.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Aluminum air batteries don't get within an intercontinental flight of being a viable choice, and certainly not by Wright's 2024 target date for first flight with one engine running on the new fuel.

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APRIL 29, 2019

The BMW Group’s worldwide spare parts logistics center in Dingolfing has recently started piloting autonomous transport platforms. The electrically powered AutoBox helps to move incoming spare parts efficiently from the freight dock to the warehouse. Humans load the AutoBox with incoming parts. and Innovations in Logistics.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California. The demonstration plant has a design capacity of 10 tonnes per year of battery-grade lithium. —Rio Tinto Minerals chief executive Sinead Kaufman.

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JULY 26, 2021

Batteryline.com introduces a new network website for experts in the manufacturing of EV batteries based on the need for more knowledge in the related automotive industry. In the drive to supply the world with high quality and cost-effective batteries there is a need to improve worldwide production. —Batteryline.com.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport.

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APRIL 11, 2021

Scientists from Tohoku University have developed a new fluorine-free calcium (Ca) electrolyte based on a hydrogen (monocarborane) cluster that could potentially realize rechargeable Ca batteries. High-energy-density and low-cost calcium (Ca) batteries have been proposed as ‘beyond-Li-ion’ electrochemical energy storage devices.

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JANUARY 30, 2021

Volkswagen Group Components opened the Group’s first plant for recycling electric car batteries in Salzgitter. The Salzgitter plant only recycles batteries that can no longer be used for other purposes. The Salzgitter plant only recycles batteries that can no longer be used for other purposes.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

The company deployed its battery simulation and correlation capability to enhance battery thermal management in a fast-charge scenario, accelerating the solution development process to reduce excess noise from high pumping power and help the dissipation of heat. —Chris Hebert, D2H Engineering Director.

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