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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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Freightliner Inspiration truck receives autonomous vehicle licensing from Nevada DMV

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Nevada has granted the first license for an autonomous commercial truck—the Freightliner Inspiration—to operate on an open public highway in the United States to Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA). The radar unit in the center area of the Freightliner Inspiration Truck front bumper scans the road ahead at long and short range.

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DOE offers Ioneer conditional commitment for a loan of up to US$700M for Rhyolite Ridge project

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has offered a conditional commitment to lend up to $700 million to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC to develop a domestic supply of lithium carbonate for electric vehicle (EV) batteries from the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project (Rhyolite Ridge) in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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CATL reaches deal to supply energy storage systems to US firm HGP

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Image credit: CATL ) CATL recently entered into a 450 MWh supply agreement with US battery storage project developer HGP, the battery giant's latest similar agreement with a US company. This is CATL's latest agreement with a US company for the supply of energy storage systems.

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GM, POSCO Future M announce 2nd phase of CAM production in N America; adding pCAM

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Increasing CAM production capacity and adding pCAM to our joint venture is another significant step in building a more secure and sustainable North America-focused supply chain to support GM’s fast-growing EV production needs. This announcement is the latest in a series of actions GM has taken to build a more secure EV supply chain.

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Factorial Energy emerges from stealth with 40 Ah solid-state battery cell for EVs

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Taylor, the former Chairman and CEO of Panasonic Corporation of North America, played a key role in the development of the Tesla-Panasonic relationship, which resulted in Panasonic investing in the Tesla Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada.

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Panasonic discusses partnership with Mazda for lithium-ion battery cells

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Panasonic Energy and Mazda have entered into discussions regarding a medium- to long-term partnership for lithium-ion battery cell supply. The discussions include Panasonic Energy supplying Mazda with automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries made in the battery supply plants in Japan and North America.