The US Southeast is getting its first EV battery supply chain project
Electrek
MARCH 12, 2024
Japan’s UBE Corporation will build an EV battery chemicals factory in Louisiana to set up a US EV battery supply chain – and compete with China.
Electrek
MARCH 12, 2024
Japan’s UBE Corporation will build an EV battery chemicals factory in Louisiana to set up a US EV battery supply chain – and compete with China.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2020
As the outbreak of the coronavirus now named COVID-19 began to scale in China, the organizers of AutoChina 2020 (the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition) cancelled their event which was due to be held in April. The World Petrochemical Conference, which was to be held 24-27 March 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
General Motors has invested in Element25 ( earlier post ), which is building a manganese refinery in Louisiana, and this month also backed Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley company which is developing lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cathodes ( earlier post ). —Jess Roberts, Benchmark’s Head of Forecasting
Teslarati
APRIL 18, 2022
Syrah plans to use the loan to expand its plant in Vidalia, Louisiana, which produces Active Anode Material (AAM) for electric vehicle batteries. The $107 million provided by the DOE will cover the expenses for the initial expansion of the Louisiana facility. The move will reduce Tesla’s reliance on China.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2022
million loan to Australia-based Syrah Technologies LLC for the expansion of its Syrah Vidalia Facility in Louisiana—a processing facility that produces graphite-based active anode material (AAM), a critical material used in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean energy technologies. Earlier post.).
Teslarati
JANUARY 17, 2022
A recently shared report has indicated that Tesla is looking to source some key battery materials such as graphite from locations outside China. Tesla has signed an agreement to acquire about 80% of the output from Syrah’s processing plant in Vidalia, Louisiana, starting in 2025. The value of the deal has not been shared to date.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.
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