Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:05:55 +0000
Volkswagen could get up to $10 billion in IRA benefits if it decides to build a new battery factory in the US instead of Europe.
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.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:10:51 +0000
It’s well known that over the past decade, China has pretty much dominated the lithium-ion battery supply chain. It controls the supply of lithium as a raw material and virtually every step in the supply chain that goes into making that lithium suitable for making EV batteries. Why China has such nearly total command of […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:00:17 +0000
In a perfect world, there would be plenty of battery materials available at affordable prices, manufacturing costs would be dropping steadily, and there would be a large supply of affordable electric cars in the world’s showrooms. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world. The price of battery materials is soaring, the cost of electricity […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 17:40:25 +0000
Northvolt is looking to make battery cells using locally sourced sustainable materials such as lignin, which is derived from trees.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:25:41 +0000
As the electric vehicle market matures, battery recycling and reuse rapidly becomes a bigger deal. Battery recycling is a long established practice, but never before at the scale we will see for lithium-ion batteries from electric cars and trucks. One might think there’s nothing new under the sun in this world, but some young and […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:45:59 +0000
Glencore is using electric mining machines from Epiroc to provide emissions free raw materials for electric vehicles.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:16:46 +0000
The growth of the EV market rests on the back of the battery market. It’s all about batteries, batteries, batteries. One of the most well known battery producers in the world is Northvolt, which was founded by an ex-Tesla supply chain executive, Peter Carlsson, who is still CEO of Northvolt. We interviewed Carlsson in 2020 […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 19:05:41 +0000
Hydrovolt expects to recycle 12,000 tons of depleted batteries in its first year of operation.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:14:45 +0000
Northvolt plans to build its first factory outside of Sweden.