Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. —Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

billion) deal with General Motors to supply cathode materials over the next ten years. LG Chem aims to bolster cooperation with GM in the North American market by utilizing its cathode plant in Tennessee, U.S. as a production hub for the global battery material market. LG Chem has secured KRW 25 trillion ($18.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Phillips 66 has entered into an agreement to acquire a 16% stake in NOVONIX Limited, an Australia-based company that develops and supplies synthetic graphite materials for lithium-ion battery anodes. This strategic investment enables Phillips 66 to directly support the development of the US battery supply chain.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2023

LG Chem recently broke ground on a cathode plant in Tennessee. The cathode plant in Tennessee will mass produce NCMA (Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Aluminum) cathode materials. “I congratulate LG Chem on today’s significant milestone and thank the company for its investment in Tennessee.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2023

Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. The project is expected to create a total of approximately 5,000 constructions jobs in Tennessee and Kentucky, and 7,500 operations jobs once the plants are up and running. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

4, at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We’re just starting to write a new chapter for Volkswagen in America, and it is very much an American story,” Thomas Schäfer, Chairman of the global Volkswagen brand, said. market and globally.”. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia,” VW said.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

Now Aqua has signed a strategic supply agreement with battery materials supplier 6K Energy to establish a more sustainable supply chain for battery critical minerals. At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

LG Chem is signing a nearly $19 billion deal with General Motors that will see the battery company supply the automaker with battery materials over the course of ten years. LG Chem announced today that it would supply 500,000 tonnes of cathode material to GM through 2035. The deal is worth 24.7 trillion won, which equates to $18.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The California plant joins the company’s growing national network of plants in New York, Tennessee, and Georgia that will supply 500 tons per day of liquid green hydrogen by 2025, replacing 4.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, and 1,000 tons per day globally by 2028.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

US-based graphite processor Urbix ( earlier post ) announced a Joint Development Agreement with global EV battery developer and manufacturer SK On (SKO). For SKO, this agreement reinforces a local supply chain for battery anode materials in the US, helping customers take advantage of the provisions of the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

The new 30 GWh battery plant builds on AESC’s existing battery manufacturing network that includes a plant in operation in Tennessee and another plant under construction in Kentucky. Under the agreement, AESC will supply battery cells for next-generation electric vehicle models produced at BMW’s Spartanburg plant.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At launch, Einride will implement electric transportation solutions at three of GEA’s locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Einride also recently announced a partnership with Bridgestone aimed at co-creating innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for electrified and autonomous Class 8 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

We are building a sustainable and resilient North America-focused supply chain for EVs covering the entire ecosystem from raw materials to battery cell manufacturing and recycling. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

The 30GWh plant will create 2,000 skilled jobs in the region, producing battery cells and modules to power the next generation EVs produced for multiple global automotive manufacturers. The plant will be approximately 3 million square feet and marks one of the largest economic projects in the commonwealth’s history.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2022

4 is Volkswagen Group’s most popular all-electric model, with 190,000 units delivered to customers globally since its launch in 2021. The factory in Tennessee is now the sixth global site to produce vehicles for Volkswagen’s electric line-up. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Pyun has gained global perspective and experience in operating and developing solutions for AI-based monitoring in smart manufacturing. It will supply battery cells to GM’s Orion Assembly plant , where the legacy automaker produces the Chevy Bolt and other electric vehicles in the future.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

1,390,144 Global Algae Innovations Combined Biological and Chemical Pest Management in Outdoors Algal Cultivation Ponds This project will generate microbiota datasets and develop new treatments to support an improved crop protection strategy that proactively maintains a healthy culture and prevents periods of low productivity. 4,551,944 .

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. C, an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders. Supply Chain and Infrastructure. Electrification. Renewable Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2014

Tenneco announced that it is supplying key emissions control technologies on the 2014 Ram Heavy Duty diesel truck series, which includes the 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty diesel pickups and the 3500, 4500 and 5500 chassis cab trucks.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 2, 2021

GM aims to open the Lordstown plant next year and the Tennessee battery factory by 2023. The battery plant in Tennessee will be using less-expensive battery chemistry than the one used in Lordstown. The battery factories cost $2.3 billion each and are expected to have a production capacity of about 35 gigawatt-hours.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

Toyota’s Kentucky vehicle plant, the company’s largest globally, will begin production of the Lexus ES 300 Hybrid in May 2019 with annual capacity of 12,000 units while RAV4 Hybrid production will start January 2020 with an annual capacity of 100,000 units. Bodine will add 13 new jobs to its facility in Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

The announcement affirms Plug Power’s continued commitment to establish the first North American green hydrogen supply network, as the Camden County plant extends Plug Power’s service coverage across the entire eastern seaboard of the US. Plug Power is already the largest buyer of liquid hydrogen globally.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2017

Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

If finalized, the loan would support the company’s Alcoa, Tennessee, manufacturing facility (Tennessee Operations), where the company will produce high-strength aluminum for North American automakers looking to lightweight their vehicles. A Global Packaging plant opened on the site in 1942; the smelter shut down in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. —Tennessee Gov. An all-new $5.6-billion Ford Blue Oval City.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

GM is targeting annual global EV sales of more than 1 million by 2025, and we are increasing our investment to scale faster because we see momentum building in the United States for electrification, along with customer demand for our product portfolio. Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc.,

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

LG Chem will be supplying GM with cathode active material starting from the second half of 2022 through 2030. The cathode active material that GM will secure would be used by Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, at battery plants in Warren, Ohio; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Lansing, Michigan.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

This is a great day for Fort Worth with this global leader choosing to establish its U.S. billion cathode plant in Tennessee , set to begin production of cathode materials used in EV batteries in 2026. LG Energy Solutions & Toyota sign battery supply deal for EVs made in the United States What are your thoughts?

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Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2022

CATL’s plans to build a battery plant in North America might be instrumental in avoiding costly trade tariffs while supplying customers, like Tesla, in the west. It supplies lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for the base Model 3 and Model Y to Tesla China. CATL isn’t the only battery supplier establishing roots in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2023

Ford’s BlueOval City EV and battery manufacturing campus in West Tennessee ( earlier post ) begins production in 2025, will be home to Ford’s second-generation electric truck, code-named Project T3, and will be capable of producing 500,000 EV trucks a year at full production. Ford and partner SK On are investing $5.6

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Buyers registered 3 million new EVs globally last year. Just six companies —BYD, CATL, LG Energy Solution, Panasonic, Samsung SDI, and SK Innovation—were responsible for supplying 87 percent of batteries and battery metals in passenger EVs in the second half of 2020. Those cars were stuffed with 134.5 Big Players Dominate.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

SK On, which supplies to Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen and Hyundai Motor among others, widened its operating loss to 332 billion won in the first quarter from 18.6 billion won in the previous quarter due to fewer EV battery shipments. Ford executives have said they will not launch the next generation of EVs until its EV business is profitable.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Other companies who want to be future players are also expanding their global supply and production networks. The production of EVs is a large-scale undertaking that requires significant industrial efforts. To meet the demand, Tesla has built gigafactories in several countries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Tesla has answered that call with gigafactories in several countries, and everyone else who wants to be a future player is expanding global supply and production networks to do what needs done […]. EV production is serious business, and on the scale we need it to happen, the industrial efforts will need to be seriously big.

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