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AUGUST 24, 2022

Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) and the Government of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote e-mobility in the country and to explore opportunities across Canada’s automotive and battery supply chain. A key focus of cooperation is the supply of critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

Renault Group and Finland-based metals producer Terrafame have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulfate. With this agreement, Renault Group will secure a significant annual supply of nickel sulfate from Terrafame, representing up to 15 GWh of annual capacity.

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Supplies Finland Carbon Purchase 243

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JULY 1, 2023

Iveco Group N.V. Iveco Group N.V. Iveco Group is licensed to access freely and continue developing vehicle control software for the jointly developed battery-electric (BEV) and fuel-cell-electric (FCEV) trucks.

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JULY 13, 2022

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Redwood) will collaborate to create a supply chain to recycle Volkswagen and Audi electric vehicle batteries in the United States, with the goal of providing accessible and more sustainable electric mobility for American drivers. VWGoA) and Redwood Materials, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK On to secure a supply of EV batteries in North America. Under the MOU, both parties will cooperate to provide SK On batteries to the Group’s plants in the US after 2025 for the EV production. million full electric vehicles annually by 2030.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

The BMW Group is exploring new ways of working with suppliers and, in the case of strategically important components, becoming more closely involved in the supplier network. The agreement guarantees the BMW Group the supply of several million microchips per year. Customer deliveries of the BMW iX got underway in early November.

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MARCH 23, 2022

The Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG—which have been partners for more than 60 years— signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Volkswagen will become one of the first customers for the low-CO 2 steel that Salzgitter AG plans to produce on a new production route at its headquarters in Lower Saxony from the end of 2025.

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Low CO2 Supplies CO2 Purchase 273

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Magna has secured new business from General Motors (GM) to supply battery enclosures on the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. We have been able to leverage our expertise to supply battery enclosures—a product for which we see strong potential going forward.

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Silverado Supplies Batteries Battery 435

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Cellforce Group (CFG)—the joint venture between Porsche and CUSTOMCELLS ( earlier post )—has partnered with PPG, a global supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. PPG will supply cathode binder systems which are free of N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) solvent, to the Cellforce Group.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. To date, partners supply both cells and modules to the Group. The building is expected to be 12,000 m 2 and be located at the Volvo Group manufacturing site. —Jens Holtinger, Executive Vice President Group Trucks Operations.

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Volvo Batteries Battery Sweden 396

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Representatives of Shell International Petroleum and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa Group) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exploring the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by Shell to the Lufthansa Group for seven years at airports across the globe, starting in 2024.

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Supplies Fuel Purchase Europe 199

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Renault Group and Google announced an expanded partnership aimed at designing and delivering the digital architecture for the “Software Defined Vehicle” (SDV) and accelerating the group's digitalization. Insurance models based on actual usage and driving behaviors.

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MAY 19, 2023

—Milan Nedeljković The BMW Group has had a presence in the Chinese market since 1994 and founded the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture in May 2003. Over the past 20 years, the BMW Group has continuously expanded its activities in China, and production capacity in Shenyang has increased from 30,000 to 830,000 units.

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BMW China Batteries Battery 457

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MAY 17, 2023

Volvo Group is the first truck manufacturer to launch an Augmented Reality (AR) safety app for electric trucks, designed specifically to support first responders in an emergency. The safety app has been developed by a team of experts at Volvo Group’s Research & Development facilities in Sweden, France, and the United States.

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Volvo Sweden Electric Electrical 448

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DECEMBER 3, 2022

The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. Fuel cells don’t require any critical raw materials such as cobalt, lithium or nickel either, so by investing in this type of drive system we are also strengthening the geopolitical resilience of the BMW Group.

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BMW Hydrogen Production Power 542

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APRIL 24, 2023

Volkswagen Group deliveries of all-electric vehicles (BEVs) rose by 42% in Q1 2023 compared to the prior-year period, which was hit harder by supply chain issues. By the end of March, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 70,000 vehicles, around half of all the Group’s BEVs. BEVs made up 6.9% 5 41,900 Volkswagen ID.3

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All-Electric Electric Vehicles Vehicles Audi 353

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Neste and CIM, part of NOVEN Group in France, the leading independent French group of companies providing oil storage and supply services, are collaborating to enable the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into France. CIM, import terminal at Le Havre.

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France Supplies Fuel Waste 410

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Rio Tinto and Volvo Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a strategic partnership where Rio will supply responsibly sourced low-carbon products and solutions to Volvo Group and the companies will work towards decarbonizing Rio Tinto’s operations through piloting Volvo Group’s sustainable autonomous hauling solutions.

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Volvo Supplies Carbon Transportation 150

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JUNE 17, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group announced that its dedicated hydrogen fuel cell system brand, HTWO, will make its motorsports debut, providing its fuel cell generator to the ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing) category. Only vehicles without internal combustion engines are allowed to participate.

