Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Umicore last week inaugurated its carbon-neutral production facility for cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland. With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Applications include electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well as large-scale energy storage systems. Since sustainability is becoming a top priority for the automotive industry, car manufacturers and battery producers are focusing heavily on reducing carbon emissions in electric cars. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Batteries Battery Finland 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The THINK City in production at Valmet. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A customizable family of nickel-rich cathode materials, eLNO will meet specific battery performance requirements for individual electric vehicle platforms. Already in pilot production and being trialed by customers, eLNO will be supplied to customers in Europe from two new production facilities.

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Climate Change Batteries Battery Poland 221

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide. However, Europe is expected to witness an aggressive expansion in its Li-ion battery and materials manufacturing capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

Critical has executed a 10-year slag supply agreement with Scandinavian steel giant SSAB to access approximately 2Mt of stockpiled high-grade vanadium-bearing Slag from three operating steel mills. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland. We are therefore backing the expansion of battery manufacturing which uses the latest and most environmentally friendly materials.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery-grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials and precursor material to the North American battery supply chain. million electric vehicles per year. million electric vehicles per year. Canada-based First Cobalt Corp. —Trent Mell, President & CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2021

Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering and key equipment supply for the lithium hydroxide process, the basis of which will be the Metso Outotec OKTOP Autoclave Plant. The pilot tests conducted at the Metso Outotec Research Center in Pori, Finland, provided excellent results. Battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2017

BASF and Russia-based PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ( Nornickel ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered exclusive negotiations to cooperate on the supply of raw materials for future battery materials production for lithium-ion batteries in Europe.

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Li-ion Europe Batteries Battery 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, electric vehicles basically are emission-free at least when they are powered by electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, solar, etc. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. Climate impact of the battery supply chain.

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Lithium Ion Climate Batteries Battery 82

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

Electric vehicle manufacturer THINK announced that it will work with AeroVironment, Inc. (AV), This is a major leap forward for electric vehicles. EnerDel also will supply at least 60% of the batteries for THINK City electric vehicles sold in Europe. —THINK CEO Richard Canny.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Suzuki Motor Group’s first battery-electric vehicle will be unveiled at the end of the year and exported to Japan and Europe,” he added Toshihiro Suzuki stated in his address that Suzuki will invest Rs 3,300 crore in Suzuki Motor Gujarat, which will produce 2.5 This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

The contract is the first result of Eltek Valere’s growth initiative for electric vehicle technologies, and shows new areas of application for the company’s core competencies. Eltek Valere has traditionally delivered power supply systems to the telecommunication industry. Eltek Valere’s Chief Marketing Officer Morten Schøyen.

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Think City Batteries Battery Finland 199

All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 8, 2009

What has a drivetrain by the same Italian company that produces Ducati gearboxes, and an aluminum frame by the same manufacturer that supplies them to Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Volvo?

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle. This software is typically developed by EV manufacturers (OEMs) or sourced through a supply chain from specialized vendors (Tier 1 / Tier 2) and built into EVs by dedicated integrators or by OEMs themselves.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc. is taking the lead among a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million of equity funding into Think Global AS, the Norwegian electric vehicle producer. EnerDel and Think have also agreed to enter into a new long-term battery supply agreement as part of the transaction.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Total emissions over the lifetime of an electric vehicle are considerably lower than those of an internal combustion engine.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Total emissions over the lifetime of an electric vehicle are considerably lower than those of an internal combustion engine.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The $12,500 electric vehicle tax credit proposed in President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan is being labeled as “discriminatory” by Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier, who said the country is analyzing legal recourse and other actions, including potential tariffs against the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Batteries Battery Production Zambia 545

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources group, is assessing the construction of a battery material plant to produce nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) precursor materials for batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). The expansion will be defined depending on market conditions.

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South Korea Batteries Battery Congo 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments.

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