Manz joins Customcells Group
Manz AG becomes a shareholder of the Customcells Group. The German engineering company is taking a rather unusual route – through its investment in the subsidiary Customcells Tübingen GmbH.
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Manz, Grob-Werke and Dürr to build battery plants together
The German machine manufacturers and production specialists Manz, Grob-Werke and Dürr have entered strategic cooperation to equip complete battery factories. They will join forces in acquisition and project processing to exploit potential growth.
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Gigagreen consortium designs future battery cell factories
The recently launched EU project Gigagreen aims to develop sustainable processes for the production of lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles. 16 partners from eight European countries are working on creating the “gigafactory of the future” as part of the project.
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Manz invests in Customcells Tübingen
Manz has acquired a 40 per cent stake in Customcells Tübingen GmbH. One focus of the cooperation between the engineering company and the battery cell manufacturer is the development of production capacities for lithium-ion battery cells for customers in the aviation sector.
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Daimler Truck to buy 10 per cent stake in Manz
Daimler Truck will take a stake of around ten per cent in the German engineering company Manz as part of a capital increase. Both companies are also planning a pilot line for the production of battery cells and battery assembly at the Daimler Truck site in Mannheim.
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Britishvolt orders battery production machines from Manz
The German engineering company Manz has received an order from Britishvolt to supply machines for the first expansion stage of the factory under construction in Northumberland in northern England. Britishvolt intends to manufacture lithium-ion cells there with an initial volume of four GWh.
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Manz to set up battery production lines for BMW
The engineering company Manz has been awarded the contract to set up a battery production line at BMW’s Parsdorf site near Munich. The Bavarian carmaker is known to want to set up a pilot battery cell production line on-site.
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Manz announces new cell contacting system orders
The German engineering company Manz reports another follow-up order from TE Connectivity in the field of cell contacting systems. Manz has also acquired an American manufacturer of electric vehicles as a new customer.
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EU approves next large IPCEI for ‘European Battery Innovation’
The European Commission has approved a second project under EU state aid rules to support research and innovation in the battery value chain. Several German companies will benefit from this, but also Tesla.
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Manz: US customer orders assembly line for round cell battery modules
The engineering company Manz has received an order from an unnamed US electric vehicle manufacturer for an assembly line for battery modules made of round cells in the lower double-digit million euro range. The first lines are to be installed in 2021.
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InoBat orders battery production equipment to Slovakia
German machine manufacturer Manz has received an order from the Slovakian company InoBat Auto to supply production equipment for setting up a pilot line for stacked lithium-ion pouch cells. A follow-up contract with automotive supplier TE Connectivity is also on the horizon.
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Akasol orders machines for US battery factory from Manz
German battery systems manufacturer Akasol has now placed the follow-up order for production equipment for its planned battery factory in the USA with the mechanical engineering company Manz. The “Gigafactory 2” as Akasol calls it is set to open in late 2021.
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Akasol orders battery production systems from Woll
The battery systems manufacturer Akasol commissioned Woll Maschinenbau from Germany to develop and supply highly automated production systems. From mid 2021, the new battery systems of the type AKASystem AKM CYC will be manufactured in Darmstadt.
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Akasol ups Manz battery production equipment
The German battery systems manufacturer Akasol has commissioned the mechanical engineering company Manz to supply production equipment for its new location in Darmstadt, Germany. The order also includes several options – including for its US location – and could amount to a double-digit million euro figure.
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Battery cell production in Germany hung out to dry
The TerraE consortium that had planned to set up a mega battery cell production in Germany has failed as none of the businesses involved was ready to shoulder the investment, reports German media. TerraE thus follows other players in the country that continue to ignore the government calling on them to do their bit.
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Battery Alliance to enter serial production in 2020
There is news from the Battery Alliance initially announced in February: the partners Saft, Siemens, Solvay and Many have announced that they would enter serial production of an improved lithium-ion battery format utilising high-density liquid electrolytes in the first half of 2020.
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Manz receives large automobile battery order
Manz has received a major order in the double digit million euro range by an unnamed global electric company. The order is to produce the central contacting system for battery cells in electric vehicles is based on the modular LightAssembly platform.
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Battery producer Saft to cooperate with Siemens, Solvay and Manz
French battery producer Saft has announced a cooperation with Siemens, Solvay and Manz to research, develop and industrialise solid-state batteries. The venture is designated to last for seven years, and naturally includes electric transport applications.
Read moreRiversimple, Tesla, Manz, ETT Industries.
