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Daimler Truck and CATL expand global partnership on truck-focused batteries and supply

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The supply will go beyond 2030. In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a global lithium-ion battery cell modules supply agreement for electric series trucks including the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2.

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Benchmark Gigafactories Europe paints grim raw material supply picture; “Auto OEMs will need to become miners”

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence held its inaugural Battery Megafactories Europe 2022 event in Berlin; the event zeroed in on a number of pertinent points for the continent’s EV and battery supply chain. Lack of supply is not due to any geological constraints but to a simple lack of capital investment to build future mines.

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Octillion Power Systems enters US bus market to supply batteries for motorcoaches, city buses

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Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion batteries, is providing battery packs for all-electric motorcoaches and city transit buses offered by ABC Companies and Lightning eMotors. The order marks the company’s first time supplying batteries for motorcoaches and buses in North America.

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Auto component makers to double investments as global supply chains shift from China to India – ET Auto

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Indian component makers are expected to benefit not just by the geopolitical uncertainties compelling global businesses to move away from sourcing from China. New Delhi: The shift has been gradual and the hope that India’s auto component sector becomes truly global finally appears to become real.

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Geomega to recycle rare earths from USA Rare Earth’s anticipated neodymium magnet production

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As part of its mine-to-magnets strategy, earlier this year USA Rare Earth purchased the sintered neo magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. Industry sources project the global neo magnet market will expand by nearly 100% to $27.0 Geomega Resources Inc., Earlier post.)

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Sona Comstar adopts 3-pronged strategy to beat China globally in EV parts supply – ET Auto

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New Delhi: It is no secret that Chinese component makers are aggressively scouting global markets for increasing their already tight grip on the nascent battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry. What do Indian suppliers with global ambitions in the BEV segment do to thwart this aggressive posturing by the Chinese?

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Batteries Available for Rapid EV Transition in USA Thanks to IRA — 2027 Revisited

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The Environmental Defense Fund has chronicled battery manufacturing announcements in the USA as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act. Earlier this year, I predicted that the majority of all vehicles produced globally would be battery electric by 2027, but there was doubt expressed at how this could occur due to battery supply constraints.

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