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Nano One says it can produce Li-ion materials faster and cheaper, wins $1.9-million investment

Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development program plans to invest up to $1.9 million in Vancouver-based Nano One, which currently produces energy storage materials and a range of nanostructured composite materials. The funding will support a pilot plant that will simulate full-scale production of lithium-ion cathode materials and showcase Nano One’s processing technology. Some promising… Read more »

Saint Jean Carbon sets out to show that Li-ion materials can be recycled over and over again

Saint Jean Carbon, a carbon science company with interests in graphite and lithium mining, plans to join with a battery manufacturing partner to build a full-scale lithium-ion battery using recycled material from an EV power pack and upcycled anode material. The project aims to show that battery materials can be re-used over and over again,… Read more »

LG Chem Power CEO: We’re the Li-ion leader for PEVs because of material science

Q&A with LG Chem Power’s CEO: Dr. Prabhakar Patil on how the company became a Li-ion battery front-runner, the economics of building batteries, and why it spends little energy on what comes after lithium. Among Tier 1 automotive suppliers of lithium-ion cells, LG Chem is off to a clear lead, based on the number of announced… Read more »

onsemi to provide SiC power box solution for Volkswagen Group’s next-gen EVs

Power and sensing technology specialist onsemi has signed a multi-year deal with the Volkswagen Group to be the primary supplier of a complete power box solution as part of a next-generation traction inverter for the automaker’s Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). The solution features silicon carbide-based technologies in an integrated module that can scale across all… Read more »

Rock Tech to receive €100 million in grants for German lithium refinery

Rock Tech Lithium has received a binding letter of intent (LOI) signed by the Ministry for Economic Affairs in Brandenburg, Germany for up to €90 million in subsidies for its Guben Lithium Converter Project. The company also expects to receive another €10 million in federal funding from the German Railway Authority to support the construction… Read more »

Hydrovolt invests in battery recycling capacity in France

Battery recycling and raw materials company Hydrovolt, headquartered in Norway, plans to expand its business to France by establishing recycling capacity in Hordain in the north of the country—an area that is an industrial and automotive hub and has four battery gigafactories.   The new venture will benefit from the company’s experience in running its major… Read more »

ExxonMobil signs lithium offtake agreement with SK On

Oil companies getting involved in lithium production? Yes. Global EV battery manufacturer SK On has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ExxonMobil for a potential lithium offtake agreement. The terms enable SK On to explore a multiyear agreement that would allow it to secure up to 100,000 metric tons of lithium from ExxonMobil’s… Read more »

Leoni’s new 100% recyclable automotive cables

Making transport more sustainable isn’t only about electric powertrains—companies are finding ways to make all types of components and all aspects of the manufacturing process greener. Automotive wiring specialist Leoni has introduced a new line of vehicle cables that are 100% recyclable and can help to substantially reduce the CO2 footprint of vehicles. LIMEVERSE cable… Read more »

Honeywell launches battery manufacturing automation software

US electronics giant Honeywell has introduced its Battery Manufacturing Excellence Platform (Battery MXP), software package, which is designed to optimize the operation of gigafactories by improving battery cell yields and expediting facility startups.  Battery manufacturers’ material scrap rates can be as high as 30% at steady state and even higher during the gigafactory startup process,… Read more »