policy
EU Parliament agrees on position on battery regulation
The EU Parliament has now adopted its position on new regulations for batteries’ entire product life cycle. Th ...
Batteries
battery
Stellantis secures manganese in Australia with Element 25
Stellantis has entered into a binding agreement with the Australian mineral exploration company Element 25 for the s ...
battery
BYD builds another battery factory in China
BYD has started construction of another electric car battery plant in China. The new blade battery production facili ...
battery
Mercedes-Benz & Lohum collaborate on 2nd life batteries
Mercedes-Benz Energy and the Indian company Lohum have agreed to a multi-year supply contract for used electric vehi ...
battery
Britishvolt to sell majority stake to stay afloat
Britishvolt, the battery maker currently in financial dire straits, can apparently still fulfil its plans for a batt ...
battery
Ford swaps battery partners for Turkish plant
According to industry insiders, Ford is changing battery partners for its planned battery cell factory in Turkey in ...
battery
StoreDot opens research centre in the USA
Israeli battery developer StoreDot has opened its first research centre in the US. The new lab facility is designed ...
multifunctional electric vehicle
Yutong presents new electric bus in Chile
Yutong recently held a release conference to present its new ‘YESS technology’ and its new battery elect ...
battery
Tesla wants to expand Giga Texas for component production
Tesla has applied to the US state of Texas to expand its factory in Austin this year. The EV maker plans investments ...
battery
EU project Nextcell to develop batteries with gel inside
The Nextcell project, funded by the EU with €8 mn, aims to develop a new generation of high-performance lithium-ion ...
battery
US government funds twelve battery research projects
The US Department of Energy is funding a total of twelve projects to develop better battery cells for electric vehic ...
battery
Schuler to supply battery housing presses to LT Precision
German forming specialist Schuler has received an order for a production line capable of pressing battery cell housi ...
battery
Samsung SDI plans to produce round battery cells in Hungary
Samsung SDI is considering building a new battery cell factory in Hungary, according to Korean media. The plant is t ...
battery
Tata considers building battery factory in Europe
The Indian Tata Group is considering building two factories for the production of battery cells, one in India and an ...
battery
Impact Clean Power to source battery cells from Freyr
The budding Norwegian battery cell manufacturer Freyr announced its first customer in the e-mobility sector: Impact ...
multifunctional electric vehicle
Nikola acquires Romeo Power, takes batteries in-house
Electric truck maker Nikola has agreed to acquire Romeo Power, thus taking battery development and manufacturing in- ...
policy
Biden pulls out 1950’s regulation for battery supply chain
US President Joe Biden is applying the federal Korean War-era Defense Production Act to prioritise domestic producti ...
battery
Verkor to source manganese in Czech Republic
French battery manufacturer Verkor, which is a partner of Renault, has signed a letter of intent with Canadian batte ...
battery
Italvolt to manufacture StoreDot’s XFC battery cells
Budding cell manufacturer Italvolt has entered into a strategic collaboration with Israeli battery developer StoreDo ...
battery
Proterra opens battery assembly plant in South Carolina
In the USA, Proterra has started assembly lines at its announced battery production facility in Greer, South Carolin ...
