Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. The company intends to locate all production steps of lithium refining in one overall plant at the Guben site.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

General Motors and MP Materials ( earlier post ) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop a fully integrated US supply chain for rare earth magnets. This strategic collaboration seeks to accelerate the restoration of the US rare earth supply chain at commercial scale with high resiliency and environmental sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

This is the third extension and fourth generation of the engine supply agreement between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Ricardo will supply both hybrid and non-hybrid variants. Ricardo has built both the V6 and V8 engines that will power McLaren’s existing and future high-performance hybrid supercars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Neste and CIM, part of NOVEN Group in France, the leading independent French group of companies providing oil storage and supply services, are collaborating to enable the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into France. Neste is committed to contribute significantly as we are increasing our global SAF production capacity to 1.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2023

onsemi, a provider of intelligent power and sensing technologies, and premium electric mobility brand ZEEKR have entered a long-term supply agreement (LTSA). The new LTSA will enable both companies to build a stronger supply chain relationship to support ZEEKR’s growth over the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

Electric vehicle (EV) powertrain technology increasingly relies on a reliable supply of quality SiC semiconductors such as MOSFETs, especially in 800V architectures. The fourth stage will see OEMs building EVs which align with the driver experience they want to deliver and their brand ethos.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the US. The new facility will break ground in early 2023 and is expected to begin commercial production in the first half of 2025 with an annual capacity of 300,000 units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2023

Hanwha Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest in building battery production facilities in the United States. The joint investment is expected to boost battery supply resiliency for the US market amid the growing need for US-made Energy Storage System following the passage of “Inflation Reduction Act”.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Tesla is stacking a massive supply of Cybertruck castings at Gigafactory Texas, hinting the production is near, which means deliveries aren’t far behind either. With one of the best prototypes to date surfacing recently, Tesla is refining its manufacturing techniques to prepare for Cybertruck production.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Panasonic Energy parentheses with Novonix for a supply of sustainable graphite for electric vehicle (EV) battery production. Panasonic Energy aims to strengthen its supply chain in North America while reducing its environmental impact. Panasonic Energy is partnering with other companies besides Novonix to boost its supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2022

The investment will help boost production to meet the surging demand for advanced semiconductors, powering a new generation of innovative products from Intel and serving the needs of foundry customers as part of the company’s IDM 2.0 Construction is expected to begin in late 2022, with production coming online at the end of 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

Statevolt , a battery startup seeking to build hyperlocal gigafactories, has acquired a 135-acre site in Imperial Valley, California, as the location for its 54 GWh Gigafactory. The business will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and storage applications using resources and supply chains sourced entirely in the US.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

and Sumitomo Corporation announced an agreement to diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. Further, the companies will collaborate on the supply of rare earth metals and other products. With this knowledge, SC will continue to build value added trade by utilizing the company’s enhanced management resources.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When Polestar developed Polestar 2, it developed a lifecycle assessment methodology with Volvo, which showed us that we have to stop talking about tailpipe emissions and stop investing in legacy technology, and instead start focusing on production-related emissions and environmental and social impacts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Solvay and Orbia have entered into a joint venture framework agreement to create a partnership for the production of suspension-grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), creating the largest capacity in North America. Both plants are expected to be fully operational by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Phillips 66 has entered into an agreement to acquire a 16% stake in NOVONIX Limited, an Australia-based company that develops and supplies synthetic graphite materials for lithium-ion battery anodes. This strategic investment enables Phillips 66 to directly support the development of the US battery supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) and the Government of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote e-mobility in the country and to explore opportunities across Canada’s automotive and battery supply chain. Possible production sites are currently being examined.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. The Changwon plant in South Korea specializes in the production of excavators and is the biggest excavator production site in Volvo CE. With the SEK 80-million (around $7.8-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. SKIET plans to supply separators produced at its Changzhou factory in China to Sunwoda.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

He also provided some key insights about the company’s battery supply, both for its electric vehicle business and its energy division. These two are battery supply and technology, as well as the manufacturing cost of electric vehicles. . Viecha highlighted that the industry would only grow as fast as its battery supply.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Plug Power is expanding its green hydrogen ecosystem to the US west coast with the construction of a new production facility in Fresno County, California. As the largest green hydrogen production facility on the west coast, the plant will produce 30 metric tons of liquid green hydrogen daily, serving customers from San Diego to Vancouver.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. Raven supplies all the needed endothermic heat from sources outside of the reformer by recycling waste heat and/or electrical heat up to 1,200°F (649 ?C). 22 CCR § 66260.10

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Waste Hydrogen Building Motor 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

We are committed to building a full loop supply chain for green hydrogen technologies including precious metal services, catalysts, components and recycling. Advent offers competitive fuel cell systems for stationary and portable applications based on methanol and on-site reforming.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Supply of nickel intermediate MHP from Indonesia for batteries is set to rise five-fold this year, according to Benchmark Minerals’ Nickel Forecast. Huayue Nickel Cobalt is a significant strategic project to build an integrated industrial chain of new-energy lithium battery materials. The laterite nickel hydrometallurgy project of PT.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

ArcelorMittal is moving forward on the path to climate-neutral steel production at its Eisenhüttenstadt site. The demonstration project includes the supply of two McLyzer electrolyzers with an output of 1 MW each. The electrolysers will produce hydrogen for direct use in steel production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. This will partially decarbonize the facility’s production of energy products such as gasoline and diesel and jet fuel. Shell Nederland B.V.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

SK On, a global electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a lithium supply deal with Australia’s Lake Resources ( earlier post ), a move that will further strengthen its key battery materials supply chain in response to robust business growth and geopolitical risks. million electric vehicles (EVs). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2021

billion) over the next five years to create a domestic hydrogen ecosystem—production, distribution, and consumption—through creation of domestic hydrogen infrastructure and also through partnerships with global companies. billion) by 2025 in a hydrogen production plant. In the second phase, SK will invest 5.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

Energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster, California. The City of Lancaster will host and co-own the green hydrogen production facility, according to a recent memorandum of understanding. The facility will process 42,000 tons of recycled waste annually.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2023

The BMW Group continues to invest in e-component production at Plant Leipzig and in the future of the site. This will produce a logistics hall for the current fifth-generation high-voltage batteries and an office building, both of which are due to reach completion in mid-2024. 3,000 kW in peak operations.

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ford has been forced to temporarily cut one of three production shifts building the electric F-150 Lightning due to multiple constraints including supply chain issues. The post Supply chain issues force Ford to cut F-150 Lightning production in Michigan appeared first on The Driven.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Geely Auto plans to build an assembly plant in Vietnam. The Chinese automaker plans to expand production in Vietnam through its investment. Geely Auto plans to build a plant capable of assembling 75,000 vehicles a year. It will also expand its local supply chain in Vietnam.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2021

NEDO selected these joint contractors in the public offeriing for “Development of Technologies for Realizing a Hydrogen Society/Regional Hydrogen Utilization Technology Development/Hydrogen Production and Utilization Potential Research” and the study is scheduled to be conducted during FY2021 and FY2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Building a fuel ammonia transportation and receiving system. In addition, the establishment of a method for transporting ammonia as a fuel for power generation will create a supply chain for the Hekinan Thermal Power Plant that reaches from upstream fuel ammonia to power generation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover and Wolfspeed announced a strategic partnership for the supply of Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductors for next-generation electric vehicles, delivering increased powertrain efficiency and extended driving range.

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