This Week In Batteries: Lithium, Glencore, Tesla, and More
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In Case You Missed It
- Lithium brines at the Salar de Atacama contain 2,000 ppm of concentrated lithium (see video below)
Top News
- Glencore and Li-Cycle plan largest battery recycling plant, processing up to 50 to 70 ktpa of black mass (Link)
OEMs
- Tesla Giga Berlin starting production of Model Y with BYD batteries (Link)
- BYD to manufacture EVs in Vietnam (Link)
- Hozon to produce EVs in Thailand for Southeast Asian market (Link)
- Mercedes-Benz taps Formula One team to build more efficient mass-market EVs (Link)
- Faction and Arcimoto to co-develop driverless vehicles platform (Link)
Cells, Packs, & BESS
- EVE Power to build a plant in Hungary for $1.1B (Link)
- ProLogium picks northern France for new battery gigafactory (Link)
- CALB introduces U-shaped battery technology (Link)
- QuantumScape pivoting to make smartphone-size batteries (Link)
领英推荐
- Kraken Robotics receives $16M order for their SeaPower batteries (Link)
- BorgWarner to manufacture 98 kWh battery packs for eBuses to Global Power Technology Company (Link)
Metals & Components
- Tesla breaks ground on $375M lithium refinery facility in Corpus Christi, TX (Link)
- 6K Energy and Aqua Metals form a partnership to develop low-carbon battery materials (Link)
Capital
- Chinese investment in Europe is shifting from M&A to greenfield projects mainly in battery production for EVs (Link)
Recycling
- Lithion advances first commercial battery materials recycling plant, producing 15 ktpa (Link)
- Fortum recently began battery material recovery from EV black mass (Link)
Charging Infrastructure
- Virta raises $93M to expand its charging platform and V2G technology (Link)
Regulation
- U.S. government may delay a decision on electric vehicles biofuel program (Link)
Technology
- MIT published insight on sodium-based batteries (Link)
Edited by Mouda A.
GM eCommerce Business world Marketplace.com
1 年Felicitatins
Marketing Director at Dragon Q Energy
1 年Insightful as always, thank you Mouda A.
Product Manager @ TWAICE | Passionate about Batteries | Volta Foundation Project Director
1 年As a Berlin Battery person, I have a clear favorite for this week ?Tesla Giga Berlin starting production of Model Y with BYD batteries“ - cool news thanks Volta Foundation