Testing Rasa: Riversimple will start beta-testing its compact fuel cell car later this year with members of the public driving it for 12 months. Investors are asked to support the initiative, especially as the British firm gears up for production of 3,500 units by 2018. The FCVs would be offered via leasing in areas with enough H2 infrastructure in place.
autocar.co.uk
Next-gen Autopilot: Tesla intensifies developments of its self-driving technology. CEO Elon Musk just visited Israeli partner Mobileye to test the latest features himself. Meanwhile, back in California, the EV maker poached a whole team of chip architects from AMD.
globes.co.il (Israel), electrek.co (California)
3D laser triangulation: German Manz uses its metrology expertise for its laser welding equipment that detects exact welding points for EV battery cells using 3D laser triangulation. Precision is finer than 20 micrometers at 500 welds a minute, the company says.
manz.com
3D e-bikes: ETT Industries presents two light electric vehicles, both sporting unusual laser-cut monocoque aluminium frames. The Raker is an electric scooter, whose 2000W motor can take it up to 45 kph. The Trayser is a pedelec with a motor that pedal-assists at up to 25 kph. Pre-orders can be placed and will be fulfilled as “Signature” edition. Some spare parts can be 3D-printed at home.
gizmag.com, 3ders.org, ettindustries.com
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Most clicked link on Monday was the BMW i3 Makita Contractor Edition, which despite being an April Fool, stirred your interest.
bmwblog.com
NASA, model car, Manz, Tesla.
Electric passenger plane: NASA is looking to launch an electric aircraft called Sceptor (Scalable Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology and Operations Research) by 2019. The concept is said to be able to hold up to nine passengers. They would be carried by a 500 kW electric motor integrated into an experimental wing.
nasa.gov
Out of the woods comes this model car developed by Swedish Innventia, Swerea and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Its roof is made from carbon-fibre sourced from softwood lignin. The same light-weight material was used for the electrode of the Li-ion battery. Lignin could become available by 2024.
innventia.com, kth.se
German SME to help build batteries: Manz says it received a multi-million euro order to build machines for making large Li-ion batteries. The machines will be mainly delivered to Europe, Asia, and the U.S., and Manz relates the growth to electric transport.
manz.com
Metal that matches Model 3: Prices of rare materials essential for EV batteries, such as nickel, cobalt, aluminium and cooper, continue to drop. Good news for Tesla, as it brings the EV maker closer to its goal of offering its upcoming economy EV, the Model 3, at a lower price than the rest of the line-up.
electrek.co
Edison Eletron One, Manz, Fraunhofer IWES, Bosch.
Super capabilities: Sunvault and Edison Power Company announce the all-electric ‘Edison Electron One,’ featuring a graphene energy storage system that can allegedly be charged in five minutes. A fuel cell will serve as range extender and is said to perform electrolysis itself, meaning one only needs to fill the tank with water. The vehicle can be ordered from early 2016.
cnn.com
Manz gets new battery production deal: The Manz AG announced a 12m dollar deal to build lithium-ion batteries for a client in the United States. There is also a possibility to include further deals in the U.S. and China. The client’s name was not announced.
nasdaq.com, manz.com
Wireless and highly efficient: The Fraunhofer IWES will present an inductive charging system with bidirectional charging capabilities at the IAA later this month. Even if car and charging coil are up to 20 cm apart, efficiency is said to be between 93 and 95 percent across the entire power range, from 400 W to 3.6 kW.
phys.org, nanowerk.com
Bosch in Frankfurt: The German supplier will show the second generation of its 48V system at the IAA, which allows the electric motor to provide power to wheels independently for a short distance. Bosch will also show a new battery system and thermal management, said to increase the range of electric cars.
bosch-presse.de
Manz, GF Automotive, Airport Personal Transport, BNL.
Manz lassos new deal: The German engineering company has received a “strategically important” order from one of the “leading companies of the e-mobility industry in the USA” (Tesla?) for a pilot system in which an innovative laser welding process will be used for the manufacture of lithium-ion battery systems. Manz is confident that there will be follow-up orders in the coming years.
finanznachrichten.de
New player on the market: The automotive division of Swiss company Georg Fischer wants to begin selling components for electric vehicles. According to GF, it already received orders totalling 50 million euros from well-known manufacturers covering light metal battery housings and structural parts.
georgfischer.com
Never late for the gate: The APT (Airport Personal Transport) is essentially an electric-powered, semi-autonomous two-passenger vehicle that will take people from their car to the airport gate and back. The team, with 88-year-old team leader William Alden has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise 100,000 dollars to build the first prototype.
kickstarter.com via clapway.com
Battery research: At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, a team of researchers has developed a cathode material for Li-ion batteries that can allegedly store three times as many lithium-ions as other cathode materials.
greencarcongress.com, bnl.gov
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Most clicked link on Tuesday was the new Chevy Volt with its first units now being built at GM’s production site Hamtramck in Detroit.
insideevs.com
