article thumbnail

Solid Power and BMW deepen joint development partnership with license to cell design and manufacturing know-how

Green Car Congress

Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, Solid Power has granted the BMW Group a research and development license to Solid Power’s all-solid-state cell design and manufacturing know-how. The BMW Group has agreed to pay Solid Power $20 million through June 2024, subject to achieving certain milestones.

BMW 199
article thumbnail

Volkswagen to introduce electrode dry-coating in battery manufacturing; partnering with Koening & Bauer

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen’s PowerCo SE plans to introduce an electrode dry-coating manufacturing process in its battery cell production plants in Europe and Northern America. As a result, two of four process steps in electrode manufacturing become obsolete. Our plants are designed for quick and easy retrofits.

article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz begins sales of DRIVE PILOT Level 3 conditionally automated driving in Germany

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. —Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes?Benz

Mercedes 384
article thumbnail

Germany launches R&D facility for industrial-scale Li-ion cell manufacturing; €500M in funding

Green Car Congress

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the Battery Cell Research Production Center, a new R&D and large-scale industrial manufacturing plant for lithium-ion cells; the center will receive an investment of €500 million. Leclanché recently achieved the milestone of 100 MWh of projects around the world.

Li-ion 312
article thumbnail

Volvo will supply 20 heavy-duty electric trucks to Amazon in Germany

Green Car Congress

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up around 36% of Germany’s domestic transport emissions, according to Germany’s BMUV. The 20 Volvo FH Electric are expected to drive more than one million road kilometers annually.

Volvo 355
article thumbnail

Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

Green Car Congress

Northvolt intends to establish a battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The new gigafactory increases Northvolt’s pipeline of battery manufacturing capacity under development to more than 170 GWh. The selection of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, is key to fulfilment of this objective.

Germany 250
article thumbnail

Cenntro begins production of LFP battery packs in US and Germany

Green Car Congress

The battery packs are being assembled at Cenntro’s Freehold, NJ facility and the Herne Plant in Germany. By manufacturing our own battery packs, we hope to enhance supply chain efficiency, improve battery resilience, and ultimately have better control over one of the most strategic elements in our supply chain. Earlier post.)

Germany 210