Should Tesla Invest In Indonesia’s Nickel Mines & Build A New Gigafactory There?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:38:49 +0000

nickelHow can the company, which has a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, sign onto environmental devastation inherent with new nickel mining investments?

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Tesla Dry Lithium Cathode Production Facility Framework is Finished

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:45:56 +0000

In the pics above, you can see the Tesla Giga Texas factory, which includes an automated 4680 battery production facility. This is the second Tesla 4680 battery factory. The first one is the prototype 4680 factory in Fremont, California. The prototype factory in California has surpassed a million 4680 cells of production. The third 4680 […]

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Graphmatech, Graphenea, & Northvolt: “Breakthrough in Battery Recycling”

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:25:41 +0000

Northvolt factoryAs the electric vehicle market matures, battery recycling and reuse rapidly becomes a bigger deal. Battery recycling is a long established practice, but never before at the scale we will see for lithium-ion batteries from electric cars and trucks. One might think there’s nothing new under the sun in this world, but some young and […]

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Volkswagen Battery Modules Power Fast Charging Park, Sales Up 27% Year Over Year

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 01:41:48 +0000

Volkswagen electric car sales were up strongly year on year in the first half of 2022, despite supply chain issues.

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Greener Electric Car Batteries? (Ask A Scientist)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 03:10:29 +0000

CATL battery packLithium-ion batteries are the most popular battery in use today. First commercialized in 1991, their cost has declined by a remarkable 97 percent over the last three decades, enabling the rapid growth of mobile phones, laptops, and, more recently, electric cars. Global demand for the batteries is projected to increase dramatically by the end of this decade, […]

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Tesla 4680 Battery Pack Charging Results & Teardown Report (Video)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:47:12 +0000

Tesla has been building a dual motor version of the Model Y with the new 4680 battery pack that is a structural component of the car for a few weeks now — enough time for people to run some charging tests and begin tearing them down to understand how they are put together. Tesla Model […]

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Solid-State Battery Race Just Got Hotter With New VinFast-ProLogium Mashup

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 17:15:53 +0000

solid state battery EV VinFast ProLogium energy storageWith gas prices up, EVs are looking better than ever, and new solid-state battery tech will make them look even better than ever, ever.

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Zenlabs Battery Cells to Power Lilium eVTOL Aircraft

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:40:23 +0000

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft companies like Lilium seem to be a dime a dozen these. Many people have the perfect outlandish design for the electric air taxi of the future — or so they say. While most of these startups will never make it out of the basement, there are some that […]

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