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Aqua Metals and 6K Energy collaborate to establish sustainable US battery supply chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Now Aqua has signed a strategic supply agreement with battery materials supplier 6K Energy to establish a more sustainable supply chain for battery critical minerals.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 9,10,11,12] LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and Sodium-Ion battery packs will not use Cobalt and Nickel.

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Iveco Electric Daily Prototype Begins Testing in Brazil

Green Car Congress

Iveco has presented a prototype of its new Electric Daily in Brazil, destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America. The project builds on Iveco’s long-running research and development of electric propulsion, which started with the development of the first Daily with pure electric drive in 1986.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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Iveco brings electric prototype to Brazil

Green Cars News

Could the first zero emission light commercial vehicle ever produced in Latin America be the Iveco Electric Daily? The company presented a prototype of the vehicle earlier this week in Brazil and now hopes to spread its wings across South America.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

The company Graphex occupies a middle position in the supply chain—it buys raw graphite from mining companies, puts it through several purification and processing steps, then sells it to battery manufacturers. Solid-state, lithium-sulfur, sodium batteries—would all of these still be using graphite in the anode?

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