New investments in the United States and Europe aim to challenge China’s stranglehold on a key ingredient used in most electric vehicle batteries – graphite – but industry experts said that will be an uphill battle. The focus is shifting to a new front: Synthetic graphite, an element developed in the late 19th century, but
MILAN — Carmaker Stellantis aims to develop lighter electric vehicle batteries, cutting weights in half to improve sustainability, the group’s technology chief said on Friday. Ned Curic said current electric vehicle (EV) batteries were “just too heavy,” making vehicles “not compatible” with sustainability purposes. “So what I have in mind and a very hard goal
Nissan’s new portable power station reuses battery stacks from the Nissan Leaf electric car. Batteries are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to charge gadgets on the go, rev up guitars at outdoor concerts and deliver emergency power in disasters.(AP) YOKOHAMA, Japan — Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric
An aerial view shows the construction site for the future Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Georgia, U.S., December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr SAVANNAH, Ga. — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said Thursday they will spend an additional $2 billion and hire an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling
There rare minerals were extracted from used EV batteries at Lithion’s recycling plant in Montreal. As the world races to transition to emissions-free driving, Canada and Quebec in particular are making a big push into batteries for electric vehicles — touting tax incentives, as well as bountiful critical minerals and clean energy to attract multinationals.
POOLE, England — A little-publicized clause in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act has companies scrambling to recycle electric vehicle batteries in North America, putting the region at the forefront of a global race to undermine China’s dominance of the field. The IRA includes a clause that automatically qualifies EV battery materials recycled in the U.S.
MARSHALL, Mich. — Fred Chapman has a message for Ford, which is planning to build a sprawling factory on the outskirts of this town to make batteries for electric cars and which promises to employ 2,500 people. “We don’t need jobs,” he says. That’s a surprising view coming from Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker who has
HANOI — New electric vehicles from Tesla and rivals are being engineered for efficiency in a way that cuts copper content, changes that could limit demand growth for the metal as the next-generation of EVs hits the road, industry analysts say. The strong ramp-up in sales for EVs, led by growth in China, means copper
Nobel laureate John Goodenough, a pioneer in the development of lithium-ion batteries that today power millions of electric vehicles around the globe, died on Sunday just a month short of his 101st birthday. The American “was a leader at the cutting edge of scientific research throughout the many decades of his career,” said Jay Hartzell,
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during the official announcement in 2021 of two electric battery factories in Glendale, Ky. (AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department plans to lend up to $9.2 billion to a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korea’s SK On to help it build three battery plants in Tennessee and
