Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:56:23 +0000
Ford has become the #2 electric vehicle seller in the USA, but it’s also now #1 in something in the field. It’s the first automaker to state that it will produce both NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles in the United States. The Michigan-based automaker is investing a […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:52:19 +0000
If there’s EV battery production news, there’s a good chance it’s about CATL, the largest EV battery producer in the world. In today’s case, the CATL news is not actually from CATL, but rather a CATL supplier namedropping the Chinese battery giant to brag a bit. The news is that CATL will be using Toyocolor’s […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:53:33 +0000
Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.5 battery factory in Michigan where CATL will manufacture LFP batteries.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 18:45:29 +0000
CATL is trying to find a way to build a battery factory in North America, but navigating the political crosscurrents is difficult.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 03:20:08 +0000
Growing electric vehicle adoption is built on the back of growing EV battery production. So, battery news always catches my eye and excites me. Though, news about battery supply deals or new battery production facilities doesn’t always strike writers’ fancy. (Okay, it seldom does.) So, plenty of EV battery news stories get put on our […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:00:06 +0000
Ford and CATL are close to an agreement to build a battery factory together in America, but whose name will be on the front door?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:00:50 +0000
CATL is expanding its services to automakers to included dedicated electric car platforms complete with batteries, motors, and more.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 22:34:08 +0000
I just wrote about Zeekr’s strong sales surge in the past few months, after just a year on the market. The Chinese EV startup has relied on the Zeekr 001 up till now, but parent company Geely stated at launch that it would introduce a new electric vehicle each year through 2025, and it’s time […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:00:28 +0000
DB Schenker has ordered 2000 e-trailers from Trailer Dynamics and Krone to help reduce fuel cost and emissions from its freight operations.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:00:02 +0000
The on again, off again plan by CATL to build a battery factory in North America is off again because of concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act.