Chinese and Korean battery cell suppliers have so far specialized in the production of prismatic or stacked power sources, while market leader Tesla initially favored cylindrical cells. According to Reuters, BMW will use cylindrical cells from...
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Panasonic currently supplies Tesla with lithium batteries from both the joint venture in Nevada and from Japan. The company’s production lines in that country are more efficient, and Panasonic is now trying to streamline its manufacturing...
The Chinese company CATL controls a third of the world market for traction batteries for electric vehicles and is rapidly expanding the business. She’ll be focused on overseas expansion in the coming years, and uncertainty about her plans for...
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reported about the development of a truly environmentally friendly energy source based on bacteria and fueled by human sweat. Image source: Xinying Liu “This is a very interesting technology...
The world’s largest manufacturer of traction batteries is China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. GmbH. (CATL), has decided to delay the announcement of a multi-billion dollar North American factory project to supply local automakers...
In preparation for the announcement of its electric firstborn, the Jaguar brand took care of adequate protection of the traction battery and other elements of the power plant from harmful external influences. The I-Pace crossover received a ground...
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) intends to standardize the production of its batteries, with the ambitious goal of establishing standalone lines for the production of traction batteries. This publication reports the electr. Image...
If the plans of the governments of different countries for the pace of the transition to electric vehicles are to come true, the market must use traction batteries with a total capacity of 3500 GWh annually by 2030. That’s more than 10 times...
South Korean company LG Energy Solution (LGES) is preparing to triple its annual revenue from the sale of traction batteries for electric vehicles over the next five years. This year sales are expected to be $16.7 billion. Image source: LG Energy...
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Huayou Cobalt to set up a battery recycling joint venture in China. This is the first Sino-Korean company of this profile established in...
According to well-known South Korean publication Business Korea, LG Energy Solutions (LGES) is likely to suspend development of prismatic traction batteries for electric vehicles, preferring to focus on the development of existing...
The European Commission is trying to develop requirements for participants in the regional electric vehicle traction battery market that would oblige them to ensure the use of a certain percentage of recycled raw materials by a certain date. South...
Volkswagen-backed Northvolt has partnered with timber giant Stora Enso to develop a new generation of batteries that will use components made from wood. Image source: Pexels / pixabay.com We are talking about making an anode from a material called...
LG Energy Solution will significantly increase its supply of traction batteries to Ford Motor Company as the US automaker ramps up its global production of electric vehicles, including the Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit. Image source: Ford Motor...
While partners from Japanese and European automakers are promising to master solid-state traction battery production closer to mid-decade, Chinese company NIO says it will start equipping its electric vehicles with it by the end of this year. An...
TrendForce analysts previously thought that iron phosphate (LFP) traction batteries would account for 57% of the primary market as early as next year, while Elon Musk said at an event yesterday that they will eventually account for two-thirds of the...
From time to time there are press releases about the interest of large car manufacturers in cooperation with young companies that are developing new battery technologies or offering more advanced battery chemistry. Elon Musk is convinced that none...
Originally, 4680 lithium batteries were developed by Panasonic in collaboration with Tesla, but two other companies will launch them in the future – LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI. Judging by the comments of representatives of the Croatian...
Ten months after the MOU, Ford Motor Company and SK On have completed the formation of the BlueOval SK joint venture that will produce traction batteries for electric vehicles in the United States, having built a plant in Tennessee and two in...
The Japanese group Panasonic is a long-standing partner of Tesla in the production of traction batteries for electric vehicles of the same brand, the companies have a joint venture in Nevada, which only recently brought profits to Japanese investors...
