French battery manufacturer Forsee Power has introduced a new high-voltage system for electric vehicles at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in California. The new Zen Lite battery system with NMC cells is primarily targeted at 350-volt vehicles such as light and medium-sized electric trucks, minibuses and off-highway vehicles.
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The South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK On is cooperating with the US graphite company Westwater Resources to develop anode materials for its batteries. A later supply of anode materials is also possible.
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The Israeli battery developer StoreDot has given more details about the planned production of its fast-charging battery cells. The cells are to be manufactured on three continents: in the USA, Europe and Asia.
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The South Korean company SK IE Technology (SKIET) has reached an agreement with the Chinese battery manufacturer Sunwoda to supply separators for electric car batteries. Initially, the agreement will cover China, but later the supply will also be extended to Europe.
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Stellantis has secured nickel and cobalt from Australia. The car company entered into a binding agreement with Alliance Nickel (formerly GME Resources) to supply 170,000 tonnes of nickel sulphate and 12,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate over an initial period of five years.
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The two Japanese companies Honda and GS Yuasa are planning a joint battery factory in Japan. Production is said to kick off in 2027. The cell factory is to be built and operated by a joint venture between the two companies that has existed for 14 years.
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Skeleton Technologies and the Canadian automotive supplier Martinrea International are cooperating to equip refuse collection vehicles for use in Paris and New York with Skeleton’s so-called ‘SuperBattery’ technology.
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Fortum has completed its lithium-ion battery recycling factory in Harjavalta, Finland, on time. Announced in 2021, Fortum says this is the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of capacity and also the first commercial-scale facility for hydrometallurgical recycling.
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The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is involved in establishing a battery industry and electromobility in Indonesia. This will also involve an electric vehicle and the electrification of public transport.
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Farasis Energy and the Turkish electric car manufacturer Togg have begun construction of their joint battery cell factory. Their joint venture Siro officially laid the foundation stone for this at the site in Gemlik, Turkey.
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General Motors and Samsung SDI are planning a joint battery cell factory in the USA. This is to be built with an investment of more than 3 billion dollars and go into operation in 2026. There is a surprise in the cell format that the new partners want to produce together.
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Northvolt subsidiary Cuberg reports progress in developing its lithium metal batteries as it is now embarking on developing a fully integrated high-performance battery system for aviation.
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Canadian battery developer Nano One Materials has released an update on its plans for LFP and other cathode materials. Nano One plans to systematically accelerate the commercialisation of its One Pot process, starting with 200 tonnes per year.
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The Serbian company ElevenEs has opened a plant for the production of battery cells. It is located in Subotica, Serbia, and specialises in the production of prismatic LFP cells. By 2024, the plant is to be expanded into a “mega-factory” with a production capacity of 500 MWh.
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The South Korean battery material manufacturer EcoPro BM has started building its factory in Debrecen, Hungary. The plant will produce 108,000 tonnes of cathode materials for electric car batteries annually and employ 631 people.
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Hyundai Motor Group and SK On have formed a joint venture to produce battery cells for electric vehicles in the USA. The partners are investing a total of five billion dollars in the 50:50 joint venture.
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Tesla is making progress in setting up production of 4680-format battery cells at its Texas plant. According to a high-ranking manager, an improved version of the cylindrical cell is already being produced. The company will also make its cathode material in Austin before the end of the year.
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The Israeli battery developer StoreDot has entered into a cooperation with Vines Energy Solutions (VinES), the battery company of the Vietnamese Vingroup, for the joint development and commercialisation of its fast-charging battery cells.
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Volkswagen has unveiled further details about its battery factory in St Thomas, Canada. It will be PowerCo’s largest cell factory to date, create 3,000 jobs, and produce up to 90 GWh of battery cells per year.
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Fraunhofer IWS has launched a new research project called ‘MaSSiF – Material Innovations for Solid-State Sulfur-Silicon Batteries’ to develop sulfur-based prototype cells, which the team expects to become “very lightweight and cost-effective” while another component will secure the battery’s longevity.
Read moreWAE Technologies, formerly Williams Advanced Engineering, launched a new battery management system this week. WAE appeared to strike a delicate balance between bespoke and standardly predictive BMS in the press call preceding the announcement. The company claims there is potential performance waiting to be unlocked in almost any of today’s batteries.
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BYD is planning to build a battery material factory in Chile. That is according to the Chilean economic development agency CORFO. The South American country wants to put the lithium industry under state control – but BYD, among others, could be given preferential treatment.
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Siro, a battery joint venture between Farasis Energy and Turkish EV manufacturer Togg, has started series production at its Gemlik site in Turkey. With an annual capacity of 3 GWh, battery modules and packs are now manufactured based on Farasis’ technology.
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Siemens and Freyr Battery are cooperating on sustainable battery production as part of the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform. The strategic partnership, announced at Hannover Messe, will see Siemens become Freyr’s preferred supplier of automation and digitalisation technology.
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US automotive supplier BorgWarner is increasing its battery and e-mobility capacities in the United States by upgrading existing South Carolina and Michigan facilities. The company also has plans to open a whole new EV battery service centre.
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Hexagon Purus has signed a multi-year supply contract with Panasonic in North America. Panasonic will deliver battery cells for use in electric trucks. Even before the first delivery, Hexagon Purus is investing several million to secure production capacity.
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Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk has confirmed using LFP battery cells in an electric truck from next year. In the meantime, Designwerk has also published the first details about the battery and the vehicle in which the LFP battery will be offered.
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CATL is showing novel ‘Condensed Battery’ technology in Shanghai, which claims an energy density of 500 Wh/kg at the cell level. The Chinese battery giant considers it suitable for electric aircraft but also envisions use in road vehicles, with series production to start this year.
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Scania and Northvolt have unveiled their jointly developed battery cell for heavy electric trucks. In validation tests, the prismatic lithium-ion cell has demonstrated a service life equivalent to a truck’s whole lifetime, a fact which the partners consider “outstanding”.
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In the new revoLect project, the PEM Chair at RWTH Aachen University is working with seven partners from science and industry to develop technologies and components that will help to produce lithium-ion batteries more efficiently and conserve resources.
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