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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. The Changwon plant in South Korea specializes in the production of excavators and is the biggest excavator production site in Volvo CE. With the SEK 80-million (around $7.8-million)

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

South Korea’s presidential office revealed that President Yoon Suk-Yeol and Elon Musk conversed about Tesla in a video call on Wednesday, November 23. During the video call, Elon Musk reportedly told President Yoon that he considered South Korea one of the top candidates for a Tesla factory in Asia, reported Reuters.

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EV Specifications

AUGUST 21, 2023

Business Korea reports that according to its industry and government sources, Samsung SDI and the Ulsan city officials are in talks regarding the expansion of the company's Ulsan plant with an LFP battery production line. This type of battery is less.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation has decided to spin off its battery production and exploration & production (E&P) business as independent companies. SK Innovation’s EV battery plant located in Seosan, South Korea. The SK Battery Co., The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

” Canada has the minerals and supplies automakers need to manufacture electric vehicles and EV batteries. In August, for instance, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz signed separate agreements with Canada for EV battery materials. “What we want is the electric car , not the battery. Tesla South Korea.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The initiation tournament incorporated a supply rite for the inaugural eBus9 held in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. This type has a blade LFP battery produced by way of BYD. The eBus9 has a water-cooled battery cooling device that adapts to various native surrounding situations.

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JULY 25, 2023

Li-ion battery recycling technology company Aqua Metals ( earlier post ) entered into a strategic partnership with Yulho Co., a storage solution and battery materials company based in South Korea.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

FREYR Battery has awarded a strategic alliance frame agreement to South Korea-based Hana Technology. Hana Technology develops precision automation solutions for battery facilities and other industrial operations. We selected Hana Technology due to their proven track record with major Korean battery manufacturers.

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JUNE 9, 2021

South Korea-based EnerTech International is a leader in delivering lithium-ion cells using state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to produce high-performance, large format batteries. Pre-production batteries have been built and tested using EnerTech’s existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In a significant advancement for EV technology, researchers at Chung-Ang University in South Korea have made a breakthrough in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery charging times and safety.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium. Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year.

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APRIL 3, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) plans to start hiring workers for the Arizona battery manufacturing complex by the end of 2024. billion battery manufacturing complex. LGES added that it Tesla 4680 battery production by LG starting later this year LGES is building two manufacturing facilities in Arizona.

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JULY 9, 2023

Korea) of the country’s first lithium hydroxide plant, which will produce secondary battery materials using lithium produced from brine in Argentina. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea. POSCO developed its own extraction technology for lithium in 2010.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

South Korea-based steelmaker POSCO will invest US$830 million in a lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina. million tons of lithium reserves—enough to make batteries for about 370 million electric cars, according to POSCO. The plant will be constructed by the first half of 2024. Initially, POSCO estimated that the site had 2.2

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JULY 20, 2021

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, are forming a joint venture to build a factory for lithium-silicon battery materials in South Korea.

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JUNE 23, 2021

A new report from IDTechEX forecasts the solid-state battery market will grow to $8 billion by 2031. Under most of the mass-production plans, the solid-state battery will likely take off after 2025, although small-scale production may happen even earlier, IDTechEX said. Major solid-state battery players globally.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is trialing a bus application for its Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) technology, a dynamic wireless charging technology that recharges a vehicle’s battery while the vehicle is in motion. Electric (Battery) Fleets Infrastructure Plug-ins Smart charging'

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JANUARY 22, 2021

While the lithium-ion battery is dominant in battery-electric vehicles, NiMH batteries are still the most common in full hybrid vehicles (HEVs), according to a new report—“ Full Hybrid Electric Vehicle Markets 2021-2041 ”—from IDTechEx. It is also much more technologically mature and lower cost than Li-ion.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Last year, Volvo Cars signed long-term supply agreements with two leading global battery suppliers, CATL of China and LG Chem of South Korea.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hyundai is developing a new generation of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for affordable EVs, The Korea Herald reported this week.

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MARCH 23, 2022

LGES’ expansion will quintuple the plant’s capacity to help produce battery components into the future as Michigan’s electric vehicle industry grows. billion to build Ultium Cell LLC’s third US battery cell plant in the city of Lansing and Delta Township, a joint venture between GM and LG. million; and.

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MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Loop Energy announced that its value-added distributor in South Korea—NGVI Inc.—secured This marks Loop Energy’s second design win in South Korea in less than one year. Loop Energy anticipates demand to grow in near-term serviceable market opportunities across key markets of South Korea, Australia, and Europe.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With a 5% loading of NEO’s silicon into the anode material of the lithium-ion battery, which implies a 19-to-1 ratio between graphite and silicon, the initial capacity of the commercial plant will be able to supply to 160,000 electric vehicles.

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InsideEVs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

South Korea's three biggest battery suppliers are reportedly anxious about the UAW pressing for substantial wage increases.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Series production will first begin in South Korea. The new plant in Arizona will follow.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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. Located near Seoul, South Korea, Myoung Shin is a parts supplier and automotive manufacturer for numerous first tier OEMs.

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JUNE 13, 2021

Canada-based NEO Battery Materials Ltd.—which —which intends to become a silicon anode materials supplier to the EV industry— entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korean silicon powder manufacturer, Korea Metal Silicon Co., Korea Metal Silicon Co.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2022

The parent company of Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, and more—Stellantis—has announced a joint-venture electric-vehicle battery plant with South Korea’s Samsung SDI, in Kokomo, Indiana.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2022

This is the first Genesis model to be built in the United States and the first Genesis production to take place outside of South Korea. Production of the Electrified GV70 is expected to start this December at the brand’s Montgomery, Alabama manufacturing facility.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

South Korea-based POSCO Chemical signed a contract to supply Samsung SDI with high-nickel NCA cathode materials for electric vehicle batteries for 10 years from this year to 2032. Cathode materials account for more than 40% of the cost of the battery and are key materials that determine capacity and output.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 26, 2023

Cylindrical batteries are being considered by GM, according to a report from South Korea. Tesla is ramping up its new battery cells in Nevada for much more than the Semi. And will Tesla tease more about a Robovan, a Model 2, or something completely different in just over a month? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Hanwha Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest in building battery production facilities in the United States. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in Seoul for comprehensive battery business cooperation for ESS (energy storage systems) and other clean-tech energy solutions.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

billion) investment in its domestic battery production base in Seosan, South Korea, paving the way for the completion of a core infrastructure that will fortify Korea’s domestic electric vehicle battery industry. SK On will make a KRW 1.5-trillion trillion (US$1.1-billion) After establishing a 200 MWh (0.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and SK On have finalized a site in Georgia for another EV battery factory. That may seem like mundane news, but it turns out that this investment alone is expected to be one of the largest economic development stories in the history of Georgia. So say the state of Georgia […].

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2022

LG Energy Solution, a South Korean battery manufacturer and one of American EV maker Tesla’s suppliers, noted on Monday that it would be investing KRW 4 trillion (about $3.1 billion) in a South Korea-based facility that produces batteries for electric vehicles and other products. 2 Ochang plant.

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MARCH 15, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) is planning to invest in NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese, aluminum) and LFP (lithium-iron-phosphate) batteries to strengthen its portfolio. On Thursday, March 14, the South Korean battery supplier reported that it invested over 1 trillion won ($760 million) in research and development (R&D) last year.

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