Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:01:34 +0000
Norwegian company Vianode has signed a multi-year deal with General Motors to supply synthetic graphite for batteries beginning in 2027.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:54:09 +0000
The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:52:51 +0000
Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:57:06 +0000
We’ve been hearing about solid-state battery breakthroughs for a decade, or more than a decade actually. Solid-state batteries are the future of batteries, and the future of EVs — as they have been for several years. Given the many announcements on solid-state battery breakthroughs and solid-state batteries being the future, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:19:35 +0000
Is the C rate of a pack adjustable depending on the design of the cell connections within a pack? No. Now you must wonder, how can this be? I can describe C rate this way. If you have a 1A hr cell, and it can discharge all of its charge … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:53:40 +0000
Rhyolite Ridge will process lithium carbonate to support the domestic EV battery supply chain. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $996 million loan guarantee (including $968 million of principal and $28 million of capitalized interest) to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:39:04 +0000
But the EU and UK risk missing out as half of local recycling projects are at risk. Recycling could enable Europe to cut its reliance on EV battery mineral imports by up to a quarter by the end of the decade, a new study finds. Materials from end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:09:46 +0000
An accidental advantage I have with my somewhat ADHD career and interests is that I’ve established patterns and filters for how I view the world that have been tested in multiple domains, often to destruction. I’ve published on the set a few times, but it’s worth returning to them. Looking … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:57:02 +0000
Ten teams receive a collective $1.5 million and Phase 3 opens to returning competitors. Latest Announcement The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) today announced the Phase 2 winners of the Re-X Before Recycling Prize, a competition to identify, prepare, and develop innovative ways to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:25:01 +0000
As we’ve seen now, electric vehicles had healthy sales growth in 2024. Many companies actually had spectacular EV sales growth. Without a doubt, policies in certain countries help with this — because they force companies to actually try, and to be willing to produce and sell higher volumes of electric … [continued]
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