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Rock Tech Lithium to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Germany

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Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. We are becoming the lithium partner of the automotive industry and are building our own, previously non-existent infrastructure for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe.

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ProLogium to build €5.2B gigafactory for solid-state batteries in France

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From recovery to reuse, the entire recycling process will help build up a sustainable circular economy for the local battery industry. The use of decarbonized electricity for manufacturing processes will further reduce the carbon footprint of EVs with ProLogium battery inside.

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Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration rover development model

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Following discussions with the various stakeholders, the Group decided the direction for the initial lunar exploration mobility development model.

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Cartwheel Robotics Wants to Build Humanoids that People Love

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Cartwheel is more interested in building robots that people can connect with, with the eventual goal of general purpose home companionship. Building Robots to Be Peoples Friends In humanoid robot terms, theres quite a contrast between the versions of Atlas that LaValley worked on ( DRC Atlas in particular ) and Baby Groot.

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First Tesla Semi high-volume production builds expected this 2025

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Tesla, however, has started building a dedicated Semi factory in Nevada that is designed to mass produce the Class 8 all-electric truck. As per Moravy, the first builds of the Semi’s high-volume design will come late this year before ramping early in 2026. The vehicle held its first delivery event in December 2022.

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Report: GM’s Orion Assembly Won’t Just Be Building EVs

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However, the site is currently undergoing a $4-billion revamp so that it can build GMs all-electric pickups. With American automakers now snubbing everything modestly sized, the facility needed new products and the State of Michigan was willing to offer a $480 million cash grant to incentivize General Motors to build more EVs there.

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Iberdrola to invest more than €1.1B to build a green hydrogen and methanol plant in Australia; Bell Bay Powerfuels

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Iberdrola Australia and Australia-based hydrogen developer ABEL Energy will build a green hydrogen and green methanol production plant at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania (Australia). In addition, it is building two new facilities with a combined capacity of 391 MW, which are scheduled for commissioning in 2023.

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