This Week in Batteries: IEA, Tesla, BYD, Ford, and More

In Case You Missed It

- IEA Critical Minerals Market Review 2023 (Link)

Top News

- Tesla outlines plan to create largest auto factory in Germany, projects to produce 1M EVs per year (Link)

OEMs?

- BYD plans to build battery and EV plant in India, estimates production of 100K EVs annually (Link)

- Tata to build an EV battery plant in the UK (Link)

- Ford cuts prices of F-150 Lightning trucks (Link)?

- GM halts production at CAMI EV assembly plant amid shortage of battery cells (Link)

Cells, Packs, BESS & BMS

- Tesla sues Cap-XX over EV battery technology, based on Maxwell Technologies’ patents (Link)

- Tesla secures $413M contract For megapack BESS facilities In Massachusetts (Link)

- Amprius completes safe cell development program for the U.S. Army (Link)

- Jupiter Power secures $70.4M for 320MWh ERCOT projects (Link)

- Eku Energy and Renera to develop 1GW of battery storage in Italy (Link)

Metals, Components, Recycling, & Policy

- Redwood Materials in talks to raise $700M to fund first plant in Nevada (Link)

- Graphite One awarded $37.5M DOD grant under the Defense Production Act (Link)

- Electra completes first customer shipment of recycled nickel-cobalt product (MHP) (Link)

- EU regulation requiring handheld gaming consoles to use replaceable batteries by 2027 (Link)

- UK regulation to enforce 99% reliability rate for EV chargers (Link)

- Cirba Solutions and KULR collaborate on developing a safe transportation platform for batteries (Link)

EV Charging

- Ohio DOT to award EVgo & partners $13.8M for 20 fast charging stations (Link)

- Argonne to use J.D. Power data sets to better understand charging infrastructure (Link)

- Hypercharge to supply 58 Level 2 EV chargers to The Gaslight Condominiums (Link)

Edited by Mouda A.