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Natron collaborates with Clarios on first mass manufacturing of Sodium-ion batteries

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Natron Energy, a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, and Clarios International Inc., a manufacturer of low-voltage advanced battery technologies for mobility, will collaborate to manufacture the first mass-produced sodium-ion batteries. Natron has spent 10 years developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing.

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Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy closes out £3M late seed funding round

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Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy has closed out a £3-million (US$3.4-million) LiNA will also build a presence in India where LiNa has signed an MoU with Social Alpha to optimise product development for the India market and oversee battery cell testing and future pilot projects. Earlier post.)

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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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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First Cobalt announces positive feasibility results for Canadian cobalt refinery expansion; first NA producer of battery-grade cobalt sulfate

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Several opportunities will be evaluated over the coming months that could enhance project economics further, including alternative approaches to managing elevated sodium concentrations prior to returning process water to the environment. Sodium Treatment. Tailings Capacity, Phase 1. Capital Requirements. Initial Capital Requirements.

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Umicore opens solid-state battery material prototyping facility in Belgium

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—Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore Umicore has transformed an industrial building on its site in Olen, which also harbors the Group’s Research and Development headquarters, into this facility.

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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE says the planned facility will produce approximately 10 million sodium-metal halide cells each year—equivalent to 900 MWh of energy storage, or enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives. Earlier post.).

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