Electric Cars Report

APRIL 11, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

million) into the production of electric wheel loaders from its plant in Arvika, Sweden. The Arvika factory specializes in the production of medium and large wheel loaders and has already been successful in driving down its carbon emissions. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will invest SEK 65 million ($6.3

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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. Hanwha Solutions owns Qcells , a major global producer of solar cells with manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, South Korea and the US.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

LOTTE Chemical announced a joint venture with LOTTE Aluminium to build a manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to produce 36,000 tons of cathode foil, a type of ultra-thin aluminum foil that is a core material used in EV batteries. Cathode foil is one of the four major components of lithium-ion batteries. In September 2021, Gov.

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JULY 9, 2023

—POSCO Group CEO Jeong-woo Choi The new lithium factory is anticipated to have an annual production capacity of 25,000 tons of lithium hydroxide—sufficient for manufacturing approximately 600,000 electric vehicles. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Kia is betting big on electric vans, and it's jumping in with plans to build a new factory within its existing Hwaseong, South Korea, manufacturing complex dedicated to the production of them.

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APRIL 29, 2019

billion) to build hydrogen-producing facilities by 2030. KOGAS said demand for hydrogen in South Korea will reach 1.94 South Korea has been seeking to boost the hydrogen economy as a new growth engine. (KOGAS), the state-run natural gas supplier and a major global importer of LNG, plans to spend 4.7

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JULY 25, 2023

JR ES has announced the initial groundbreaking for its first production facility in South Korea, which is planned to start initial production from Q4 of 2023. Last month, Enevate announced that it had licensed its silicon-dominant XFC-Energy battery technology to JR ES for future products and applications.

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MAY 21, 2020

Energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster, California. The City of Lancaster will host and co-own the green hydrogen production facility, according to a recent memorandum of understanding.

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APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. bp now operates five production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika and Thunder Horse. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The new Clarksville plant will be the largest of its kind in the United States, covering 420 acres with a production target of 120,000 tons of cathode material annually by 2027 to power batteries in 1.2 Construction of the plant will begin in the first quarter of next year with mass production to start in the second half of 2025.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Photo: Panoramic view of LG Chem’s petrochemical complex in Yeosu, South Korea. LG Chem will start replacing fossil feedstock commonly used in the manufacturing of polymers and chemicals with Neste Renewable Hydrocarbons in the upcoming months.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. That video followed a separate post from Aptera offering a look at the forthcoming build process of its production-intent solar EVs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

South Korea-based SK Innovation, a developer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, will invest $1.67 billion to build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in Georgia. SK Innovation has applied high energy density ternary materials to lithium-ion batteries for mass production.

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Teslarati

APRIL 3, 2024

LGES added that it Tesla 4680 battery production by LG starting later this year LGES is building two manufacturing facilities in Arizona. While the Arizona battery plant is being built, LGES aims to start the first mass production of 46-series batteries in South Korea at its Ochang plant.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Although the Hyundai Casper mini SUV is currently only available in the South Korean market as a gas vehicle, the automaker is expected to share an EV version of the compact vehicle in Europe in Q3, according to sources familiar with the matter in a report from Automotive News Europe. What are your thoughts?

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reports from South Korea are claiming that Hyundai will build a limited number of the N Vision 74, pegging the production figure at just 100 units. While the resulting production vehicle failed to embrace the best elements of Giugiaro’s creation, the N Vision 74 absolutely does. Honda did it with the NSX.

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JULY 25, 2023

a storage solution and battery materials company based in South Korea. Yulho is currently building a high-purity black mass facility with an annual capacity of 8,000 metric tonnes, the largest in South Korea, and expects to commence production later this year, with plans to expand to 24,000 tonnes of capacity in the future.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The HCEC joint venture operation will be located in the city of Daegu, Korea, with engine manufacturing to commence in 2014. The new facility will have a capacity in place to build more than 50,000 engines per year at full production. HCEC will supply engines spanning the MidRange 5.9-liter liter to 8.9-liter

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JULY 20, 2021

will end assembly of the Passat sedan in Chattanooga with model year 2022 as part of the plant’s transformation to build future electric vehicles. With the Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport in high demand, and the North American production launch of the all-electric ID.4 Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 12, 2023

Expected to start production in H2 2025, the new plant will build 150,000 electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV) in its first full year.

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MAY 3, 2023

Up to now, SKIET has been supplying separators for IT and electronic products to the Sunwoda Group. In addition, they plan to build a mid-to-long term strategic cooperative relationship in the Chinese electric vehicle market. Currently, it has an annual battery production capacity of 40 GWh and plans to scale up to 138 GWh by 2025.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

One of the candidates left in the running is located in central Illinois near Rivian’s production facility in Normal. The delegation came from [South] Korea this week. Dan Brady stated that the Samsung battery factory is expected to employ up to 3,200 people if it chose to build in Illinois.

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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. The third plant is slated to achieve a maximum production capacity of up to 14 GWh sequentially by 2028.

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EV Specifications

APRIL 10, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony today for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV).

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JULY 25, 2023

Once operational, Group14’s silane factory will be a critical foothold into Europe as the company continues to expand worldwide as part of its global roadmap to build modular factories in key markets, positioning the company to meet demand for electrification across all corners of the globe.

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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. —Geert Bruyneel, head of global production operations. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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JULY 30, 2009

South Korea-based POSCO, a global steel producer, and SK Energy Co., Domestic production of synthetic natural gas is expected to substantially reduce Korea’s dependence on imported liquefied natural gas. POSCO plans to build a coal-to-SNG plant by 2013 with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons.

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APRIL 5, 2016

billion in a new small car plant in Mexico, building a new manufacturing site in San Luis Potosi State. Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. Ford is investing US$1.6 Construction begins this summer.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It expects to start production by the first half of 2024. Tesla 4680 battery production by LG starting later this year Through their offtake agreement, LGES and WesCEF aim to deliver top-quality IRA-compliant batteries to customers. “As The South Korean company is a longtime Tesla supplier.

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JUNE 23, 2021

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. Lithium-ion battery manufacturing has been dominated by East Asia, with Japan, China, and South Korea playing a significant role.

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MARCH 23, 2022

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. The Holland investment will fall under the LGES entity, which recently completed a record-breaking IPO in South Korea.

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JULY 20, 2022

The BMW Group is launching a unique project that will see cars maneuver around production without requiring a driver. To make this happen, the BMW Group has been collaborating with Seoul Robotics from South Korea and Embotech from Switzerland. After a product demonstration, Embotech was welcomed on board as well.

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MARCH 12, 2022

Benchmark’s Tier One producers of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells—as of its February 2022 assessment—are: Panasonic (Japan); Samsung SDI and SK Innovation (South Korea); Envision AESC, CATL, and BYD (China). Benchmark cautions that capacity does not necessarily equal reliable supply for the EV industry.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

The high-performance dispersions produced at the Ujhartyan site will be supplied to SK On, a leading South Korea-based supplier of high-energy-density EV batteries for global automakers such as the Volkswagen Group. Mass production at the Ujhartyan Factory, which employs 30 people, started in July 2022.

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2023

TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. In addition to building two cutting-edge chip factories on a 4-square-kilometer megasite that could hold six more fabs, the company has pledged $50 million to 80 higher-education institutions in the state.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2024

LGES also increased its investments in production facilities last year by 73% to 10.90 LG Energy Solution also operates battery manufacturing factories in South Korea, Poland, and China. The Asian battery manufacturer is building six more factories, including one in Canada and one in Indonesia. trillion won ($8.1

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