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Northvolt’s Initial Outcomes from Its Strategic Review

September 12, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery factories, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, northvolt, northvolt ett, northvolt six, northvolt zwei, peter carlsson, Sweden

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:50:06 +0000

In streamlining operations, Northvolt will initially focus on large-scale cell manufacturing whilst reducing costs and exploring future strategic partnerships for the purpose of securing its position in the global battery landscape. Northvolt is today announcing its initial steps to be taken as part of its strategic review. These measures reflect … [continued]

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Morrow Batteries Begins LFP Production In Norway

August 25, 2024 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, green economy, lfp batteries, lithium ferrous phosphate (lfp), Manufacturing, morrow batteries, northvolt, Norway, varta

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:12:51 +0000

Morrow Batteries will begin making LFP batteries at scale in a new factory in Norway by the end of this year.

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1st Recycling Facility Powered by Recycled Solar, New US Solar Cell Factory — Clean Energy News Roundup

August 2, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, comed, Energy Storage, goodwill, Greece, lithium-ion batteries, northvolt, recycling, Solar energy, solar panel recycling, solar panels, solarcycle, solaredge, sunnova, sunnova energy, ymca

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:00:18 +0000

Check out the video below to find proof that renewable energy isn’t about throwing away or making more waste. SolarCycle has deployed the first-of-its-kind solar recycling facility in the country to be powered by reused solar panels. Other good news for solar in the US that is a much appreciated: … [continued]

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Turmoil Disrupts Swedish Brands Northvolt & Volvo

July 11, 2024 admin battery factories, BMW, clean transport, Electric vehicles, northvolt, Sweden, volvo, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:40:25 +0000

Northvolt and Volvo are both encountering headwinds that may delay their electric car battery and manufacturing plans.

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Europe Battery Factory Plans Are In A Shambles

June 25, 2024 admin batteries, BMW, catl, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, European Union, lithium-ion batteries, northvolt

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:37:55 +0000

On June 20, 2024, Reuters reported some rather shocking news regarding BMW and its electric car plans. The headline read, “BMW cancels $2 billion battery cells contract with Northvolt.” The report said that BMW had cancelled a 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) order for battery cells for its electric vehicles … [continued]

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Volkswagen Puts European Battery Factory Plans On Hold

March 12, 2023 admin batteries, battery factories, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Manufacturing, northvolt, Volkswagen, vw

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:05:55 +0000

Volkswagen could get up to $10 billion in IRA benefits if it decides to build a new battery factory in the US instead of Europe.

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Two-Thirds of European Battery Production at Risk — Analysis

March 9, 2023 admin batteries, catl, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, European Union, ev battery subsidies, GERMANY, Hungary, inflation reduction act of 2022., italvolt, Italy, lithium-ion batteries, northvolt, policy & politics, Spain, tesla, tesla berlin, tesla giga berlin, uk

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:00:05 +0000

IRA subsidies are chief threat to gigafactory plans unless Europe offers accessible incentives and streamlined permitting.

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

February 1, 2023 admin batteries, britishvolt, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, northvolt, policy & politics, transport & environment, umicore

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

It’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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Battery Factories — Volkswagen Warns On High Energy Prices, Northvolt Eyes US

December 2, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., northvolt, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:00:17 +0000

In a perfect world, there would be plenty of battery materials available at affordable prices, manufacturing costs would be dropping steadily, and there would be a large supply of affordable electric cars in the world’s showrooms. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world. The price of battery materials is soaring, the cost of electricity […]