Ford 1st To Build NMC Batteries & LFP Batteries In USA

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 […]

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EV Battery News From CATL, Toyocolor, & Toyo Ink

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 […]

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SK Battery America Factory Hiring More People Than Expected

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:15:17 +0000

SK Battery America went through a long struggle to get its battery factory in the state of Georgia approved and under construction. That must have made more than a few people nervous, including automakers that were going to rely on those batteries to produce their electric vehicles. With work now well underway at the site […]

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Electric Vehicle Battery Investments Ballooned In 2022

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:29:45 +0000

Electric vehicles currently only represent about 6% of new vehicle sales in the US, but a huge industrial shift toward battery projects suggests that the figure could skyrocket in the coming years. Tesla’s market dominance has other automakers making major investments into automotive batteries, and it’s hard to keep track of the new EV battery […]

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New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:50:56 +0000

Low-cost, Earth-abundant raw materials power a new grid energy storage solution

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US Dept. Of Defense Inches Closer To Tactical Electric Vehicles

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:20:59 +0000

electric vehicles defense canooThe US Department of Defense is finally leveling up its interest in electric vehicles, and Canoo is front and center.

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Yes, There Will Be Enough Biofuels; No, They Won’t Impact Food Supplies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:52:28 +0000

DALL-E generated image of wheat being transformed to biofuel and then fueling an airplaneBiofuels are fit for purpose, and we have a lot more resources for them than the requirements. Arguments against them are mostly specious, biased, or based on very stale data.

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EU Could End Reliance On Chinese Battery Supply Chain By 2030 Says T&E

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:10:51 +0000

battery supply chainIt’s well known that over the past decade, China has pretty much dominated the lithium-ion battery supply chain. It controls the supply of lithium as a raw material and virtually every step in the supply chain that goes into making that lithium suitable for making EV batteries. Why China has such nearly total command of […]

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