Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, are forming a joint venture to build a factory for lithium-silicon battery materials in South Korea.

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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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In addition to the benefits realized by investing in manufacturing on US soil, LG Chem envisions the Tennessee site being the supply chain hub where material and recycling partners work together to supply global customers.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) signed an offtake agreement with WesCEF to expand its lithium supply chain for the North American market. According to the agreement , WesCEF will supply the South Korean battery supplier with up to 85,000 tons of lithium concentrate. The South Korean company is a longtime Tesla supplier.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The high-performance dispersions produced at the Ujhartyan site will be supplied to SK On, a leading South Korea-based supplier of high-energy-density EV batteries for global automakers such as the Volkswagen Group. The production facility is operating in a 5,964 m 2 building on 44,806 m 2 of land.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

South Korea-based SK Innovation, a developer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, will invest $1.67 billion to build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in Georgia. SK Group has been building relationships within the United States for decades.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2019

billion) to build hydrogen-producing facilities by 2030. By 2030, KOGAS expects to supply 1.73 KOGAS said demand for hydrogen in South Korea will reach 1.94 South Korea has been seeking to boost the hydrogen economy as a new growth engine. trillion won (US$4.01 million tons of hydrogen annually.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The HCEC joint venture operation will be located in the city of Daegu, Korea, with engine manufacturing to commence in 2014. The new facility will have a capacity in place to build more than 50,000 engines per year at full production. HCEC will supply engines spanning the MidRange 5.9-liter liter to 8.9-liter

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Baua Electric

JUNE 26, 2024

“Through this partnership with ExxonMobil, we will continue strengthening battery supply chains in the U.S.,” energy major Exxon Mobil said on Tuesday it had signed a non-binding agreement to supply lithium from its proposed Arkansas project to South Korean EV battery maker SK On.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Last year, Volvo Cars signed long-term supply agreements with two leading global battery suppliers, CATL of China and LG Chem of South Korea.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

The delegation came from [South] Korea this week. Dan Brady stated that the Samsung battery factory is expected to employ up to 3,200 people if it chose to build in Illinois. If Samsung does choose to build a battery manufacturing plant in Illinois, it would be an advantage for Rivian. That decision has not been made.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

Group14 said that this will insulate its customers and partners from potential supply chain disruptions—particularly in the automotive industry—and sets up the company to localize integrated silicon battery technology manufacturing in Europe.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2024

Hyundai plans to construct an electric vehicle (EV) module plant in South Korea. Ulsan Mayor Kim Du-gyeom and Hyundai Mobis CEO Lee Gyu-suk attended the signing, reported the Korea Herald. Ulsan Mayor Kim Du-gyeom and Hyundai Mobis CEO Lee Gyu-suk attended the signing, reported the Korea Herald.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Benchmark’s Tier One producers of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells—as of its February 2022 assessment—are: Panasonic (Japan); Samsung SDI and SK Innovation (South Korea); Envision AESC, CATL, and BYD (China). Benchmark cautions that capacity does not necessarily equal reliable supply for the EV industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

The City of Lancaster will supply guaranteed feedstock of recyclables, and will save between $50 to $75 per ton in landfilling and landfill space costs. SGH2 is in negotiations to launch similar projects in France, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Russia, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Australia.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Saudi Aramco and its affiliates signed 12 agreements with major South Korean companies to reinforce relationships with South Korea, expand international operations, and support the region’s energy security with the expansion of Arabian crude oil supply to Asian markets. Earlier post.). Hyundai Oilbank.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Lithium-ion battery manufacturing has been dominated by East Asia, with Japan, China, and South Korea playing a significant role. US and European countries are now competing, shifting the added values away from East Asia and building battery manufacturing close to the application market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2022

The agreement follows a cooperation agreement signed in Singapore in February and covers collaboration on global supply chains for hydrogen, from production to airport storage, including the integration of refuelling into normal ground handling operations. Building the infrastructure is just as crucial.

