Two-Thirds of European Battery Production at Risk — Analysis

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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Ford 1st To Build NMC Batteries & LFP Batteries In USA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:56:23 +0000

Ford has become the #2 electric vehicle seller in the USA, but it’s also now #1 in something in the field. It’s the first automaker to state that it will produce both NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles in the United States. The Michigan-based automaker is investing a […]

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EV Battery News From CATL, Toyocolor, & Toyo Ink

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:52:19 +0000

If there’s EV battery production news, there’s a good chance it’s about CATL, the largest EV battery producer in the world. In today’s case, the CATL news is not actually from CATL, but rather a CATL supplier namedropping the Chinese battery giant to brag a bit. The news is that CATL will be using Toyocolor’s […]

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Michigan Scores The $3.5 Billion Ford Battery Factory Virginia Didn’t Want

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:53:33 +0000

Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.5 battery factory in Michigan where CATL will manufacture LFP batteries.

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5 More EV Battery Stories Out Of China

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 03:20:08 +0000

Growing electric vehicle adoption is built on the back of growing EV battery production. So, battery news always catches my eye and excites me. Though, news about battery supply deals or new battery production facilities doesn’t always strike writers’ fancy. (Okay, it seldom does.) So, plenty of EV battery news stories get put on our […]

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Ford Exploring LFP Battery Factory Agreement With CATL

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:00:06 +0000

Ford SK On factoryFord and CATL are close to an agreement to build a battery factory together in America, but whose name will be on the front door?

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Zeekr 009 Launched — 822-Kilometer (511-Mile) Luxurious Beast

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 22:34:08 +0000

I just wrote about Zeekr’s strong sales surge in the past few months, after just a year on the market. The Chinese EV startup has relied on the Zeekr 001 up till now, but parent company Geely stated at launch that it would introduce a new electric vehicle each year through 2025, and it’s time […]

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