Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

Canda-based Lion Electric, a manufacturer of all-electric trucks and buses, is building a battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Québec. The factory is planned to begin operations in early 2023 and will produce battery packs and modules made from Lithium-ion cells.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

Demand outlooks and supply vulnerabilities vary widely by mineral, but the energy sector’s overall needs for critical minerals could increase by as much as six times by 2040, depending on how rapidly governments act to reduce emissions. Ensure adequate investment in diversified sources of new supply. Source: IEA. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The joint venture will process Cathode Active Material (CAM), a key battery material that represents about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. Our work with POSCO Chemical is a key part of our strategy to rapidly scale US EV production and drive innovation in battery performance, quality and cost.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2021

a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

has entered into a definitive supply agreement with HCS Holding GmbH (HCS) to supply renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) under a five-year offtake agreement. The Supply Agreement has two phases: In the first phase, HCS will purchase isooctane produced at Gevo’s demonstration hydrocarbon plant located in Silsbee, Texas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2022

Last month Gotion High-Tech agreed to supply a large listed and unnamed US automaker with 200 GWh of LFP batteries between 2023 and 2028 in an indication of the auto industry’s reliance on Chinese production. In addition, rising lithium carbonate prices are adding to the costs of LFP batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Bi-directional charging technology means not only charging the Nissan LEAF, but also sending energy stored in the vehicle battery back to the building or the grid.

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MAY 24, 2023

However, building an EV charging site is not a straightforward task. Understanding the EV Charging Landscape The first step towards building an EV charging site is understanding the landscape. Product selection should take into account the fully installed cost. However, they can significantly impact the total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Automotive companies are increasingly turning to manganese-intensive forms of battery chemistry due to lower cost structures and improved performance. However, the supply chain for high-purity manganese sulfate (HPMSM) production is dominated by China, which currently accounts for 96% of global supply.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2022

We are currently operating in a period of economic uncertainty, capital markets disruption, and supply chain interruptions, which have been significantly impacted by geopolitical instability due to the ongoing military conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. The company mentioned risks in battery cell pricing and availability.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. We’re building higher levels of vertical integration, driving expanded investment and helping create jobs across North America.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The company will install an electrolysis system at Donaldsonville to generate carbon-free hydrogen from water that will then be supplied to an existing plant to produce green ammonia. The cost of the initial project is expected to fit within the company’s annual capital expenditure budget, which has ranged from $400-$450 million per year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This is equivalent to energy costs of US$60 a barrel. Market-based partnerships are needed to enable mass-scale domestic and international off-take and demand for green hydrogen, and increase cooperation to design, finance, build and operate green hydrogen production, storage and distribution infrastructure. €1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. This analysis indicates that energy storage could provide some grid flexibility but its build up will require decades. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

Nucor Corporation is forming a 50-50 joint venture with JFE Steel Corporation of Japan to build and operate a plant in central Mexico to supply that country’s automotive market. The plant is expected to have a cost of $270 million and a capacity of 400,000 tons per year of galvanized sheet steel. million vehicles to 5.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

Globally, the battery industry needs to invest at least $514 billion across the whole supply chain to meet expected demand in 2030, and $920 billion by 2035, according to a new analysis by Benchmark. Batteries are the platform technology for clean energy goals, so financing these supply chains is at the heart of the race towards net zero.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

The determination is based on data showing California risks energy supply shortfalls during extreme weather events. The nuclear power plant supplies about 17% of California’s zero-carbon electricity and 9% of total electricity. The state is continuing to invest in rapidly building out clean energy capacity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The “Iron Ore Challenge”: Commercial iron ores with iron content of 62% or higher are projected to be in short supply by the early 2030s. Hydrogen or natural gas-based steelmaking requires ores with the highest iron content at 67% or above, making the cost and ore supply challenge even more acute for these processes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and POSCO Chemical are working with the governments of Canada and Québec to build a new $400-million facility in Bécancour, Québec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for GM’s Ultium batteries, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. With the US government’s significant investment and more players entering the hydrogen market, the total cost of ownership (TCO) for fuel cell electric vehicles will drop significantly in the coming years, Hyundai says.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For the first time, SpaceX has teamed up with researchers from NASA and several other US institutions to publicly discuss how it plans to use Starship to build Mars Base Alpha. billion NASA contract to build a human-rated Moon lander variant of Starship. In April, SpaceX also secured a $2.9 None of that is surprising.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

