Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

A new survey of automakers and Tier 1 suppliers conducted by Ducker Carlisle concludes that as electric vehicles continue to enter the mass market, aluminum demand will grow through the end of the decade. By 2030, battery electric light-trucks are expected to average 644 pounds of aluminum content.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2022

Chemicals and materials company Ingevity earlier this month invested $60 million in a $170-million round to acquire an equity stake in Nexeon Limited ( earlier post ) in a strategic move to establish the company’s presence in the electric vehicle (EV) market and expand opportunities to grow its activated carbon business. Source: Nexeon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

WAE Technologies (WAE) has launched Elysia , its battery intelligence software offering designed to unlock significant improvements in the life, safety, usable energy, power, and rapid charging times of any battery system. Its BMS algorithms help OEMs to increase vehicle range, enable faster charging, and maximize battery power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Medha Group, a supplier of vehicle traction systems and related electronics based in Hyderabad, India, and Leclanché SA, a provider of energy storage solutions, have agreed to market their technologies jointly in the railroad and commercial truck markets. The collaboration covers the European, Middle Eastern and African markets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

GS Yuasa will shift its focus from hybrids to enter the market for electric-vehicle batteries as early as next year, according to a report from the Nikkei. The battery maker recently formed a department for the project, bringing in engineers from its hybrid and plug-in hybrid operations, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Mt to 3.22 Mt (7% year-on-year growth). Mt to 3.22

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With more than half of US car sales projected to be electric by 2030, demand for lithium-ion batteries and PVDF, a thermoplastic fluoropolymer used as a lithium-ion binder and separator coating, is soaring. Solvay, a global leader in PVDF, brings process technology and global market know-how to this venture.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This expansion follows NIO’s entry into the Norwegian market last year. NIO’s innovative CSU (Chargeable, Swappable, Upgradeable) architecture enables both charging and swapping of batteries with the ongoing opportunity to benefit from the latest battery technology or flexibility to upgrade the battery capacity.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The US residential solar landscape is changing, with batteries steadily becoming essential companions for solar installations. As noted by Wood Mackenzie in a recent post, 11% of US homes with solar installations now include a battery storage system. of residential solar-plus-battery projects this year. and SunPower at 4.6%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

Umicore and Blue Current , a manufacturer of silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries, have agreed to strengthen their collaboration on the development of solid-state battery technology, with Umicore investing a minority stake in the US-based start-up. In June 2022, Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Lithium and battery technology company Energy Exploration Technologies announced a $450-million investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM). Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion A tech-heavy ESG company mining in the emerging markets is a rare find.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

After three years of intensive studies covering the entire lifecycle of an all-electric aircraft, Tecnam is halting development of the all-electric P-Volt aircraft, mainly due to concerns about current battery technology. The company will continue to explore new emerging technologies. Earlier post.)

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In November 2023, the EU’s car market grew by a modest but reasonably robust 6.7%. There were substantial double-digit gains in some markets, including two of the largest: Italy (+16.2%) and France (+14%). Conversely, the German car market […] The post EU: Battery-electric car market share reached 16.3%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Amprius Technologies, developer of the Silicon Anode Platform for batteries, has verified a lithium-ion cell delivering energy density of 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L, resulting in unparalleled run time. The new batteries demonstrate both high gravimetric energy density (Wh/kg) and volumetric energy density (Wh/L) with exceptional adaptability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2023

Germany-based Liacon, one of Europe’s largest battery manufacturers, has released a new, more versatile lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery that can replace all Group 31 lead-acid units. Group 31 batteries are one of the highest selling in the market. Lead acid batteries typically get 200-400 cycles before they fail.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

BYD Japan, the Japanese branch of China-based BYD, marked its official entry into the passenger vehicle market in Japan with the Japanese debut of three BYD models: BYD ATTO 3, BYD Dolphin, and BYD Seal. Today, with the support and expectation of consumers, BYD officially hits the new energy passenger vehicle market in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2022

MAN Truck & Bus will in future be offering an eBus chassis for the global market. By 2040, sales of zero-emission buses are expected to rise to more than 80% of the global market. First prototypes are to be delivered as early as 2023, series production is slated to start in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. The BMW i3 eDrive35L will be assembled exclusively for the Chinese market at the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. Battery capacity (gross/net).

