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Reliance buys Na-ion battery developer Faradion

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In addition, RNESL will also invest £25 million (US$34 million) as primary investment as growth capital to accelerate commercial roll out. Scalability – utilises existing lithium-ion manufacturing infrastructure and is already proven with multiple commercial manufacturing partners. Fast charge/ discharge capability. billion ($73.8

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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

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Canoo’s fully electric Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) is a US-made commercial EV optimized for sustainable last mile delivery use cases. Canoo’s agreement with Walmart builds on the company’s existing commitments in the state of Arkansas.

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Mullen Automotive Acquires ELMS Enabling EV Production for Retail and Commercial Vehicle Lines

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Electric-vehicle startup Mullen Automotive gained court approval last week to buy an Indiana manufacturing facility, inventory of EVs, and all intellectual property from now-defunct Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. The $240 million cash purchase allows Mullen the capability to build up to 50,000 EVs annually.

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Agility’s New Factory Can Build Thousands of Humanoids a Year

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Agility Robotics has announced the opening of a 6,500 square-meter factory dedicated to building its Digit humanoid robot. So, kudos to Agility for getting to this point—the hard part starts now, when they have to find people to actually buy all of these robots.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

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The commercial EV market is hot—a bit too hot for some. To date, the company’s technology has been successfully deployed in more than 500 commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses, and agricultural and mining equipment. We’re also growing, and want to build up the team to get to mass production in the next three to five years.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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The company is building a new plant in Nevada, and aims to be processing 10,000 tons of black mass (equivalent to about 150,000 EV battery packs) annually by 2025. That’s not to say that over the coming years, as we build a brand-new closed-loop recycling industry, that that doesn’t start to verticalize a little bit more.

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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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United Airlines announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to purchase 15 of Boom’s Overture supersonic airliners, once Overture meets United’s safety, operating and sustainability requirements, with an option for an additional 35 aircraft.