Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2023

In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt—which is often mined using child labor—in the batteries that power electric cars and other products, scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have developed a long-lasting alternative made with nickel. Nat Energy. The LiNi 0.5 mA cm −2 ).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Aqua Metals has recovered high-purity lithium hydroxide (LiOH) from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility located at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). Aqua Metals in January electroplated its first critical battery metal—copper—from Li-ion black mass.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Enovix Corporation has secured $45 million in new funds to produce and commercialize its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery. Enovix has developed a lithium-ion battery that incorporates a 100% active silicon anode using a patented 3D cell architecture to increase energy density and maintain high cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Solid-state batteries could potentially not only deliver twice as much energy for their size, they also could virtually eliminate the fire hazard associated with today’s lithium-ion batteries. The findings are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. —Professor Yildiz.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Leclanché SA has developed a new, high-energy 65 Ah lithium-ion pouch cell to meet the demands of bus and truck manufacturers seeking increased range and operating time for fully electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Leclanché’s new high energy, 65 Ah lithium-ion pouch cell is designed for energy intensive applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

QuantumScape believes that its anode-free lithium-metal design provides the potential for increased energy density by eliminating the mass and volume of the conventional anode host material, such as graphite. Energy cells generally have a higher loading, whereas power cells have a lower loading. Not to scale.

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Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Discover how Flinders University researchers are pioneering practical polymer-based Aqueous zinc-ion batteries using organic cathodes. The post Aqueous zinc-ion batteries: A promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Department of Energy to develop its lithium-ion battery recycling plant. The post Cirba Solutions’ lithium-ion battery recycling facility selected for $200m DOE funding appeared first on Innovation News Network. Cirba Solutions will negotiate an award of up to $200m from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Australia-based Magnis Energy Technologies has entered into a binding offtake agreement with Tesla for the supply of anode active materials (AAM) beginning in February 2025 with fixed pricing. Magnis is a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery technology and materials company in the Lithium-ion battery supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2021

South Korea-based EnerTech International is a leader in delivering lithium-ion cells using state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to produce high-performance, large format batteries. Pre-production batteries have been built and tested using EnerTech’s existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

Siro , a joint venture between Farasis Energy and Turkish global mobility technology brand Togg ( earlier post ), has started production at the new Gemlik site in Turkey on 31 March. The plant, with a capacity of 3 GWh/annum, will produce battery modules and packs based on Farasis Energy’s high-performance lithium-ion technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2021

one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li- Cycle Corporation. We are excited to work with New Flyer in closing the loop for electric bus products. subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The battery cell was developed at Northvolt Labs, Northvolt’s industrialization factory in Västerås, Sweden, which has been in production since early 2020. To these customers in the automotive, industrial and energy storage sectors, Northvolt Ett will deliver cells of varying formats with commercial deliveries beginning in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

Panasonic Energy Co., Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co., With the increased electrification of the automotive market, expanding battery production in the US is critical to help meet demand.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

KULR Technology Group, a developer of lithium-ion battery safety and thermal management technologies, will provide its KULR-Tech Safe Case to lithium-ion battery recycler Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), a new platform company of The Heritage Group, for the safe transportation logistics of HBR’s battery collection operations across North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2023

LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor announced the formal establishment of the joint venture (JV) which will produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) produced by Honda. The plant aims to have an annual production capacity of approximately 40GWh. Earlier post.). LGES and Honda have committed to investing $3.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The team’s battery chemistry with the solid electrolyte can potentially boost the energy density by as much as four times above lithium-ion batteries, which translates into longer driving range. The four-electron reaction is enabled by a mixed ion–electron-conducting discharge product and its interface with air.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced NextStar Energy Inc. NextStar Energy will be Canada’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery production plant. Stellantis and LG Energy Solution committed to invest more than $5 billion CAD ($4.1 as the official name of its battery joint-venture company.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

This collaboration paves the way for improved lithium production solutions that will help meet the expected surge in demand for lithium as the electric vehicle (EV) market takes off worldwide. Demand for battery-grade lithium is projected to grow exponentially over the next decade. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Dürr is positioning itself in the growing Li-ion battery market as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems. Dürr Megtec is part of the Clean Technology Systems division.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

AM Batteries (AMB), a developer of lithium-ion dry-electrode technology, closed its Series A financing. One of the fundamental issues with today’s lithium-ion battery manufacturing process is the heavy carbon footprint, energy consumption, and cost from the solvent evaporation and recovery process needed for electrode fabrication.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

In doing so, Leclanché completely dispenses the use of the highly toxic organic solvents (NMP) that are otherwise common in the production process. Leclanché is the first company to implement the environmentally friendly process in the production of Li-ion cells. But, now we have mastered the process.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Panasonic Energy has signed a binding term sheet and initiated discussions with New Delhi-headquartered IndianOil to potentially form a joint venture to manufacture cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in India.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Nissan unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is aimed to further promote the development of all-solid-state-batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2022

Through continued development of its next-generation lithium-metal cell technology, Cuberg has achieved a near-doubling of cycle life of its cells alongside improvement in energy and power. Cuberg’s cell technology has been designed as a drop-in successor to conventional lithium-ion technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor have agreed to establish a joint venture (JV) company to produce lithium-ion batteries in the US to power Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market. The plant aims to have an annual production capacity of approximately 40GWh. billion and establish a new JV plant in the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

AKASOL AG is introducing its third generation of battery systems manufactured in series production. The new AKASystem 9 AKM 150 CYC has the highest energy density available on the market, according to AKASOL, and is thus especially suitable for fully electric long-distance applications such as coaches or trucks.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Panasonic Energy is ready to mass produce 4680 cells in Japan for Tesla and other automakers. On Monday, September 9, Panasonic Energy stated it finalized preparations for the mass production of 4680 cells. Panasonic Energy is waiting to hear from the automakers before starting 4680 production.

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Aston University has received a grant of £443,058 to improve lithium-ion battery safety through gel electrolyte materials. The post Aston University receives over £400,000 to enhance lithium-ion battery safety appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Panasonic Energy signed a long-term supply agreement with H&T Recharge for lithium-ion battery cans in North America. H&T Recharge is a battery component manufacturer supplying cylindrical batteries for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Panasonic Energy is investing $4 billion into its plant in Kansas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NFI Group, a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, has expanded its partnership with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li-Cycle Corp., Li-Cycle recovers critical materials from lithium-ion batteries and reintroduces them into the supply chain.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Researchers have improved the lithium-ion battery's performance by using titanium diboride nanosheets as an anode material. The post Lithium-ion battery technology improved with nanosheets appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough , one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery, died on 25 June at age 100. He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991. His first was lithium cobalt oxide.

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Innovation News Network

MARCH 16, 2023

Read our comprehensive overview of the essential role of nickel and zinc in the production of lithium-ion batteries. The post Nickel and zinc – critical components of lithium-ion batteries appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Discover an advanced sodium battery that boasts an energy capacity four times greater than its lithium-ion battery counterparts. The post Revolutionary sodium battery has four times the capacity of lithium-ion batteries appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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EV Specifications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Panasonic Energy announced that it finalized preparations for mass production of the 4680 cylindrical automotive lithium-ion batteries, marking a much-anticipated breakthrough in the industry. The company has also revamped its Wakayama factory in Western Japan, which will serve as the mother factory for the new cells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2023

a provider of precision nano-coating technology, and 6K Energy, a developer of critical materials for lithium-ion batteries, signed an agreement to implement commercial-scale production of 6K Energy’s US-made battery materials with Forge Nano’s proprietary Atomic Armor surface technology platform (commercial-scale Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)).

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