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Tesla
continues EV price war in the US with 1.99% financing plus $1000 bonus on already deeply discounted Model 3 and Model Y (Link)
- US Department of Energy reports 142,000 new jobs in battery manufacturing, renewables, and related sectors, growth is at twice the rate of US jobs overall (Link)
- JD Power EVs had a cost advantage over fossil counterparts in 48 states (Link)
- Samsung SDI finalizes deal with GM to build $3.5B joint EV battery factory in US, but delays by 1 year (Link)
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OneD Battery Sciences
announced the completion and commissioning of its pilot production line in Moses Lake, WA (Link)
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Coreshell
expands into a new 23,000-square-foot production facility in San Leandro, CA (Link)
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Lucid Motors
is utilizing Glimpse's CT cell imaging solution to help ensure the quality and performance of their battery cells at scale (Link)
- US Armor Group unveils armored Lucid Air Sapphire with pepper spray and electric-shock door handles (Link)
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比亚迪
says fate of lithium project is in hands of Chile government (Link)
- Euro Manganese enters into its second offtake deal with Blue Grass Chemical Specialities (Link)
- Comet Lithium hits 2.15% Li2O over 16 metres at Liberty property (Link)
- Volt Lithium starts field unit testing in Texas; the field unit is expected to produce lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate (Link)
- NextEra to build 600MW BESS in San Bernadino County, California; half of capacity contracted to utility APU (Link)
- Aquila starts building 100MWh Germany project with Trina BESS units (Link)
- Trina Storage deploys 9.3MWh BESS for group’s project development arm (Link)
- CEA: Cost, shipping and energy density have driven convergence to 5MWh BESS form factor (Link)
- Pilbara Minerals’ annual profit falls on weaker lithium prices (Link)
- Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel project companies file restructuring plan (Link)
- MinRes won’t undertake more lithium M&A in next year given low prices (Link)
- US Department of Energy will award $50MM to six states to support manufacturing conversions for the EV supply chain (Link)
- US battery and miner recyclers have been rushing to close billion-dollar government loans before January, out of fear that the former president Donald Trump, if elected, would block funding necessary to boost American production of vital minerals for energy transition (Link)
- JD Vance uses Gotion battery plant project in Michigan to slam Harris (Link)
- Polestar named Michael Lohscheller as its new CEO (Link)
- AESC appoints Knudt Flor as CEO for US and Europe and global head of quality (Link)
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