Hindalco to invest INR 800 crore for a new battery foil manufacturing plant in Odisha

Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Hindalco), the metal flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, has announced that it will set up a battery foil manufacturing plant near Samba...

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Graphite India makes a strategic move: Acquires 31% stake in battery maker Godi India

Graphite India, a graphite electrodes and carbon specialty product manufacturing company has acquired a 31 percent shareholding in a Hyderabad-based battery manufacturer, Godi...

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Verkor's battery gigafactory in France to be operational by 2025

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French battery firm Verkor laid the foundation stone of its battery gigafactory in Dunkirk, France last month. Aimed at mass production of low-carbon, high-performan...

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Breakthrough in battery tech: Northvolt adds sodium-ion batteries to its portfolio

Battery manufacturing major, Northvolt announced that it has successfully validated sodium-ion batteries with an energy density of over 160 watt-hours per kilogram at the company's...

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Solid Power presents its first A-sample cells for automotive qualification

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Solid-state battery technology firm Solid Power has recently made first A-1 EV battery cell deliveries to BMW to formally enter automotive qualification. The company is report...

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Epsilon announces $650 million battery components and anode plant in USA

The move assumes significance considering China has moved to restrict graphite exports from December  Indian battery components maker Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM) announce...

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BMW Group rolls out battery cell samples from its Parsdorf facility

BMW Group has recently announced the rolling off the battery cell production line at its new Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre (CMCC) in Parsdorf, Germany. The samples...

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LGES's Arizona plant to make 46-Series cylindrical cells for Tesla

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To pre-emptively respond to market demands for 46-Series cylindrical battery cells from Tesla, LG Energy Solution (LGES) has decided to utilize its Arizona EV battery facility...

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24M Technologies presents Electrode-to-Pack battery system for EVs, ESS

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At the on-going 2023 Japan Mobility Show, battery firm 24M is showcasing its transformative and streamlined battery pack technology - the 'Electrode-to-Pack' (ETOP) ...

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Ola Electric raises ₹3,200 crores for its upcoming battery cell facility

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Indian EV firm Ola Electric has announced the successful closure of funding round amounting to ₹3,200 crores ($380 million) in a mix of equity and debt from from Tem...

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VDL bags order to assemble 125,000 battery modules for BMW Group

VDL demo line in Born where battery packs can be assembled in a semi-automatic manner. Source: VDL Groep

Netherlands-based VDL Groep is planning to kick-start serial-assembly of EV battery systems at its Mobility Innovation Centre (MIC) in Born. The company has recently...

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Stellantis, Samsung SDI confirm second battery gigafactory in Indiana

Source: Stellantis

As part of the StarPlus Energy joint venture, Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI have announced that Kokomo, Indiana, has again been chosen for the second battery manuf...

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WESD 2023: EV battery manufacturing fast evolving in Europe; needs pro-active policy

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The 2023 edition of the World Energy Storage Day global conference organized by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) witnessed critical discussions on the e-mobility and related ma...

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Daily Shorts: Total seeks 5KTPA green H2, Indonesia wants homegrown EV champion

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French oil major TotalEnergies sought applications for 500,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen to replace the grey hydrogen it currently uses in industrial activities. The compa...

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Gotion to set up $2 billion lithium battery manufacturing plant in the U.S.

China's Gotion High Tech Co ltd on Friday said the company will set up a new state-of-the-art $2 billion lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno, Illinois. Covering about 15...

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Automotive battery provider Clarios to acquire Paragon’s battery unit

Automotive battery solutions provider, Clarios on Wednesday (August 30) announced it will purchase Paragon GmbH & Co. KGaA's power business that produces batteries and bat...

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Reliance Industries battery giga factory to be set up by 2026; to produce LFP battery solutions

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Monday (August 28) announced that it will enter battery manufacturing ecosystem with LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery solutions and will&n...

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Corvus Energy to supply 40 MWh battery systems for fully-electric ferry

Energy storage systems (ESS) firm Corvus Energy has been selected by technology group Wärtsilä to supply the battery systems for what is claimed as the world's large...

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MHI appoints Engineers India Limited to monitor progress of ACC-PLI scheme beneficiaries

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Government of India on Thursday (August 24) announced that it has appointed Engineers India Limited (EIL) as Independent Engineer ...

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Northvolt raises $1.2 bn for market expansion; rolls out first BESS at Dwa

Northvolt has announced that it has raised $1.2 billion in convertible notes to finance plans for its further European and North American expansion. The latest developmen...

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Daily Shorts: China prepares to recycle old wind and solar equipment, Ford plans plant in Canada and more

China announced plans to set up a recycling system for old solar panels and wind turbines to manage equipment slated for retirement in the coming years. Multiple state agencies rel...

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CATL's 'Shenxing' superfast charging LFP battery promises 700km EV range

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Chinese battery giant CATL has recently introduced 'Shenxing', claimed as the world's first 4C superfast charging LFP battery, capable of delivering 400 km of driving range wi...

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IBC to set up recyclable lithium-ion battery manufacturing unit in Karnataka

International Battery Company signs MoU with Govt. of Karnataka on Tuesday, August 1.

US-based International Battery Company (IBC) has signed an investment pact with the Government of Karnataka to build a recyclable lithium-ion battery manufacturing f...

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ACC-PLI: MHI holds stakeholder consultation for balance 20GWh capacity

The Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India on Monday concluded a stakeholder consultation regarding re-bidding of balance 20GWh (of 50GWh) Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) ...

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Stellantis, Samsung SDI seal the deal for a second gigafactory in the U.S.

Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct second battery manufacturing facility in the United ...

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Comau developing innovative battery cell formation solutions for GIGABAT project

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Italian automation firm Comau is joining the GIGABAT, a collaborative e-mobility project aimed at strengthening the EU production chain for large-scale cell manufacturing...

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Amara Raja embracing lithium technologies, battery recycling | Interview

Vijayanand Samudrala, President (New Energy) - Amara Raja Batteries, spoke to ETN briefly on the emerging trends in the Indian battery storage space and the impact of lithium-...

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Panasonic in talks to set up battery manufacturing plant in India

Japanese electronics major, Panasonic is in talks with senior government officials in India to set up a battery manufacturing plant under the PLI scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell...

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FREYR's Giga Arctic project gets fresh infusion of €100 million

Battery manufacturing company, FREYR Battery (FREYR) on Thursday announced it has been awarded a €100 million grant from the European Union ("EU") to support development of FR...

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MAN investing €100 million for making EV battery packs at Nuremberg

Battery assembly at Nuremberg facility. Source: MAN

German CV maker MAN Truck & Bus SE has recently confirmed that its Nuremberg facility will be its principal site for the large-scale production of high-voltage b...

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