Articles for Battery Production

India set for 12-fold increase in energy storage capacity to 60 GW by FY32: SBI Report
6 days, 20 hours ago

India set for 12-fold increase in energy storage capacity to 60 GW by FY32: SBI Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi, December 18 : India is poised for a major boost in energy storage capacity, with projections indicating a 12-fold increase to around 60 GW by FY32, according to SBI report. The country's energy storage landscape is evolving rapidly, with the proportion of RE projects incorporating storage solutions increasing significantly, from 5 per cent in FY20 to 23 per …

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Europe’s Big Battery Ambitions Are Failing, and China Is Benefiting
2 weeks ago

Europe’s Big Battery Ambitions Are Failing, and China Is Benefiting

Live Mint  

Europe’s bid to build a homegrown battery industry to break China’s dominance in electric vehicles is failing. “The failure to establish domestic battery manufacturing capabilities threatens the very existence of the automotive industry in Europe,” said Andy Palmer, former chief executive officer of Aston Martin Global Lagonda Holdings Plc. By the time Europe’s automakers went all in on electric cars, …

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Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize
1 month ago

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Workers hired for a sprawling electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers as the union tries to expand its foothold in the South and among battery factories, the UAW said Wednesday. In a statement on its website, the union said it believes companies like Blue Oval SK …

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Seeking to counter China, US awards $3 billion for EV battery production in 14 states
3 months ago

Seeking to counter China, US awards $3 billion for EV battery production in 14 states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production for EVs and other electronics. “Today’s awards move us closer to achieving the administration’s goal of building an end-to-end supply …

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Are electric cars better for the environment than fuel-powered cars? Here's the verdict
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Are electric cars better for the environment than fuel-powered cars? Here's the verdict

ABC  

Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you've probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are really better for the climate. For both types of car, these are the key stages where emissions are produced: manufacturing of the car, production of the battery, especially for electric cars running the cars over their life-cycle, …

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Global Battery Race Heats Up With Billions for Europe’s Northvolt
11 months, 1 week ago

Global Battery Race Heats Up With Billions for Europe’s Northvolt

Live Mint  

One of the world’s most valuable battery startups is raising $3.4 billion in debt from the European Union and a group of banks including JPMorgan Chase, accelerating a race to build more batteries outside China and take advantage of a tidal wave of clean-energy subsidies. The European Union’s investment bank has now contributed close to $1 billion toward Northvolt’s Sweden …

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EV Batteries Have a Dirty Secret. This Company Has a Plan to Clean Them Up
54 years, 11 months ago

EV Batteries Have a Dirty Secret. This Company Has a Plan to Clean Them Up

Wired  

Here’s the inconvenient truth about your electric vehicle: Making its battery has a big impact on the environment. “Building batteries is creating a very large amount of carbon,” says Peter Carlsson, CEO of European battery manufacturer Northvolt. Phasing out internal combustion engines—a must for reaching net zero—will require roughly a tenfold increase in battery production over the next decade, Carlsson …

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Hyundai rushing to open Georgia plant because of law rewarding domestic electric vehicle production
1 year, 3 months ago

Hyundai rushing to open Georgia plant because of law rewarding domestic electric vehicle production

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A top Hyundai executive said Tuesday that the company is rushing to start electric vehicle and battery production as soon as possible at a $7.6 billion complex in coastal Georgia, spurred by federal electric vehicle incentives that reward domestic production. Still, the law is pushing Hyundai to make batteries and electric vehicles in the U.S. more quickly, Munoz …

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Change Brexit deal to stop critical blow to UK car industry, Vauxhall urges Sunak
1 year, 7 months ago

Change Brexit deal to stop critical blow to UK car industry, Vauxhall urges Sunak

The Independent  

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Company eyes Australian green steel, lithium battery production in the Pilbara
2 years, 1 month ago

Company eyes Australian green steel, lithium battery production in the Pilbara

ABC  

Plans to produce green steel in the Pilbara and a push to process lithium onshore could lead to a shift in Australia's dig-it-and-ship-it mentality, a consultancy firm says. Key points: An analyst says lithium processing could lead to onshore battery production An Australian company is aiming to produce zero emission green steel The iron and steelmaking industries produce about seven …

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Inflation Reduction Act Roils South Korea-US Relations
2 years, 2 months ago

Inflation Reduction Act Roils South Korea-US Relations

The Diplomat  

Despite being one of U.S. President Joe Biden’s biggest domestic wins, the Inflation Reduction Act is causing unexpected discord in South Korea-U.S. relations. National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo has suggested the legislation, along with the CHIPS and Science Act, could make it difficult for South Korean firms to fulfill their investment pledges in the United States, while a Korean columnist …

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Mercedes, Chinese firm join handson $7.6 billion Hungary battery plant
2 years, 4 months ago

Mercedes, Chinese firm join handson $7.6 billion Hungary battery plant

Hindustan Times  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG will join China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. in building a battery factory in Hungary with an investment of as much as 7.3 billion euros, with some of Europe’s leading automakers set to become customers too. The plant will have capacity of 100 gigawatt hours, enough to power more than 1 million cars, and will run on …

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‘Unknowns’ delay Tesla’s ramp-up of its own cutting-edge batteries
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Unknowns’ delay Tesla’s ramp-up of its own cutting-edge batteries

The Hindu  

Tesla Inc is falling short of CEO Elon Musk's target to make its own next-generation batteries, sparking questions over the top electric car maker's ability to maintain its blistering expansion of auto production next year and beyond. Tesla said on Wednesday it would rely on suppliers to meet battery demand this year, as the necessity of learning new technologies is …

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Solid state batteries will cut carbon footprint of EVs by a quarter
2 years, 5 months ago

Solid state batteries will cut carbon footprint of EVs by a quarter

Daily Mail  

One of the biggest criticisms of electric cars is that they're not as green as you might think, with claims it takes years of driving one to offset the high emissions resulting from battery production. However, a new report says electric vehicles will become more economical in the future when manufacturers switch to using solid state batteries, claiming they will …

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Ford announces new lab to develop lithium-ion, solid-state vehicle batteries
3 years, 7 months ago

Ford announces new lab to develop lithium-ion, solid-state vehicle batteries

The Hindu  

Ford has announced its plan to open a new battery lab called ‘Ford Ion Park’ to develop and manufacture electric vehicle batteries, and test manufacturing approaches, taking a step toward producing battery cells for EVs internally. “Investing in more battery R&D ultimately will help us speed the process to deliver more, even better, lower cost EVs for customers over time,” …

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