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 19, 2024

In December 2023, the EU car market experienced a 3.3% Notable increases were observed in top markets such as France (+14.5%) and […] The post EU: Battery-electric car market share reached 14.6% decline, recording 867,052 units in sales. This drop can be attributed to the high baseline performance in December 2022.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In October 2023, the EU car market expanded significantly, with new registrations surging by 14.6% This marked the fifteenth consecutive month of growth, with notable double-digit percentage increases in three of the largest markets: France (+21.9%), Italy (+20%), and Spain (+18.1%). to 855,484 units.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 30, 2023

CATL and BYD remained the top two players in the global EV battery market in the first two months, with the former's share remaining stable and the latter rising. In January and February, the total battery consumption of EVs registered in each country was about 75.2 CATL's battery installed base in January-February was 25.5

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2022

Chinese automaker and battery supplier BYD is entering the European market—and that could include supplying batteries to Tesla. This came shortly after BYD's announcement of Japanese-market sales.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 5, 2023

The new car market in the UK grew 25.8% The June performance marks the 11th consecutive month of growth as the industry gradually overcomes the pandemic-induced supply chain shortages that constrained production for much of the […] The post UK: battery-electric vehicle market grows 39.4%

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In September 2023, new car registrations increased by 9.2%, reaching 861,062 units, marking the EU car market’s fourteenth consecutive month of growth. Two of the EU’s largest markets saw substantial gains; Italy (+22.7%) and France (+10.7%). Germany’s market was relatively steady, with a tiny 0.1%

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CN EV Post

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Chinese companies, including CATL and BYD, saw explosive growth in the power battery market, while South Korean and Japanese manufacturers were not performing as brightly. The post Global EV battery market share in 2022: CATL 37%, BYD 13.6% appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 3, 2023

CATL's installed power battery volume from January to November was 165.7 percent market share. The post Global EV battery market share in Nov: CATL 40.9%, BYD 15.6% GWh, ranking first with a 37.1 appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 5, 2023

The UK new car market recorded its ninth successive month of growth in April, with an 11.6% Large fleet […] The post UK: Battery electric vehicles take 15.4% market share in April appeared first on Electric Cars Report. Large fleet […] The post UK: Battery electric vehicles take 15.4% down on 2019 volumes.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The 2022 report from South Korean firm SNE Research shows that EV battery manufacturer CATL once again holds its title as the largest in the world by installed battery capacity. That’s now six years in a row that CATL leads the global EV battery market and based on 2022’s numbers, is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Teslarati

MARCH 27, 2024

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas deemed Tesla and CATL the power couple that could recharge the United States electric vehicle (EV) market. In a note released earlier this week, Morgan Stanley writes that the United States is an under-penetrated EV market, whereas China is a fully-penetrated EV market.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 17, 2023

Learn how Century Lithium is aiming to facilitate domestic lithium production for the emerging electric vehicle and energy storage market. The post Advancing domestic lithium production for the battery storage market appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2021

A consortium of manufacturers representing half the global motorcycle market announced an agreement Friday for a standardized battery-swapping system for electric motorcycles. The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles includes the top Japanese motorcycle manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 11, 2023

CATL's share of the LFP market in March was 39.47 1 in the LFP market in both January and February. China's electric vehicle (EV) battery installations continued to grow last month, with CATL maintaining its lead and regaining the top spot over BYD in the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery market. GWh, up 29.7

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The Driven EV News

APRIL 1, 2024

Geely to launch it's battery electric ute in right-hand-drive markets, increases possibilities for an Australian launch. The post Geely offshoot unveils sub-$40,000 electric ute for right-hand-drive markets appeared first on The Driven.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Over the next few days, the company will conduct final testing and calibration of the battery swap station. The post NIO launches first battery swap station in Germany ahead of official market entry appeared first on CnEVPost. NIO will officially enter Germany on October 7. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2021

Lexus will begin launching its first mass-market plug-in hybrid later this year, followed by a dedicated battery-electric model in 2022, the automaker said last week in a press release announcing two million global electrified-vehicle sales. Plug-in hybrid and battery-electric models are part of a larger "Lexus Electrified" plan.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2021

Chinese automaker Nio announced Thursday that it will make Norway the first market for its electric cars outside of its home country. Plans include a small network of company-owned showrooms and battery-swapping stations.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

One of the biggest EV battery maker CATL and automotive giant Stellantis N.V. have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the local supply of LFP battery cells and modules to power Stellantis’ electric vehicle production in Europe.

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