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2023

TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. In addition to building two cutting-edge chip factories on a 4-square-kilometer megasite that could hold six more fabs, the company has pledged $50 million to 80 higher-education institutions in the state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

WiTricity, a pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, has entered into licensing and technology transfer agreements with Green Power, a leading South Korea-based supplier of power electronics and high power wireless charging systems for various applications. —Jung G. Cho, CEO of Green Power.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The report forecasts a supply gap will persist over the outlook period, with total supply from both mine and brine operations currently insufficient to meet demand. With new lithium projects being developed rapidly, the supply gap is expected to reduce over the outlook, but will take time to close.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

China, the US, India, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea and the UK will be the leading countries. In the near-term, South Korea will dominate the market, the US will take over in the early 2020s, but will be overtaken by China in the 2020s.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. That video followed a separate post from Aptera offering a look at the forthcoming build process of its production-intent solar EVs.

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Baua Electric

JULY 2, 2024

But customs records show that the company that builds it uses millions of dollars in imported parts, many arriving in Russia from what Kim has described as his country’s “primary foe”, South Korea. million imported from South Korea. Rain Electronics could not be reached for comment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

The BMW Group and Samsung SDI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their supply relationship for battery cells for electro-mobility. Samsung SDI will supply the BMW Group with battery cells for the BMW i3, BMW i8 and additional hybrid models over the coming years. from 2012. compared to the previous year).

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 15, 2021

(TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. The announcement comes just a few months after the chip giant announced its intention to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona. China trade war erupted.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Japanese government will help as it aims to establish a domestic supply chain while moving away from China and South Korea, which currently dominate the market. China’s BYD can launch low-cost EVs as it controls nearly its entire supply chain. Sales of domestic EVs fell 39% in the first half of the year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Battery manufacturers are frantically building production capacity to meet demand. Production capacity in Japan and South Korea—two traditional anode-making hubs in Asia—is stagnating as investments shift towards cell manufacturing amid fierce Chinese competition, Rystad says. million tonnes last year.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

At the global launch of the new Ioniq 6 in Seoul, South Korea, Hyundai was keen for international journalists – including Australian representatives – to sample Casper in its current petrol guise. Hyundai Australia’s Bill Thomas said a Casper EV would make sense for our market, where affordable EVs are in short supply.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Pilbara Minerals already has a joint stake with South Korea’s POSCO in a lithium hydroxide plant and a tie-up with Calix Limited for the construction of a midstream lithium chemicals demonstration plant in Western Australia. It has committed to supply 300,000 tonnes of spodumene a year for the project if it goes ahead.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2022

But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Unlike the state of things in mid 2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. industrial concerns from falling victim to similar semiconductor supply chain snafus in the future. The aim of Washington’s $50 billion expenditure is to prevent U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Mobileye will supply autonomous vehicles integrating its self-driving system and WILLER will offer services adjusted to each region and user tastes, ensure regulatory framework, and provide mobility services and solutions for fleet operation companies. The agreement with WILLER builds on Mobileye’s existing MaaS partnerships.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Toyota’s former CEO and current chairman, Akio Toyoda, is heading to South Korea next month for a strategic meeting with Hyundai. The certification comes as Japan aims to secure a domestic supply, with China and South Korea controlling the market.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The certification gives Toyota the green light to develop and build next-gen EV batteries as part of Japan’s plans to boost domestic supply. Toyota announced that the METI certification was granted to build EV batteries at several subsidiaries. It also gained approval to build all-solid-state EV batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

The Korea Times reports that SB LiMotive, the 50-50 Li-ion joint venture between Samsung SDI and Bosch, will double its facility in Korea, while building a new factory in Europe. “By Currently, the Ulsan factory cannot supply batteries for more than 100,000 electric cars a year.

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

These firms are already struggling to manage their EV rollouts, with battery technology and supply proving major stumbling blocks. All three automakers are part of larger business empires — called chaebol in South Korea and keiretsu in Japan. South Korea’s Hyundai may be the most diversified. Hyundai Motor Co.

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