Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2014
Daimler will acquire all of the shares held by Evonik in Li-Tec Battery GmbH (50.1%) and in Deutsche ACCUmotive GmbH & Co. The two companies originally established their strategic alliance on automotive Li-ion cells in December 2008 ( earlier post ), with the resulting formation of the new joint venture (Deutsche ACCUmotive GmbH & Co.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2015
Quartz today reported that Bosch has agreed to acquire Berkeley Lab solid-state Li-ion battery spinoff Seeo. Lithium metal is an ideal anode material for rechargeable Li batteries. This can also be problematic, as the core requirements of a solid-state electrolyte for use with a Li metal anode—i.e., Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2015
USA Today has confirmed an earlier unconfirmed report by Quartz that UK-based Dyson will acquire solid-state Li-ion battery startup Sakti3 ( earlier post ) for $90 million. Dyson invested $15 million in Sakti3 earlier this year. Our target is to achieve mass production of cells at ~$100/kWh.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 12, 2012
According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. global Li-ion battery production by the turn of the decade, Pike suggests.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Li-ion battery manufacturer AllCell Technologies has launched its new Summit line of lithium-ion e-bike batteries. Effective thermal management for e-bikes is becoming more important as the industry moves towards larger batteries while simultaneously packing more energy and power into each lithium-ion cell.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. These include the continuous optimization of the current generation of Li-ion systems, the further development of cells bought on the world market and research on the next generation of post-lithium-ion systems.
Teslarati
AUGUST 14, 2022
His decision to buy a new $20 million stake in Tesla’s stock comes just after Tesla’s shareholders voted in favor of a 3:1 stock split which will take place on August 25. In Q1, he liquidated his shares in Fisker and Li-Cycle, which is a lithium-ion recycling company. Earlier this year, Soros sold his 1.26
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