In recent times we are witnessing a boom in LFP (lithium-ferrophosphate) batteries. This chemical was discarded by the automotive sector for years in favor of…
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First Solid State Automotive Lidar Starts Production in China
During the past CES2021, RoboSense officially presented the LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 designed for the automotive industry. The company has been piling up orders for mass production…
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Panasonic Wants to Reduce its Current Dependence on Tesla
For a few years now, the Japanese battery manufacturer Panasonic has been one of Tesla’s main allies. It even jointly operates a plant in the…
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GM Joins Forces with SolidEnergy and Presents its New Ultium Batteries
Today, General Motors announced a joint venture with SolidEnergy Systems to develop a new generation of Ultium batteries for electric cars. A few years ago,…
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Storedot’s Battery that Charges in 5 Minutes
For those interested in buying an electric car, recharging time is one of the main concerns. Being able to regain range in the shortest possible…
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Rivian Wants to Develop its Own Solid-State Batteries
These are good times for Rivian. This year, the American startup will launch its first two production cars, the R1T pick-up, and the R1S SUV.…
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Xpeng to Offer LFP Batteries in its G3 and P7 Models
For years, the most widely used chemicals in electric car batteries have been NCM (nickel, cobalt, and manganese) and NCA (nickel, cobalt, and aluminum). However,…
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Elon Musk Wants Tesla to Transition to LFP Batteries
The new 4680 batteries are the pillar on which Tesla will build its global expansion and on which it wants to expand its product range.…
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Guoxuan High-Tech Presents Record Breaking LFP Cells: 212 Wh/kg
The Chinese battery manufacturer Guoxuan High-Tech, of which the Volkswagen Group is the main shareholder, has presented new LFP (lithium-ferrophosphate) cells with an energy density…
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SVOLT Opens Orders for its NMX Nickel-Manganese Batteries
The Chinese manufacturer SVOLT last year presented a new type of battery characterized by being free of cobalt. Nickel Manganese (NMX) cells compete in performance…
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Storedot Makes the First Demo of its Batteries that Recharge in 5 Minutes
Without a doubt, the recharge time of a battery is one of the main concerns of purchasing an electric car. Being able to regain autonomy…
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Startup Proposes Service to Certify the State of Batteries in Used EVs
The startup Recurrent wants buyers of used electric cars to access independent information with all kinds of details about the condition and capacity of electric…
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Battery Prices Fall While Electric Cars’ Autonomy Soar
Bloomberg’s predictions on the evolution of the prices of batteries for electric cars says that by 2023, kWh’s cost would fall to $100. An unstoppable…
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Toyota to Begin Production of Solid-State Batteries in 2021
The race to develop a revolutionary battery has only just begun, with some technologies as the most promising. Among these is the solid electrolyte, which…
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Solar Company Reports $45,000 Worth of Tesla Batteries Stolen
$45,000 worth of Tesla batteries where stolen from a solar company that is responsible for installing Tesla Powerwall. The owner of the batteries offered a…
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Tesla Battery Factory to Produce Up to 250 GWh
According to Elon Musk himself, the first 100% Tesla battery factory is currently under construction and will have a production capacity that will reach 250GWh.…
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Panasonic to Open Battery Factory in Norway
Panasonic, a partner of Tesla and one of the world’s largest lithium battery manufacturers, has confirmed its expansion plans with a new battery production plant…
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Chinese Battery Maker Svolt to Build Gigafactory in German
Chinese battery manufacturer Svolt has announced a €2 billion investment to build a battery plant in Germany. One of its first customers in the old…
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Sodium-Ion Batteries: a Low-Cost Alternative to Lithium
A group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Delft University of Technology have published an article in the journal Science in…
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Recycled EV Batteries to Meet Global Storage Needs by 2030
With the exponential increase in electric cars’ production, the number of batteries to be reused will also drastically increase in the medium and long term.…
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Renault’s New Boss Seeking to Attract VW Customers
Yesterday afternoon, the new president of Renault, the Italian Luca de Meo, made an important presentation in an old hangar on Paris’s outskirts. The stage…
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Sales of a Hydrogen Household Battery Begin
The Australian company, LAVO, has officially confirmed the start of sales this coming November of the first residential storage system for companies that will use…
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Tesla Develops Batteries That Last Over 2 Million Miles
The Tesla research team, led by Jeff Dahn, has updated their work with new generations of batteries. A new type of cell that will allow…
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Will Renault One Up Tesla’s Structural Batteries?
