Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:44:01 +0000
The battery division of Volkswagen Group, PowerCo SE, has picked the location to construct its biggest battery gigafactory to date — St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. A potential final expansion stage could produce of up to 90 GWh of batteries annually. Actually, they already announced it last month. This was more of the formal announcement. PowerCo […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:57:07 +0000
I recently spoke with FREYR CEO Tom Jensen for our CleanTech Talk podcast. We discussed FREYR’s plans for battery gigafactories in Europe and the USA, and particularly these regions catching up to China in EV battery production (including the battery supply chain). We also talked innovation in EV battery development and production. You can find […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:20:12 +0000
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and SK On have finalized a site in Georgia for another EV battery factory. That may seem like mundane news, but it turns out that this investment alone is expected to be one of the largest economic development stories in the history of Georgia. So say the state of Georgia […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:38:46 +0000
This Blog is part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:38:20 +0000
CATL has announced a major new investment in a European battery factory to be located in the city of Debrecen in Hungary.
Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:46:21 +0000
Kentucky Governor Beshear just announced today that Envision AESC, a world-leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, will be investing $2 billion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to build a 30 GWh gigafactory. The project, which has the potential to expand to 40 GWh, will supply enough batteries to power 300,000 EVs annually from a variety […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 04:30:50 +0000
Driven primarily by projected electric vehicle (EV) demand, the global lithium-ion battery industry and its associated supply chain have committed more than $600 billion in funding towards launching new electric vehicle models. This includes large-scale investment in mineral extraction, chemical processing, anode and cathode production, cell production, recycling facilities, and the provision of EV component […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:00:40 +0000
Lab results and employment analysis blow another hole in the well-funded campaign, which is aimed at lawmakers deciding on new EU car CO2 targets. Originally published on Transport & Environment. A concerted campaign by lobbyists to save the combustion engine and delay the switch to electric vehicles was dealt a blow last month when tests revealed […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:50:57 +0000
German news outlet Bild reports that BASF will build a battery factory in Brandenburg for 500 million euros ($555 million). The factory will center around producing cathodes, and the news comes four weeks after Tesla’s surprise for Germany