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Law firm Akerman launches EV infrastructure-oriented legal team – Charged EVs

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The multidisciplinary teams “build upon the existing capabilities of Akerman’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice and Renewable Energy and Electric Power Practice to support clients’ multifaceted needs as a post-carbon 21st-century economy takes shape.”

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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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Koch invests $252M in Compass Minerals to support development of lithium brine project in Utah; ESM for DLE

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mMT lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) Great Salt Lake resource and debt reduction. The resulting conversion sample met established battery-grade specifications for the US domestic electric vehicle and energy storage markets. Jones Day acted as legal advisor for KM&T.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Nickel-metal hydride batteries.

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Li-Cycle receives conditional commitment for $375M loan from DOE ATVM program

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and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO), through its Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program, have entered into a conditional commitment for a $375-million loan. Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. The company continues to scale its Spoke & Hub network to enable up to an overall 95% recycling efficiency rate.

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EC proposes modernizing EU legislation on batteries to enhance sustainability and safety

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Providing legal certainty will additionally help unlock large-scale investments and boost the production capacity for innovative and sustainable batteries in Europe and beyond to respond to the fast-growing market. From 1 January 2026, those batteries will have to bear a carbon intensity performance class label.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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This will effectively turn the electric vehicles’ batteries into mobile energy storage devices that can also supply electricity when required. Indeed, it allows parked electric vehicles hooked up to a charging station or wallbox to be used as flexible energy storage devices.

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