Stellantis plans deal with CATL for LPF batteries, new gigafactory
In the race to build small, more affordable electric vehicles to stave off fierce Chinese competition, Stellantis announced this morning…
In the race to build small, more affordable electric vehicles to stave off fierce Chinese competition, Stellantis announced this morning…
The mineral graphite, as an anode material, is a crucial part of a lithium-ion (Li-on) battery. Electrek spoke with John…
Lithium is a vital component of EV batteries, and Winnipeg, Canada-headquartered Snow Lake Lithium says it’s committed to operating a…
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a conditional loan of $2.5 billion for Ultium Cells, a joint venture of…
Volvo Cars has invested in StoreDot, an Israel-based electric vehicle battery startup, through its venture capital arm, Volvo Cars Tech…
The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex just broke ground for the Kūpono Solar Project, a solar-plus-storage system in…
Separators are safety-critical EV battery components, so GM and battery maker Microvast are pairing up to develop the technology of…
EV battery tech company Enevate and electric boat propulsion company Sealence have completed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a…
A 240-tonne mining haul truck is about to be fitted with a 1.4 megawatt-hour (MWh) prototype battery system that global…
KORE Power is now ready to build the first lithium-ion battery factory wholly owned by a US company. UnderstandSolar is…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Chemistry Nobel Prize win for lithium-ion batteries is a win for green energy….
John Goodenough, the co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019. But two years earlier,…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Two Arizona-based companies team up to produce batteries and convert truck fleets to…
Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means more mining for minerals such as cobalt for…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Battery materials and second-life battery recycling trailblazers just secured millions in VC funding….
Amsterdam-headquartered global auto manufacturer Stellantis and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution announced a joint venture on October 18…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy is looking to potentially extract large amounts of lithium from its Salton Sea geothermal plants…
Between established automakers accelerating their electric vehicle programs and the newcomers in the EV industry – like Apple, Faraday Future…
Tesla Motors confirmed to Electrek that the company is now installing the Powerwall, a new home energy storage system, for “pilot customers”: “We…
In a new note issued today, Jefferies analyst Dan Dolev increased his price target on Tesla Motors to $365 following…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Scientists have taken another step toward making Li-ion battery recycling economical. The “world’s…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): NanoGraf claims it has enabled the highest-energy density 18650 cylindrical lithium-ion cell in…
The lithium-ion batteries found in most modern EVs and hybrids tend to lose energy capacity as they cycle (get charged,…
Automakers are racing to produce electric vehicles, yet few firms currently know how to recycle old EV batteries. Experts at the Argonne…