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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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This rapid growth in demand has been further amplified with the passage of the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) in the Fall of 2022, which includes mechanisms to incentivize electric vehicle manufacturers and consumers to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) that source battery metals from domestic manufacturers.

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Panasonic turns to JB Straubel’s Redwood for recycled battery materials to supply Tesla Giga Nevada

Electrek

Panasonic announced that it is going to purchase copper foil produced from recycled materials by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials for battery cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. The materials will end up in Tesla vehicles – going full circle. The materials will end up in Tesla vehicles – going full circle.

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Tesla Giga Nevada to start using Redwood’s recycled battery components

Teslarati

On Tuesday, January 4, Panasonic announced that Redwood Materials would start supplying copper foil to its battery production facility in Giga Nevada. Redwood Materials, which former Tesla CTO JB Straubel founded, will be supplying Panasonic with copper foil made from recycled materials.

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GM and Element 25 to expand US EV supply chain with domestic manganese sulfate production

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General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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Tesla to bring LFP battery supply chain to US – Bloomberg News – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This year, Tesla’s cheapest cars, the Model 3 compact sedan, lost tax credits for the purchase of EVs under the Inflation Reduction Act. Tesla is expanding its battery facility in Sparks, Nevada to bring the supply chain for cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) to the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

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Battery-grade lithium carbonate forecast to trade at $74K/tonne in 12 months

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Lithium carbonate prices in China rose slightly to 480,500 yuan/tonne in mid-August, remaining close to the record-high of 500,000 from March and 400% higher year-on-year as soaring demand drove expectations of extended supply deficits. The only lithium production in the United States currently is from one brine operation in Nevada.

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Redwood Materials To Supply Cathode Materials To New Panasonic Battery Factory

CleanTechnica EVs

Panasonic has agreed to purchase cathode materials and copper foil from Redwood Materials for its battery factories in Nevada and Kansas.

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