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Panasonic Energy Starts Mass Production at New Automotive Lithium-ion Battery Factory in Kansas

Electric Cars Report

Panasonic Energy has officially opened its new cylindrical lithium-ion battery factory for electric vehicles. Located in De Soto, just outside Kansas City in the United States The post Panasonic Energy Starts Mass Production at New Automotive Lithium-ion Battery Factory in Kansas appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Will Supercapacitors Come to AI's Rescue?

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However, much like a phone battery degrades after multiple recharge cycles, lithium-ion batteries degrade quickly when charging and discharging at this high rate. And Delta Electronics is selling the Power Capacitance Shelf , a 1-rack-unit-size bank of lithium-ion capacitors capable of supporting a 15 kilowatt load for up to 5 seconds.

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Multiple battery breakthroughs! Why CATL’s three new batteries could change electric cars as we know them

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The cleverness of the new tech is each battery employs a different chemistry, blending a lithium-ion and sodium-ion tech, allowing CATL to leverage the benefits of each battery. In cold conditions, for example, the battery switched to sodium-ion power until the power pack heats up and then switches to lithium-ion power.

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Stellantis unveils solid-state battery for EVs

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Unlike lithium-ion batteries, these solid-state cells charge from 15% to over 90% in 18 minutes at room temperature and deliver high power with discharge rates up to 4C. The 77Ah FEST cells achieved an energy density of 375Wh/kg, supporting over 600 cycles toward automotive qualification.

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Radical EV shift! Battery giant CATL says sodium-ion tech will be on sale by late 2025

EV Central

Sodium-ion is cheaper than lithium-ion, said Zhao. Sodium-ion batteries cheaper to produce Sodium-ion batteries do without lithium, one of the more expensive minerals currently used in all EV batteries. The resource is more plentiful so the cost will be lower.

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Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals With No Waste

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Perhaps most interesting to the energy sector is the rarest of its products—hard-to-source nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide that is increasingly required for lithium-ion battery production. Sustainable Mineral Extraction Process Aspiring’s pilot plant, which opened in February, is in an anonymous industrial estate east of the city.

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Manitou and Hangcha commit to heavy equipment battery production JV

Electrek

French equipment manufacturer Manitou has committed to a joint venture with Chinese forklift manufacturer Hangcha that will see the two companies develop and manufacture advanced lithium-ion batteries to support the electrification of the heavy material handler space.