Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, are forming a joint venture to build a factory for lithium-silicon battery materials in South Korea.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) signed an offtake agreement with WesCEF to expand its lithium supply chain for the North American market. According to the agreement , WesCEF will supply the South Korean battery supplier with up to 85,000 tons of lithium concentrate. The South Korean company is a longtime Tesla supplier.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2023

Hanwha Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest in building battery production facilities in the United States. The joint investment is expected to boost battery supply resiliency for the US market amid the growing need for US-made Energy Storage System following the passage of “Inflation Reduction Act”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In addition to the benefits realized by investing in manufacturing on US soil, LG Chem envisions the Tennessee site being the supply chain hub where material and recycling partners work together to supply global customers.

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Green Car Congress

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. The production facility is operating in a 5,964 m 2 building on 44,806 m 2 of land.

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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 Group has been building relationships within the United States for decades.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2019

billion) to build hydrogen-producing facilities by 2030. By 2030, KOGAS expects to supply 1.73 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. trillion won (US$4.01 million tons of hydrogen annually.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

Group14 said that this will insulate its customers and partners from potential supply chain disruptions—particularly in the automotive industry—and sets up the company to localize integrated silicon battery technology manufacturing in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

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. Last year, Volvo Cars signed long-term supply agreements with two leading global battery suppliers, CATL of China and LG Chem of South Korea.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

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. If Samsung does choose to build a battery manufacturing plant in Illinois, it would be an advantage for Rivian. That decision has not been made.

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Green Car Congress

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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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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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol said that Tesla would get “tailored” incentives if it decides to establish its next gigafactory in the country. Elon Musk recently noted that South Korea was a top candidate for the next Tesla gigafactory location. “If The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

The City of Lancaster will supply guaranteed feedstock of recyclables, and will save between $50 to $75 per ton in landfilling and landfill space costs. SGH2 is in negotiations to launch similar projects in France, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Russia, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Australia.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Saudi Aramco and its affiliates signed 12 agreements with major South Korean companies to reinforce relationships with South Korea, expand international operations, and support the region’s energy security with the expansion of Arabian crude oil supply to Asian markets. Earlier post.). Hyundai Oilbank.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

Korea Metal Silicon Co. KMS has been building a record of securing commercial supply contracts for its silicon powders from more than 20 companies located in South Korea and Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Lithium-ion battery manufacturing has been dominated by East Asia, with Japan, China, and South Korea playing a significant role. US and European countries are now competing, shifting the added values away from East Asia and building battery manufacturing close to the application market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2022

The agreement follows a cooperation agreement signed in Singapore in February and covers collaboration on global supply chains for hydrogen, from production to airport storage, including the integration of refuelling into normal ground handling operations. Building the infrastructure is just as crucial.

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The report forecasts a supply gap will persist over the outlook period, with total supply from both mine and brine operations currently insufficient to meet demand. With new lithium projects being developed rapidly, the supply gap is expected to reduce over the outlook, but will take time to close.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

WiTricity, a pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, has entered into licensing and technology transfer agreements with Green Power, a leading South Korea-based supplier of power electronics and high power wireless charging systems for various applications. —Jung G. Cho, CEO of Green Power.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Pilbara Minerals already has a joint stake with South Korea’s POSCO in a lithium hydroxide plant and a tie-up with Calix Limited for the construction of a midstream lithium chemicals demonstration plant in Western Australia. It has committed to supply 300,000 tonnes of spodumene a year for the project if it goes ahead.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

China, the US, India, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea and the UK will be the leading countries. In the near-term, South Korea will dominate the market, the US will take over in the early 2020s, but will be overtaken by China in the 2020s.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

The BMW Group and Samsung SDI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their supply relationship for battery cells for electro-mobility. Samsung SDI will supply the BMW Group with battery cells for the BMW i3, BMW i8 and additional hybrid models over the coming years. from 2012. compared to the previous year).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Battery manufacturers are frantically building production capacity to meet demand. Production capacity in Japan and South Korea—two traditional anode-making hubs in Asia—is stagnating as investments shift towards cell manufacturing amid fierce Chinese competition, Rystad says. million tonnes last year.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 15, 2021

(TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. The announcement comes just a few months after the chip giant announced its intention to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona. China trade war erupted.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Hyundai announced a new deal with Iveco Group to supply an all-electric van based on its global eLCV platform. Hyundai is building a new all-electric van for Iveco Hyundai revealed the news at a signing ceremony at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. The deal is part of a broader partnership established in March 2022.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2022

But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Unlike the state of things in mid 2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. industrial concerns from falling victim to similar semiconductor supply chain snafus in the future. The aim of Washington’s $50 billion expenditure is to prevent U.S.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2023

In particular, in April, the per 30 days export quantity reached 376,000 devices, a month-on-month building up of three.3%, 3%, and a year-on-year building up of 170%, in line with the China Affiliation of Car Producers. Additionally, from January to April this 12 months, Chinese language automobile firms exported a complete of one.37

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

The company says it aims to build a gigafactory for its new batteries by 2029 and has signed a joint development agreement with BMW. The firm, which has a cooperation deal with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and TotalEnergies, is building a gigafactory in Taiwan and plans one in France.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

South Korea’s SK On plans to start mass producing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries as early as 2026 to supply several automakers as it pushes to deliver a lower cost battery chemistry favoured by its Chinese rivals, a senior executive said. automaker customers about LFP supply. We are flexible.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

The Korea Times reports that SB LiMotive, the 50-50 Li-ion joint venture between Samsung SDI and Bosch, will double its facility in Korea, while building a new factory in Europe. “By Currently, the Ulsan factory cannot supply batteries for more than 100,000 electric cars a year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2023

Above all, the Group expects to pave the way for South Korea to become one of the world’s leading battery technology houses by fostering outstanding talent in the battery sector. billion) over the next 10 years to improve battery performance, develop advanced technologies for next-generation batteries, and build infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

In addition, Sumitomo will build a new plant for PERVIO at its subsidiary in South Korea, scheduled to start commercial-scale production in 2017. In April 2014, Sumitomo began expanding Ohe Works’ capacity for Previo by approximately 1.7 times in the spring of 2014, approximately 1.9 times by the spring of 2015.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery-grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials and precursor material to the North American battery supply chain. Globalization has created an electric vehicle supply chain that is too long, too costly and increasingly unreliable. Canada-based First Cobalt Corp.

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