Apr 4, 2018 - 03:36 pm
Voltabox acquires Concurrent Design
Germany’s battery maker Voltabox has acquired Texas-based engineering firm Concurrent Design. The acquisition is to add development capabilities to Voltabox and to strengthen its position in the U.S. market with further buy-ins planned.
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Apr 3, 2018 - 06:07 pm
BYD battery spin-off to be listed on stock exchange
BYD is planning to solidify its battery and photovoltaic business under a new banner, which will be listed separately on the stock exchange. The move is almost certainly to be seen as a declaration of war with battery suppliers.
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Apr 3, 2018 - 05:06 pm
Toyota considering a battery exchange system
Toyota is reportedly considering developing a battery exchange system, particularly for use in smaller EVs. The plan would entail the construction of a network of battery swapping stations all over Japan.
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Mar 29, 2018 - 06:51 pm
A123 sells off battery factory to Lithium Werks
The US American battery manufacturer Lithium Werks has announced their takeover of the Chinese factory of A123 Systems in Changzhou that is also in the battery market. The deal reaches far as it includes the workforce and clients too.
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Mar 28, 2018 - 03:18 pm
Korea’s Shinheung SEC making batteries in Hungary
Korean battery part maker Shinheung SEC has opened a new factory in Hungary in the town of Monor close to Budapest. It is the firm’s first facility in Europe and has received funding from the Hungarian state that wants to see 300 new jobs by 2019.
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Mar 26, 2018 - 04:29 pm
Fraunhofer Institutes & VDE establishing battery competence
Fraunhofer ISE, Fraunhofer EMI, and the Association of German Electrical Engineers VDE are establishing a new competence center for batteries and energy storage systems in Freiburg. Their focus is on market-oriented R&D, testing and certification.
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Mar 26, 2018 - 03:18 pm
Nissan opens recycling plant to swap EV batteries with 4R
Nissan has opened a new factory and says it is the first recycling plant to specialise in reutilising Li-ion batteries from EVs. They shall be refabricated to go back into electric cars or fork lifts and also serve as energy storage. The facility in Namie, Japan will be run by 4R Energy, a JV between […]
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Mar 20, 2018 - 04:53 pm
Sila Nano and BMW working on next-gen batteries
Sila Nanotechnologies, a developer and producer of batteries from California, has announced a partnership with BMW. Together the partners will be working on lithium-ion batteries for the next generation for electric vehicles.
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Mar 19, 2018 - 04:07 pm
Rolls-Royce to look into supercap technology
Rolls-Royce has signed a collaboration agreement with Superdielectrics, a UK startup that has been working on novel polymers. Together they want to create what they call “very high energy storage technology,” in other words, supercapacitors.
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Mar 16, 2018 - 11:21 pm
Volkswagen teams up with Samsung and LG Chem
Volkswagen is pushing electric mobility and has to find batteries in order to scale up. After joining forces with CATL in China just days ago, the Germans have now turned to Korea, where VW announced a new partnership with LG Chem and Samsung SDI.
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Mar 15, 2018 - 05:45 pm
China’s GEM signs huge cobalt deal with Glencore
Glencore has agreed to sell approximately one third of their global cobalt production to Chinese battery recycling company GEM for the next three years. This corresponds to about 52,800 tonnes of the sought after rare earth.
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Mar 14, 2018 - 02:34 pm
Hydrogen Council signs 11 new members
The Hydrogen Council, founded at last year’s summit in Davos, now counts another 11 members, among them Bosch, Great Wall Motor or 3m. They join the likes of ABB, BMW or Shell who all want to foster transport fuelled by hydrogen.
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Mar 12, 2018 - 11:53 am
Chile’s lithium resource redistributed through Corfo
A consortium led by South Korea’s POSCO and Samsung SDI has won a bid to build a cathode materials plant in Chile. They will jointly invest about 54 million dollars in the plant, which will produce 3,200t of cathode a year starting by 2021.
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Mar 10, 2018 - 02:28 pm
BASF and Toda found cathode subsidiary in USA
The announced founding of a new subsidiary company by BASF and Toda has now been completed. BASF Toda America (BTA) will be making NCM and NCA cathode materials for use in e-mobility. The move is part of BASF’s globalisation strategy.
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Mar 8, 2018 - 01:35 pm
Volkswagen bets on batteries supplied by CATL
Volkswagen has nominated Chinese battery specialist Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) as supplier to implement its ambitious electrification roadmap, according to “Caixin”. However, VW intends to add also other battery suppliers later on.
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Mar 5, 2018 - 01:26 pm
BYD tackles renewables – new battery strategy
The Chinese EV maker BYD wants to increase its foothold in the market for renewable energy. The strategy includes advances in batteries such as the reduction of the use of rare earths as well as 2nd life scenarios.
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Feb 28, 2018 - 07:56 pm
Phinergy entered JV for metal-air batteries in China
There is a new battery joint venture in the making in China. Yunnan Aluminium has turned to fellow Chinese Shanghai Zuoyong New Energy Technology and Israeli Phinergy. Together they want to make metal-air batteries under the name of Yunnan Phinergy Chuang Neng Metal Air Battery.
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Feb 28, 2018 - 04:31 pm
Bosch says No to battery cell production in Europe
It is a clear “Nein” to producing its own cells that Bosch has sent over the wires, saying the investment would be too risky. The decision crushes hopes of EU politicians who had wanted the German supplier on board the planned Battery Alliance. For Bosch, the No is total.
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Feb 27, 2018 - 04:30 pm
Mahindra & SsangYong to use LG battery cell technology
Mahindra has signed a contract with LG Chem to supply batteries for the electric vehicles currently under development by Mahindra and SsanYong. They plan to use lithium ion batteries on the basis of NMC (Nickel, Mangan, Cobalt), as well as new concepts.
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Feb 26, 2018 - 06:17 pm
China requires EV makers to recycle batteries
Beijing just published new rules that hold makers of electric vehicles responsible to collect and recycle their batteries. The industry ministry also calls for a service network through which the public can repair or exchange their old batteries.
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