Tesla Cuts Prices In China, Cybertruck Battery Production Begins In Fremont

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 03:43:57 +0000

Tesla has cut prices for all models produced in Shanghai significantly while the production of battery packs for the Cybertruck has begun.

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EV Battery Longevity Needs To Meet A Minimum Standard For Consumer Confidence

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:00:07 +0000

I recently read this article about an out of warranty EV battery failure at 170,000 km (105,633 miles) and realized that premature battery failure has the potential to become a serious issue that impedes EV adoption in the future because there are various battery formulations (some not as long lived as others) or customers will […]

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6K Has A New Formula For Sustainable EV Batteries

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 19:00:53 +0000

EV batteries microwave plasma 6K6K’s new microwave plasma process takes on multiple sustainability challenges for EV batteries including carbon emissions, energy use, water conservation, waste management, supply chain security, and equitable workforce development.

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World Needs To Mine 25× More Lithium By 2050

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:30:44 +0000

Decarbonizing transportation rests on scaling up electric vehicle production rapidly and massively, and that rests on scaling up battery mineral mining and refining. Batteries are also necessary to a greater and greater degree for scaling up renewable energy deployments in an efficient and effective manner. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a leading entity tracking and analyzing lithium […]

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The 10 Biggest EV Battery Manufacturers In The World (2022)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 02:03:54 +0000

The EV battery world has changed a lot in the past few years. Let’s start with the 10 largest EV battery manufacturers through most of 2022, but then also look at how this list is different from a few years ago. As you can see above, CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited) is the big […]

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Battery State of Health — What is It? Why is It Important?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:31:57 +0000

Lithium-ion batteries are efficient, compact, and have a long lifespan — all factors that enable electric vehicles (EVs), which are powered by these batteries, to be a great substitute for their gasoline counterpart. Transportation is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. By switching to EVs, and away from these highly polluting gasoline vehicles, a […]

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Seaweed-Based Battery Powers Confidence in Sustainable Energy Storage

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:00:11 +0000

Bristol-led team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for greener and more efficient energy storage. Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) are one of the most promising high-energy and low-cost energy storage systems for the next-generation of large-scale applications. However, one of the major impediments to the development of SMBs […]

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Driving the Future of Rare Earth Mining in Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:00:53 +0000

Chemistry was never really my strong point, and I can’t remember seeing neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) on the periodic table in high school, but these rare earth elements (REE) are becoming more and more important for driving the future of the electric vehicle revolution. There are several local companies mining for rare earths in Australia, […]

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