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UC Irvine team creates long-lasting, cobalt-free, low-nickel lithium-ion batteries

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Resources Zhang, R., 2023) “Long-life lithium-ion batteries realized by low-Ni, Co-free cathode chemistry.” Electric vehicle companies are planning to take his team’s published results and replicate them, Xin said. Nat Energy. doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01267-y

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BMW Group creates closed recycling loop for high-voltage batteries in China

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The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) has established a closed loop for reuse of the raw materials nickel, lithium and cobalt from high-voltage batteries that are no longer suitable for use in electric vehicles. China is the world’s largest market for electric vehicles.

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Canada’s Budget 2022 calls for C$3.8B to launch Critical Minerals Strategy

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million over five years on a cash basis, starting in 2022-23, for Natural Resources Canada to provide public access to integrated data sets to inform critical mineral exploration and development; and. Specific measures proposed in Budget 2022 to support critical mineral projects include: Up to $1.5

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Tsinghua researchers conclude surging lithium price will not impede EV boom

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Although the current 10-fold price spike of lithium is giving the electric vehicle market a sharp short-term shock, a study by a team from Tsinghua University indicates that it will not hinder transportation electrification in the long run. Diversify supply sources. Develop substitutions and manage battery demand. 2022.06.028.

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ARPA-E to award up to $44M to develop net-zero or net negative processes to grow minerals supply chain: MINER

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The program—Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER)—is administered by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and aims to develop commercially scalable technologies that would enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements.

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BMW Group shifting to cylindrical BMW cells in NEUE KLASSE from 2025; 46xx

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To meet our long-term needs, we will be building battery cell factories with our partners, each with an annual capacity of up to 20 GWh, at six locations in key markets for us: two in China, two in Europe and two in USMCA [United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement]. Development of future BMW battery cells at in-house competence centers.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The projects were selected as part of ARPA-E’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program.

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