Daily Shorts: US offers $12 bn to retool car plants for EVs, Tesla reverses China price war

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The US government is offering auto companies and component suppliers $12 billion in grants and loans so they can retrofit their plants to produce electric vehicles. US Energy Secre...

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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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JLR’s used EV batteries to power one of the largest energy storage systems in the UK

With its ambition to adopt circular economy principles, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it will use second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries to develop one of the largest ene...

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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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IBIS research project unveils breakthrough battery for auto and stationary storage applications

Intelligent Battery Integrated System (IBIS) a joint corporate and academic research project by CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft unveiled ...

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Nexeon’s silicon anode materials to power Panasonic’s EV batteries in the US

UK-based leading manufacturer of advanced silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, Nexeon on Tuesday announced that it has entered a long-term supply agreement ...

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European Council gives nod to law regulating batteries and waste batteries

The European Council earlier this week adopted a new regulation aimed at promoting circular economy and strengthening sustainability rules for batteries and waste batteri...

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Epsilon Advanced Materials to invest $650M for a new battery material facility in the United States

Leading battery material company, Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM) has announced that is planning to invest $650 million for establishing a 50,000 TPA synthetic graphite anode manu...

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Hydrovolt invests big in new battery recycling technology

Battery recycling company, Hydrovolt on Friday (June 16) announced that it has been awarded NOK15.3 million by Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise supporting clean e...

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Toyota Motor North America invests in a new EV battery lab

Automotive major, Toyota Motor has announced that it will invest $50 million to construct a new laboratory facility to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in N...

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TEPCO, Toyota to pilot stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation have developed a 3 MWh stationary storage battery system with an output of 1 MW made out of ...

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Webasto presented EV batteries, thermal solutions at Battery Show Europe 2023

Source: Webasto (via LinkedIn)

German auto technologies firm Webasto showcased its extensive range of electromobility products at the Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart that ended yesterday. The company's dis...

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IESW 2023: Battery reuse and recycling in India - What's holding us back?

With the rapid emergence of li-ion battery use in EVs and other applications in recent times, there is a strong demand for battery reuse and recycling in India. However, safe, effi...

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GM, Samsung SDI to expand battery cell manufacturing capacity 30 GWh

General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI have announced a plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to beg...

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StoreDot partners with VinES to develop extreme fast charge (XFC) battery cells

Israel-based lithium-ion battery developer, StoreDot has signed an agreement with VinES (the largest private conglomerate in Vietnam and a member company of Vingroup)&nbs...

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SVOLT aims to establish 5 Battery plants in Europe, targeting 50 GWh capacity by 2030

Chinese battery maker SVOLT is reportedly planning to set up as much as five battery manufacturing facilities in Europe, as the company is gradually expanding its market reach in t...

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Su-Kam Power Systems to establish Sustainable Energy Storage Park in Himachal

Indian power solutions provider Su-Kam Power Systems Limited has signed a MoU with the Government of Himachal Pradesh to set up a 'Sustainable Energy Stora...

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Ecobat to establish Lithium-ion Battery recycling facility in Arizona

Battery recycling company Ecobat has announced a new battery recycling plant in Casa Grande, Arizona to initially produce 10,000 estimated tons of recycled material per year, ...

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OSM to set up JV with iM3NY for battery cells; new facilities for EV components

Indian EV maker Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) has announced a joint venture with US-based battery tech firm iM3NY to bring battery cell technology in the Indian ma...

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24M bags $3.2 million US Federal funding to develop Sodium-metal EV batteries

US battery tech firm 24M Technologies has been selected to receive $3.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)...

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Panasonic to supply Lithium-ion batteries for Lucid Motors electric cars

Panasonic Energy and Lucid Group have announced that they have entered into multi-year agreements to supply batteries for Lucid's luxury electric vehicles - Luc...

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Project Anubis: Second life for VDL electric bus batteries at RWE power plant

Intensively used batteries removed from VDL Bus & Coach electric buses are getting a second life. The initiative named 'Project Anubis' undertaken by German energy company RWE ...

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Kia Europe and Encore|DB join forces to re-use EV batteries in second life BESS

Kia Europe has announced plans to re-use former electric vehicle (EV) batteries in 'Second Life' battery energy storage systems as part of its global strategic focus on sustainabil...

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StoreDot commences shipping ‘100in5’ battery cell prototype to EV manufacturers

StoreDot, the pioneer of extremely fast charging batteries for electric vehicles, has commenced shipping EV cell samples of its '100in5' battery technology to strategic electric ve...

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Toyota to invest $ 5.6 billion on EV battery production in Japan and US

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an investment of up to 730 billion yen (about $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying batteries for EVs, with aims to b...

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Polestar to supply batteries to electric hydrofoil boat maker Candela

Premium EV maker Polestar has recently signed a multi-year agreement with hydrofoil electric boat company Candela for the supply of battery and charging systems. The agreement mark...

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ETN Roundtable: Addressing the financial gap in India’s EV transition

India has made a strong commitment to e-mobility. The country's EV transition is gaining traction due to demand creation, State EV policies, and domestic manufacturing. Concurrentl...

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Vitesco joins Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium for standardizing BMS

German auto tech firm Vitesco Technologies has recently joined the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC), a grouping of global EV manufacturers to develop and promote st...

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Ingevity Corp. invests $60 million in Nexeon, Li-ion anode materials manufacturer

Ingevity Corporation has announced that it has invested $60 million to acquire an equity stake in Nexeon Limited in a strategic move to establish the company's presence in the elec...

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EV manufacturer Komaki unveils fire-resistant LiFePO4 batteries in India

EV company Komaki has announced that it has launched fireproof batteries in India that will be available in all company vehicles from next month. The company said it has intro...

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