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Hyundai Supplies Fuel Charging 482

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APRIL 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery cell production joint venture in the US with partner SK On. The Group affiliates Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation and Hyundai Mobis each approved the plan at their respective board meetings.

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Georgia Hyundai Motor Motors 320

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JULY 17, 2022

The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of all-electric vehicles by 27% year-on-year in 1H 2022. Despite supply bottlenecks, a temporary stop of production in Europe and Covid-related lockdowns in China, 217,100 BEVs have been handed over to customers in the first half year, up from 170,900 in the prior-year period.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

IVECO BUS, a brand of Iveco Group N.V., has been awarded a public tender for the supply of 120 E-WAY full electric city buses for Autoguidovie Group, the largest Italian privately owned local public transport company.

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Supplies Electric Electrical Transportation 122

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest an additional $2 billion in their battery cell manufacturing joint venture (JV) at the Metaplant in Bryan County, raising the JV’s total investment value to more than $4.3 This expansion will create another 400 new jobs. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Georgia Hyundai Manufacturer Motor 282

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

This scaled production and global expansion comes amidst a recent push from the US Government to stabilize US EV and battery manufacturing supply chains. An initial focus of the JV will be an already identified graphite opportunity in Australia where critical mineral mining and processing momentum is accelerating quickly.

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Australia Supplies Li-ion Manufacturer 170

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. That is why the BMW Group plans to source aluminum produced with green power in the long term—enabling it to avoid approximately 2.5 The BMW Group is now taking the next logical step by sourcing aluminum produced with green power.

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BMW Solar Energy United Arab Emirates 395

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) approved the funding application for the consortium research project HyCET (Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks) led by the BMW Group. The other HyCET project partners are DEUTZ AG, DHL Freight GmbH, KEYOU GmbH, TotalEnergies Marketing Deutschland GmbH and Volvo Group.

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Hydrogen BMW Engine Volvo 493

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JULY 22, 2023

Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group, one of North America’s largest fully-integrated metal management businesses, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market recycled aluminum products. The Matalco joint venture continues Rio Tinto’s investment in building its supply of low-carbon aluminum in North America.

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North America Carbon United States Canada 284

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MAY 1, 2021

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. BMW Group Plant Leipzig will launch series production of battery modules on Monday, 3 May 2021, while BMW Group Plant Regensburg began coating battery cells for high-voltage batteries in April 2021.

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BMW Batteries Battery Production 418

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JULY 9, 2021

the colorants and functional materials division of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, will supply the North American and European operations of SK Innovation, a South Korean lithium-ion (li-ion) battery manufacturer, with Toyocolor’s Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions. Toyocolor Co.,

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The BMW Group’s Dingolfing plant in Germany will supply the batteries for the all-electric MINI to be built in late 2019 in Oxford, South England. The batteries for the vehicle will come from the new battery production facility in Dingolfing; the electric motors from the neighboring BMW Group plant in Landshut. Plant 02.20

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BMW 2019 Supplies Batteries 259

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APRIL 5, 2019

The Volkswagen Group and Ganfeng Lithium Co., GFL) registered in Jiangxi (China) have signed a memorandum of understanding on long-term lithium supplies for battery cells. Under the agreement, Ganfeng will supply lithium to the Volkswagen Group and its suppliers for the next ten years.

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Chinese Supplies Manufacturer Battery 268

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AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its 2023 Critical Materials Assessment (2023 CMA), which evaluated materials for their criticality to global clean energy technology supply chains. The Assessment focuses on key materials with high risk of supply disruption that are integral to clean energy technologies.

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Clean Cleaning Supplies Energy 370

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JUNE 26, 2023

The proposed agreement announced […] The post Aston Martin signs supply agreement with Lucid Group to create ultra-luxury high performance EVs appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Aston Martin Supplies Electric Cars Electric Vehicles 109

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JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Platinum Group Metals (PGM).

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Market Indonesia Russia Supplies 304

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JUNE 26, 2021

Renault Group and STMicroelectronics announced a strategic cooperation on the design, development, manufacturing, and supply to Renault Group of STMicroelectronics’ products and related packaging solutions for the power electronics systems of battery-operated and hybrid vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The BMW Group is building a high-voltage battery assembly for the vehicles of the NEUE KLASSE at its site in Hungary. —Markus Fallböhmer, Senior Vice President of Battery Production at the BMW Group. The battery assembly will be located on the site of the Debrecen vehicle plant, which started construction about six months ago.

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BMW Batteries Battery Hungary 417

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group’s dedicated fuel cell system brand HTWO will supply ENGINIUS , a subsidiary of FAUN Group, with fuel cell systems for mass production of hydrogen-powered commercial trucks. It has already supplied 60 BLUEPOWER waste collection trucks to waste disposal companies throughout Europe. ENGINIUS BLUEPOWER.

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Hyundai Supplies Commercial Fuel 259