Tag: batteries

Britishvolt, the electric vehicle (EV) battery technology company, has confirmed that it is to receive funding from the UK Government through its Automotive Transformation Fund run by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK following a...

General Motors (GM) and Livent have announced a multi-year sourcing agreement in which Livent will supply GM with battery-grade lithium hydroxide. This is made primarily from lithium extracted at Livent’s brine-based operations in South...

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced that it plans to loan $2.5 billion to a joint venture between General Motors (GM) and LG Energy Solution to help finance the...

Ford has announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials to build on the strong demand for its new electric vehicles (EVs). This lights a clear path to reach its...

Britishvolt, the electric vehicle (EV) battery technology company, have announced it intends to collaborate with H&T Battery Components Rechargeable. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the supply of battery...

Simon Williams is the PR and External Affairs Lead at the RAC in the UK. He has been with the company for the last 10 years and has seen the transition of electric vehicles...

MAHLE Powertrain has announced the completion of two new facilities in Northampton in the UK. This is the result of a £15 million investment over the last five years, including £3.6 million of UK...

Volkswagen Group has announced the launch of its first electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Salzgitter, Germany. The new battery business will operate under the newly created company, PowerCo, with production starting in 2025. In...

MAN Truck & Bus have announced that from the beginning of 2025 it will manufacture high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses in large-scale production at its Nuremberg site. The company will invest around €100...

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) will showcase its industry-leading high-performance battery technology at The Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart, 28-30 June.Visitors will have the opportunity to examine an example of the company’s innovative Adaptive Multi-Chem advanced...

The German–Indian start-up Nunam is bringing three electric rickshaws to the roads of India using second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The rickshaws are powered by used batteries taken from test vehicles in Audi’s e-tron...

Our Next Energy (ONE), the Michigan-based energy storage company, has signed an agreement with BMW Group. This is to incorporate ONE's Gemini Dual-Chemistry battery technology into the BMW iX all-electric Sports Activity Vehicle that...

StoreDot, a pioneer of extreme fast-charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), is signalling its ambitions for rapid growth with a network of strategic global investments and partnerships that spans the entire battery...

Stellantis, a global mobility player with 14 brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat, Citroën, Jeep, and Toyota Motor Europe, and Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd. (CTR) have signed a binding offtake agreement. As part of the...

The world’s first pop-up mini solar car park and electric vehicle charging hub has been revealed in the UK. The unit known as Papilio3, which is deployable in just 24 hours, was revealed at...

Britishvolt, the electric vehicle (EV) battery technology company, has announced it will buy German cell developer and manufacturer EAS for €36 million (£30.7 million/$38.4 million). This will help Britishvolt scale up production alongside its...

Stellantis, a global mobility player with 14 brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat, Citroën and Jeep, and Samsung SDI,a battery and electronics manufacturer, have announced a partnership to establish an electric-vehicle  (EV) battery manufacturing facility...

Polestar, the Swedish premium electric vehicle (EV) car brand, has invested in StoreDot, the Israel-based extreme fast-charging battery technology pioneer. This is Polestar’s first financial investment into another company and is now a shareholder...

Snow Lake Lithium, which recently announced plans to develop the world’s first all-electric lithium mine in Manitoba, Canada, has outlined the need to create a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem across North America, to...

Volkswagen Group has lined up a team of senior employees with the mission of quickly and comprehensively industrialising new battery technologies for electric vehicles (EVs). This expands on the Group’s cutting-edge laboratory for battery...

Renault has unveiled its Scenic Vision, an innovative concept car that brings the brand’s vision for a greener, safer and more inclusive future to life. This is a hybrid with a difference, which features...

Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will work with Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, to incorporate Sila’s silicon anode chemistry in batteries which are optionally available for the first time in the upcoming electric...

ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for electric vehicles (EVs) in Mladá Boleslav, where the Enyaq iV electric car is produced, in the Czech Republic. These batteries are based on the Volkswagen Group’s...

A recycling joint venture between Northvolt and Hydro, known as Hydrovolt, has commenced commercial recycling operations in Fredrikstad, southern Norway. Hydrovolt is Europe’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant, capable of processing approximately...