CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Something interesting has been going on with Tesla Cybertrucks. Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them. At least since September, Tesla has been swapping out Cybertruck battery packs for new ones when they are brought in for other maintenance issues. The first report we’re.

Batteries

Plug in America

AUGUST 4, 2025

The new law handed out billions of dollars in fossil-fuel subsidies while actively dismantling EV and clean energy incentives, programs, and regulations. Even though lithium-ion batteries were first developed in the U.S., The most significant impacts 1. Direct impacts 4.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

This four-door sedan is BMWs best-selling EV and comes in trim levels of eDrive35, xDrive40, m50, or eDrive40, which is the one Clean Fleet Report tested. Silent Propulsion Sounds optional Clean Feet Report drove the i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe. See the specifications of each trim level at the end of the story. The on-board 11.0

BMW

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 12, 2025

In the United States, cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to ourJanuary 2025 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Generators added 10.4 GW of new battery storage capacity in 2024, the second-largest generating capacity addition after solar.

Batteries

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 10, 2025

Clean Fleet Report is familiar with the Mercedes-Benz electrified models, having previously reviewed the EQE 350 4Matic EV sedan , EQE 500 4Matic EV sedan , EQS 580 EV 4Matic sedan and the S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid. kWh lithium-ion battery will replenish 10-to-80% in under 31 minutes. Mercedes-Benz has over-achieved this goal.

Mercedes

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2025

Mercedes-Benz USA spikes its EV sales with a fresh shot of motorsports adrenaline, teasing a 2026 production series four-door electric sports car with the new CONCEPT AMG GT XX. The post Mercedes-Benz Unveils Secret Weapon To Spark EV Sales appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Mercedes

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 23, 2025

Lowest Cost Buffer Matches Vehicle Charge Rate, Charging Station Peak Power is a Cost Factor In Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge, a detailed comparison was made of a unit transaction, which returns vehicles to a ready state for continuing transport. In this comparison, the total.

Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 24, 2025

Together, they will advance the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry by building a battery swapping network for passenger vehicles across the full range of products, unifying industry technical standards, [continued] The post NIO & CATL Form Strategic Partnership on Battery Swapping appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2025

The Ford battery factory in Marshall, Michigan may become a giant white elephant if Congress cancels IRA tax credits. The post Ford Battery Factory In Michigan Fights For Survival appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Michigan

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Another new study shows that EV batteries last longer than previously thought while racking up sustainability points, too. The post Ordinary Driving Adds More Life To EV Batteries (It’s Official!) appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2025

ZER01NE Fund III, valued at KRW 125 billion, aims to accelerate innovation in future technologies through early-stage startup investments The fund targets startups globally that align with strategic areas like AI, robotics, cybersecurity, hydrogen and energy technologies Building on the successes of previous funds, ZER01NE Fund III is supported by.

Hyundai

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Toyota has gone through dozens of pairs of shoes dragging its feet on battery-electric vehicles. There may be no more notable laggard on electric vehicles (though, neighboring Honda gives it a run for its money). I pointed out yesterday that despite all of its hype for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Toyota

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 24, 2025

Nissan is following up on the success of its electric vehicle lineup in the US with plans to acquire 300,000 EV batteries to be manufactured by the firm SK On. The post Tangled Web Of Nissan EV Batteries Gets More…Interesting appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Nissan

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 31, 2025

A recent study in China shows that pregnant women in Beijing have a LOT more lithium in their systems than women in other Chinese cities. While its natural for everyone to have some lithium in their systems from natural food and water sources, the levels can only be explained by.

China

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 20, 2025

The electric vehicle market is growing everywhere, even in the USA, and various dynamics are encouraging automakers to get their batteries locally in each market more and more. That just makes more sense in the long term anyway, but given the fact that China moved much faster in this arena.

Nissan

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

External experts commissioned by T&E find no EU-wide or national requirements on technology transfer and breaches of air pollution rules from battery factories in Poland and Hungary. T&E calls on clear foreign investment rules and a comprehensive European strategy for battery supply chains. Despite receiving 900 million in state aid.

Chinese

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Electric vehicle sales keep growing, and quite fast. Year over year, gas car sales have been going down and electric car sales have been going up. The transition is underway. But there are periods of faster growth and periods of slower growth. When growth is slower than expected, that can. continued] The post EV Battery Material Shortages by 2030?