During the last “Tesla Battery Day,” Elon Musk confirmed that the company will begin to bet on structural batteries in the short term, integrating the…
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Tesla Negotiating Nickel Supply with Indonesia
According to a series of reports, Tesla is currently holding talks with the Indonesian government to create a company in the Asian country that will…
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Tesla’s Affordable 2023 EV Will Have LFP Batteries
One of Tesla’s significant announcements during the past “Battery Day” was the confirmation of the launch of an affordable model for the year 2023. This…
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Tesla Wants to Revolutionize the Battery Industry
While all the “Tesla Battery Day” headlines have been grabbed by the company’s new 4680 cells, efficient terafactories, the new affordable $25,000 electric car coming…
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Tesla’s New 4680 Cells, Cheaper and More Potent
After months of rumors and speculation, Tesla has finally presented its new self-developed cells: the 4680 (so-called because they are 46 millimeters in diameter and…
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Amazon Enters Battery Recycling for EVs Sector
Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, has decided to invest in a startup dedicated to recycling batteries for electric cars, Redwood Materials, founded by a…
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LG Chem World’s Largest Battery Manufacturer Over CATL
During the first seven months of 2020, the global market for electric vehicle batteries reached 53.3 GWh; that is, 16.8% less than a year ago.…
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New Nanodiamond Battery Capable of Lasting Up to 28,000 Years
A new battery promises to take life to a new dimension. If the 4,000 cycles of the new Tesla batteries seem like a lot to…
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Silicon Nanowire Anodes and Their Promise to Revolutionize the Battery Market
For at least six years, the Californian company Amprius has been working on a promising battery technology that will significantly increase batteries’ energy density. A…
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Toyota and Kyoto University Develop Battery up to 7 Times More Capable Than a Conventional One
A team of researchers from the University of Kyoto and Toyota has succeeded in developing a fluoride ion battery capable of storing up to seven…
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CATL Confirms Battery Systems Without Modules That Will Allow the Design of Electric Cars with 500 Miles of Autonomy
While hundreds of scientists are working to develop the batteries of the future, others are also working to improve the packs’ energy density by changing…
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Svolt Receives an Order from PSA to Supply Batteries to its Electric Cars
The CHINESE battery manufacturer SVOLT has received a large order from the French automotive group PSA. This order will consist of supplying the French group…
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SK Innovation Signs with John Goodenough to Develop a Solid Electrolyte Battery
South Korean company SK Innovation has confirmed the agreement signed with Nobel Prize winner John Goodenough, which will involve collaboration for the development of a…
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Toyota Already has Prototypes of Solid Electrolyte Batteries, but They Won’t Hit the Market Until 2025
The search for a miracle battery that boosts energy density and reduces costs has become one of the main trends in the industrial sector. One…
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Tesla Begins the Construction of the World’s Most Massive Stationary Battery
Over the years, batteries have become a perfect solution to electrify transportation and offer an alternative to electricity grids to solve intermittent renewable energies or…
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Tesla Hiring Production Associates for its Cell Manufacturing Pilot Line
Tesla has begun looking to hire production associates for its cell manufacturing pilot line. The California based company plans to expand its battery cell manufacturing…
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Tesla Wants to Secure Nickel Supply and Offers “Giant Contract” for “Long Period of Time”
“Tesla will give a giant contract for a long period [to that company] that extracts nickel in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way,” Elon Musk…
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All Polymer Battery Seeks to Revolutionize Battery Production with a System that Reduces Costs by 90%
Hideaki Horie is a Japanese engineer with experience working at companies like Nissan, and who has now revealed the first details of an exciting job…
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Honda Partners with CATL to Produce Batteries for its Electric Cars
Honda has partnered with CATL to produce batteries for its electric cars. This agreement supposes not only a conventional supply contract, but Honda will enter…
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Lamborghini Sián Roadster: a Hybrid Supercar with Supercapacitors Instead of Batteries
A year after the presentation of the Sián, Lamborghini’s first hybrid supercar, the brand has revealed its convertible version, the Sián Roadster. Like the closed…
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Germany Will Subsidize More Than 1.5 Million Euros to Research and Production of Batteries
The German Government has announced its intention to invest more than 1.5 million euros in research and battery production in the coming years to support…
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A Team from Stanford University Developed a Lighter Lithium-Metal Battery with Twice the Energy Density
The race to find the recipe for more capable batteries does not stop, and the best example with the work of brands such as Tesla,…
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Reduced Air Travel Could Bring Down The Cost Of Electric Car Batteries
Read The Full Article On: Jalopnik People are flying less so cobalt is getting cheaper, California is imposing a strict zero-emissions mandate on heavy-duty trucks,…
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Tesla Accelerates Its Battery Manufacturing Project, Which May Be Ready in Three Months
Tesla has been pursuing its production share of its vehicle components for some time. A very ambitious strategy that has now focused on the most…
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Nissan will Join Chinese Manufacturer Sunwoda to Develop Batteries
In 2007 Nissan created with the NEC company the battery manufacturer AESC. 51% of the joint venture belonged to Nissan, NEC controlled the remaining 49%.…
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Tesla Signs a Deal with Panasonic
This week Tesla has signed two relevant agreements that allow them to face their expansion with more guarantees and security. Two contracts signed with its…
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CATL Manufactures a Battery Capable of Withstanding 2 Million Kilometers and 16 Years of Use
The race to design the best batteries has only just begun, in a sector where competition is fierce to win contracts for new electric cars.…
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