POSCO Holdings, ProLogium ink pact to support mass production of next-gen SSB

POSCO Holdings, in line with its plan to transform itself into an eco-friendly future materials company, has announced it has agreed with ProLogium, next-generation solid-state bat...

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Volkswagen Group announces 40 GWh battery Gigafactory in Spain

The Volkswagen Group and SEAT, along with other partners in the 'Future: Fast Forward project', have announced grand plans to electrify the automotive industry in Spain. Claimed as...

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Nexcharge begins mass production of Li-ion battery at its Gujarat facility

Nexcharge, a JV between Exide Industries and Leclanché SA, has announced the inauguration of its state-of-the-art, fully automated manufacturing plant at Prantij in Gujarat. The co...

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WardWizard eyes lithium-ion cell manufacturing at its EV ancillary cluster

WardWizard Innovations and Mobility Ltd, the manufacturers of E2W brand 'Joy e-bike', has announced the signing of a MOU with Singapore-based renewable energy management consulting...

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Li-ion battery market capacity might surpass 6 TWh by this decade end

The cumulative production capacity of lithium-ion batteries in global markets could reach over 6,000 GWh (6TWh) by the end of this decade, based on current plans of international m...

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Log9 Materials kick-starts its localized cell manufacturing facility in Bengaluru

Battery and nano-technology start-up Log9 Materials has inaugurated its first cell manufacturing facility located at Jakkuru in Bengaluru today. Termed as India's first cell manufa...

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Carlstrom’s Statevolt plans for ‘hyper local’ $4 billion battery Gigafactory in California

Swedish entrepreneur and CEO of Italvolt Lars Carlstrom, who was also the founder of Britishvolt, has formed a new company named 'Statevolt' to focus on the American market, starti...

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Envision AESC to set up 30 GWh battery manufacturing Gigafactory in US

Japanese EV battery tech firm Envision AESC has confirmed $2 billion investment into a new, state-of-the-art giga factory in the US state of Kentucky. The plant with a capacity of ...

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CATL’s 8 GWh battery cell plant in Germany to open by end of 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Thuringia GmbH (CATT), CATL's first battery cell manufacturing plant outside of China, has recently received its second partial approval for commiss...

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GM, Glencore ink multi-year cobalt supply agreement

General Motors has announced a multi-year sourcing agreement with multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore. Accordingly, the latter will supply GM with cobalt fr...

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ACC PLI – key milestone in a long journey, just begun

In a major milestone for the energy storage industry, in March 2022 the Indian government announced the winners of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced battery...

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Elkem, Hydro, and Altor partner to accelerate Vianode, the battery materials manufacturer

Elkem, Hydro, and Altor (Altor Fund V) have announced a partnership to accelerate the growth of Vianode, a producer of sustainable battery materials. An investment decision for a p...

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ACC PLI: It's official now, Ola, Hyundai, Reliance New Energy Solar, and Rajesh Exports qualify

Confirming earlier media reports, four companies namely, Ola Electric Mobility, Hyundai Global Motors, Reliance New Energy Solar, and Rajesh Exports are selected for incentive unde...

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Year of the Li-ion: Time to scale up

You can hear it … almost distinctly now… the footfall of the battery era. It's here to stay one would like to believe, for a lot rests on it; the present and most definitely the fu...

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ACC PLI scheme: Reliance, Ola, Hyundai, Rajesh Exports qualify for incentives

Ola Electric Mobility, Hyundai Global Motors, Reliance New Energy Solar, and Rajesh Exports have successfully cleared the technical bids evaluation by Union Ministry of Heavy Indus...

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Tesla opens its €5 billion Berlin Gigafactory, first in Europe

US-based EV and clean energy firm Tesla, Inc has put open its much-awaited sixth 'gigafactory' near Berlin in Germany, after a delay of over eight months. This is the first-ever gi...

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Suzuki invests ¥ 150 billion in Gujarat for EVs, battery manufacturing

Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) has announced the signing of an MoU with the state of Gujarat to invest approximately ¥ 150 billion (approximately ₹ 104.4 billion) for local manufac...

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Soteria Consortium builds LiBs with 26 percent higher energy density, >80 percent less Cu, AI

DuPont Electronics & Industrial, Steinerfilm, and Polaris Battery Labs have combined their capabilities to build batteries that have 26 percent higher energy density and use 80...

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US DOE set to launch workforce development strategy for LiBs worth $5 million

The US Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the US Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO, has announced that it is launching a national workforce development strategy for...

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The Metals Company, Epsilon Carbon study on Polymetallic Nodule Processing Plant in India

Canadian battery metals exploration firm The Metals Company (TMC) has announced the signing of a non-binding MoU with Epsilon Carbon to complete a pre-feasibility study for a comme...

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GM, POSCO Chemical establishing a new CAM production facility in Canada

General Motors and POSCO Chemical have announced a $400 million production facility in Bécancour, Quebec to supply cathode active material (CAM) for GM's 'Ultium' batteries in Nort...

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BASF acquires site for battery materials and recycling facility in Canada

Germany-based BASF's Catalysts division has announced the signing of an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials (CAM) and recycling site in Bécancour, Queb...

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Panasonic to set up production of 4680 Li-ion EV batteries at Wakayama facility

Panasonic Corporation has announced that its Energy Company will establish a production facility at its Wakayama Factory in western Japan to manufacture the new '4680' lithium-ion ...

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Britishvolt raises £40 million from Glencore for setting up gigafactory in Northumberland

Battery start-up Britishvolt has announced that it has raised £40 million funding from mining giant Glencore as it drives ahead with plans to build a major gigafactory in Northumbe...

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Volvo Cars, Northvolt to set up new battery giga factory in Sweden

Volvo Cars and Northvolt have selected Gothenburg in Sweden to establish a new battery manufacturing plant. The facility is scheduled to commence its operations in 2025, with a pot...

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Budget 2022: Energy storage, EV, and related industries pinning high hopes

IESA's Executive Director Debi Prasad Dash, in his recommendations to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has outlined key policy measures and suggestions from the domestic c...

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Mercedes-Benz, ProLogium to jointly develop next-gen solid-state EV batteries

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced the signing of a technology cooperation agreement with Taiwan-based ProLogium to develop next-generation battery cells. The new partner...

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Ultium Cells investing $2.6 Billion on its third battery cell manufacturing facility in US

Ultium Cells, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, has announced a $2.6 billion investment to build its third battery cell manufacturing plant at Lansing, Mich...

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Britishvolt’s Northumberland gigaplant project gets UK government’s support

UK's leading investor in battery cell technologies and associated R&D Britishvolt has announced that its first full-scale EV battery Gigaplant in Northumberland is receiving su...

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Foxconn, Gogoro, IBC, and Indika to jointly develop new energy ecosystem in Indonesia

Global electronics major Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology Group) has signed an MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Investment (BKPM), PT. Industri Baterai Indonesia (IBC), PT. Indika En...

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