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 24, 2025

Hyundai continues its semi-leadership in the EV sector this week. It’s not really engaged in groundbreaking developments with electric vehicles (yet), but it’s also far from a laggard in EV world. News this week comes out of India and Japan for a change, showing how willing and eager the company.

Japan

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Is the C rate of a pack adjustable depending on the design of the cell connections within a pack? Now you must wonder, how can this be? I can describe C rate this way. If you have a 1A hr cell, and it can discharge all of its charge. continued] The post How Can I Use A Low C-Rate Battery To Charge A High C-Rate Battery?

Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 29, 2025

Saying that EV batteries will end up in landfill is a lie. Even if someone took an electric vehicle battery to the tip, someone else would grab it and sell it. They are too valuable and useful to go into landfill. So says engineer Francisco Shi. You might remember him.

Batteries

InsideEVs

JULY 29, 2025

Photo by: Panasonic Energy Suvrat Kothari By : Suvrat Kothari Jul 29, at 3:08pm ET Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Share Comment Panasonic says the U.S. Despite the Trump administration’s rollback of several clean energy programs, the U.S. clean energy investment so far this year. Absolutely.

China

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 22, 2025

Power and Range The 2025 Polestar 3 comes in three variants: Long Range Dual Motor, Long Range Dual Motor Performance and the Long Range Single Motor, which Clean Fleet Report drove. Battery and Charging When slowing or stopping, regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery.

Motoring

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The post Hints Of A Next-Generation EV Battery Emerge From New Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Material appeared first on CleanTechnica. The state of EV battery technology has come a long way since 1996, when GM deployed lead-acid chemistry in a short-lived attempt to bring electric cars back from a decades-long hiatus.

Lead Acid

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2025

Charging A fast charger The lithium-ion batteries come with a standard pre-conditioning system to aid faster and more complete charging in cold weather. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. The N Line, SEL and Limited trims have a 64.8

Hyundai

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 19, 2025

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is committed to helping Australian companies ascend the value chain in battery materials. Australia has vast mineral resources to supply to battery manufacturers, but to date is only just starting to initiate value-added processes.

Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A coalition of 25 civil society organisations, businesses and labour organisations urge policymakers to ensure swift and full implementation of the EU batteries regulation due diligence obligations. Since the adoption of the EU Batteries Regulation in 2023, the need for sustainable batteries in Europe has only accelerated. The due diligence.

Batteries

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The average cost of a Li-ion battery cell—used to power electric vehicles and to provide flexibility in the power grid as more renewables, such as solar and wind, are added will fall below $100 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next three years, according to a new analysis by IHS Markit. Cost is the name of the game.

Lithium Ion

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2021

one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li- Cycle Corporation. New Flyer Industries Canada ULC and New Flyer of America Inc., subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc., Earlier post.).

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a total of $125 million to support 110 clean energy technology projects (DE-FOA-0002381). Within that total, DOE’s Office of Energy and Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will award $57.6 million); Fossil Energy (US$14.7 million); and Nuclear Energy ($13.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has moved to a new US headquarters in Richmond, California. With demand for lithium-ion batteries continuing to grow, the new facility gives us a lot more space to expand. Octillion also supplies batteries for the energy-storage market.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

Sodium

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Each main line has the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium-ion battery material per year. Germany represents the largest market for both battery manufacturing scrap and the expected supply of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in Europe.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

XALT Energy is powering the US’ first, long-distance, all-electric passenger coach in tests with private and public transportation providers in the United States. XALT Energy, a company of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, is a Midland, Michigan-based global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion technology solutions.

All-Electric

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2022

Poland-based Impact Clean Power Technology S.A. ICPT ), a manufacturer of battery systems for transportation, robotics and stationary energy storage in Europe, has begun construction of GigafactoryX. Battery systems will be based on lithium-ion cells using LTO, LFP and NMC chemistries. Impact Clean Power Technology S.A.

Poland

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system. Highview Power Storage, Inc.,

Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a solvent that results in a more environmentally friendly process to recover valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries; supports a stable domestic supply chain for new batteries; and keeps old ones out of landfills. —Bai et al. —ORNL’s Ilias Belharouak.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $73.9 With demand for critical battery minerals, such as lithium and graphite, projected to increase by as much as 4,000% in the coming decades, this latest round of funding supports the recycling and reuse segment of the domestic battery supply chain. Element Energy. RePurpose Energy.

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