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Faraday Institution commits a further $31M to battery research to deliver commercial impact

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The project aims to ensure that the UK has the facilities and regulations required for the safe, economic and environmentally sound management of the materials contained in lithium-ion batteries at the end of their first life and so enhance the overall efficiency of the raw materials supply chain.

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Stellantis Ventures invests in startup Tiamat for sodium-ion battery technology – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Tiamat was one of 11 top-performing technology startups honoured with a Stellantis Ventures Award in 2023, and is the first company in the world to have recently commercialized a sodium-ion technology in an electrified product. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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Stellantis invests in Tiamat’s affordable sodium-ion battery tech | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis, today announced its participation as a strategic investor in Tiamat, a France-based company that is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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Reliable, secure supplies of minerals and software are core elements for EVs, which represent a “shift from a fuel-intensive to a material-intensive energy system,” according to a. Ramping up the battery supply chain is the automakers’ current “ most challenging topic ,” according to VW Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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The company Graphex occupies a middle position in the supply chain—it buys raw graphite from mining companies, puts it through several purification and processing steps, then sells it to battery manufacturers. Solid-state, lithium-sulfur, sodium batteries—would all of these still be using graphite in the anode?

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Cars That Think

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050. Chris Philpot Using lithium-based batteries would create its own set of problems. News arrives nearly daily of yet another lithium-ion advance.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

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Meanwhile, the US Department of Energy and many automakers are developing cobalt-free batteries , and companies are investing enormous resources in the development of new battery technologies, including the use of glass , lithium metal , lithium-sulfur , sodium , graphene , and zinc air.

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