US battery cell developer KORE Power has selected manufacturing conglomerate Siemens to support the KOREPlex, KORE’s planned 12 GWh lithium-ion battery cell production facility in the Phoenix area. Siemens Smart Infrastructure technology and capital from Siemens Financial Services will, says KORE, help accelerate construction of its Buckeye, Arizona, facility to meet the growing demand for… Read more »
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KORE Power to build 12 GWh battery cell plant in Arizona
KORE Power, a developer of battery cell technology for the energy storage and EV industries, plans to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Maricopa County, Arizona. The company claims this will be the first battery plant to be wholly owned by a US company. It will certainly be the first announced in recent years… Read more »
Kindred and KORE cooperate on battery modules for vintage vehicles
Kindred Motorworks, a San Francisco Bay Area producer of modernized vintage vehicles, has partnered with Idaho-based KORE Power, a developer of battery cell technology, to supply battery modules for the electrified models in the Kindred lineup. The first two Kindred vehicles that will use KORE’s technology are its VW Bus and its 3100 pickup truck,… EV Batteries, Kindred Motorworks, KORE Power
Korean researchers suggest quantum charging could shorten EV charging times
In a new study, researchers from South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS) explore quantum physics as a possible mechanism to increase the charging rate of batteries. The concept of a quantum battery was first proposed in a paper, “Extractable work from ensembles of quantum batteries,” that was published in 2012. It was theorized that… Read more »
SES Korea to focus on Li-metal battery supply chain and automotive A-samples
High-performance Li-metal EV battery developer and manufacturer SES AI (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) has incorporated a subsidiary called SES Korea. The business plans to build a pre-production facility in South Korea to expand its battery supply chain and work on its A-sample joint development agreements with automakers. SES Korea expects to have about 50… Read more »
Charging stations in South Korea to store energy with redox flow batteries
VFlowTech, a Singapore-based firm that manufactures modular vanadium redox flow batteries, will join Seoul National University of Science & Technology (SeoulTech) and systems integrator CompanyWE to install EV charging infrastructure at gas stations in South Korea. The pilot charging sites will incorporate an energy storage system using VFlowTech’s 150 kW modular PowerCube flow batteries. The… Read more »
LG Electronics and Magna announce powertrain joint venture
LG Electronics and Magna International have established a joint venture to manufacture e-motors, inverters and on-board chargers. The new company, LG Magna e-Powertrain, will be headquartered in Incheon, South Korea, and is expected to have more than 1,000 employees in the US, South Korea and China. Powertrain development will be based on Magna’s electric powertrain… Read more »
UCAP Power acquires ultracapacitor-related assets from Maxwell Technologies
UCAP Power, a San Diego-based developer of ultracapacitor-based power solutions, has purchased the Korean-based ultracapacitor business of Maxwell Technologies, along with other related assets, including the Maxwell brand. Maxwell Technologies is probably best known for being acquired by Tesla in 2019, which many believed had less to do with its pioneering work with supercapacitors (aka… Read more »
ABB to supply electric power systems for ten Lisbon ferries
Electronics giant ABB has secured a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply an electric power solution for urban passenger ferries that will operate on Lisbon’s Tagus river. The ten new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo on three key routes linking Lisbon to Cacilhas, Seixal and Montijo on the… Read more »
LG Chem launches carbon nanotube plant in Korea
LG Chem has launched what it says is the largest carbon nanotube (CNT) plant in Korea. The company is targeting the growing market for CNT, often used as a cathode material for EV batteries. CNT has the same level of electrical and thermal conductivity as copper and diamond, and 100 times the strength of steel. … Read more »