Electric vehicle affordability has been a hot topic, especially recently, as prices of even the most-affordable electric vehicles are skyrocketing due to inflation, parts shortages, and other reasons, like material availability or supply chain issues. The companies already have worked together with EVs and autonomy. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 San Luis Potosí will build the BMW brand’s best-selling model series, the BMW 3 Series Sedan. The use of renewable energy sources will ensure that the plant is supplied with 100% CO 2 -free electricity. production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As the world’s #1 largest undeveloped nickel project, NORI can move the needle on energy transition metals both in terms of volume as well as low carbon cost of production, and the NORI Royalty can become the cornerstone asset as LCR builds its portfolio of other royalty streams in the coming years.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

The company plans to build a giga-factory in Incheon, a hydrogen manufacturing facility and research center. In addition, PEM electrolyzers are known for high energy density and moderate cost of maintenance. Recent announcements of supply agreements include 1GW in Denmark, 250MW in Australia and 120MW in the US.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The buildings we inhabit, and their parking lots, are evolving too. More and more municipalities are adopting new building codes that mandate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in new developments, further facilitating the overall adoption of EVs. And this is where EVSE building codes come in.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

In October 2021, Rock Tech announced its intention to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. We not only want to invest in Romania, but also build up know-how, create jobs and work closely with local partners. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. That converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Recognizing that decarbonizing transportation and agriculture are inherently linked when it comes to the thoughtful production and deployment of biofuels, this funding opportunity focuses on improving climate-smart agricultural practices that reduce the carbon intensity of biomass feedstocks used for biofuel production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2023

The purity of the feed reduces the revamp cost of converting existing conventional refining units to process renewable feedstock, while also lowering carbon intensity. Oleo-X’s work brings a sustainable, clean energy focus to a facility that previously manufactured chemicals for tires, dyes, and building materials.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Refined product prices are set by the marginal supply costs of bringing the incremental barrels of products to market. Particularly on the East Coast, which has lost 70% of its pre-2009 refining capacity, incremental supplies have historically been imported from international markets to supplement domestic manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Michelin and Siemens, in cooperation with research partners at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, are launching a project to demonstrate that the total cost of electric vehicles can be less than that of a conventional combustion-engined car.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2021

While a few ground starge tanks may look like a distraction in the scope of a program tasked with building the world’s largest (and fully reusable) rocket, the existence of those tanks is far more significant than it might initially appear. Instead, SpaceX has decided to design and build its own propellant storage tanks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2022

Sparkz will be focused on creating a strong and diverse workforce capable of competing against foreign batteries made in China and securing the supply chain. We look forward to working with Sparkz to build on this initiative as traditional energy workers meet the challenges of the ongoing energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Higher prices for lithium and other key battery materials (such as nickel, graphite and cobalt) continue to put upward pressure on the cost of batteries which in turn is putting upward pressure on EV prices, the report notes. This rapid growth is forecast to be met by gains in output by Australia, Chile and Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The agreement, which includes ongoing services and support from Aleees, provides FREYR with a worldwide license to produce and sell LFP cathode material based on Aleees’ technology, and to build production facilities leveraging Aleees’ industrial expertise. Tilo Hauke, EVP of Supply Chain Management, FREYR.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

Reduce the cost of BEV introduction: The cost can be reduced by limiting battery capacity and, thus, the total amount of batteries to match actual driving-range needs. Reduce the recharging burden: The burden related to the installation of recharging infrastructure can be reduced.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario. —Weis et al.

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