Industry, Lithium Ion and South Africa

South Africas Optimal Energy Considering Battery Swap with the Joule EV

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JUNE 5, 2010

South Africa-based Optimal Energy is considering using a battery-swap scheme with its Joule electric vehicle ( earlier post ). Optimal Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany-based EDAG, a German automotive full- service supplier, to industrialize the Joule. Engineering News.

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South Africa Revitalizes Efforts on Automotive Li-ion Batteries

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

South Africa is reinvigorating its efforts to develop automotive lithium-ion batteries, with the government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) now determining the commercial feasibility of battery manufacturing in the country. Engineering News.

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BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

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JULY 1, 2021

China controls the battery chemical industry, with the biggest market share for all of the five main battery materials: lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite. Manganese supply recovers strongly: Manganese production in South Africa in April increased by 208% year on year.

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Vanadium Recovery Project targeting significant increase in vanadium production in Europe with low emissions

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MARCH 27, 2022

It is becoming recognized as a significant addition to new lithium-ion chemistries used in electric vehicles as well as in VRFBs used for long duration energy storage solutions from renewable sources. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia.

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Williams Advanced Engineering developing battery system for Anglo American’s hydrogen-powered mine haul truck

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The FCEV haul truck will be powered by a hydrogen Fuel Cell Module (provided by Ballard, earlier post ) paired with a WAE scalable high-power modular lithium-ion battery system. Offering significant peak power capability, it will also deliver the robustness seen in industrial diesel engines for harsh environments.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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MAY 12, 2021

The CP hydrogen-powered locomotive pioneering project, first announced in December 2020, will retrofit a line-haul diesel freight locomotive with hydrogen fuel cells and Leclanché's European-manufactured lithium-ion batteries to power the locomotive's electric traction motors. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Hydro-Québec (Canada) and Technifin (South Africa) have entered into an intellectual property collaboration agreement relating to the licensing of their respective intellectual property (IP) in lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, notably for lithium-ion battery applications. It operates at 1.5

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Optimal Energy to Introduce Pilot Fleets of Joule EV by 2010, Mass Production by 2012

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APRIL 4, 2009

Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Pecotic, a China auto industry veteran, has had a previous stint with JAC when it briefly sold a diesel truck here a decade ago, as well as WMC (Foton) utes and MG, which is part of Chinese manufacturing giant SAIC. “The future of JAC is EV,” declared Jason Pecotic, the managing director of BLK Auto. 2023 JAC T9 Hunter pick-up. “We

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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APRIL 6, 2023

With this increase in demand came an equally steep rise in the price of the metals used in the manufacturing of EV batteries – particularly lithium – which the IEA’s report says is a significant challenge to the EV industry. In Africa , South Africa is leading the way on the continent as far as EV adoption, although it remains low.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. However, its compliment of lithium-ion batteries is one of the largest to be recycled thus far.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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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. US cell production capacity surpassed Japan in 2014 and South Korea in 2016.

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South Africas Optimal Energy Considering Battery Swap with the Joule EV

South Africa Revitalizes Efforts on Automotive Li-ion Batteries

BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

Vanadium Recovery Project targeting significant increase in vanadium production in Europe with low emissions

Williams Advanced Engineering developing battery system for Anglo American’s hydrogen-powered mine haul truck

Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

Optimal Energy to Introduce Pilot Fleets of Joule EV by 2010, Mass Production by 2012

China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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