Five years ago, the first Mustang Mach-E customers began adding something important to the Ford electric vehicle battery validation work: real-world ownership at scale. As part of our quality process, design and validation engineering starts long before a vehicle reaches a customer. We model battery performance, run physical tests, expose … [continued]
Made-in-EU requirements for all battery components would secure cell demand and investments in midstream production. New analysis on the feasibility of cell and cathode requirements¹, finds that by 2030 sufficient amounts of Made-in-EU cells will be available for the IAA scope — including corporate and private EVs falling under a … [continued]
Something interesting is going on in China, and I’m not exactly sure what to make of it. Typically, I don’t see a lot of rival narratives in Chinese media. One story is often covered the same across the industry, and there’s not a ton of competing narratives arguing with each … [continued]
Can you spot which battery is NMC? The one that looks like a pillow is NMC. The one that looks like a Pop-Tart is not. How do we know this? Because the puffed up battery came from a video made of an NMC battery. It was placed in a bath … [continued]
A strategy for the future of batteries Batteries are the backbone of Europe’s future energy system, its industrial base and its defence readiness. Europe is embedding them across systems at record pace while producing almost none of the key inputs. All of that is supported by public money. This paper sets out the … [continued]
The US startup Sila has widened its field from EV batteries to include military and industrial applications, earning a $1.4 billion conditional loan commitment from the US Department of Defense.
Sodium-ion batteries are one of the hot new things in the EV and broader cleantech industry. They are providing a next era of electrification. That even includes electric mining trucks now! Hina Battery and Shaanxi Tonly Heavy Industries are collaborating on these mining trucks, which are reportedly the first such … [continued]
Imports of Chinese batteries, which face virtually no tariffs, increased seven fold. The EU’s electric car tariffs succeeded in reducing the market share of EVs made in China, according to T&E analysis of the trade measures. But while the share of electric cars produced in China by western brands fell, imports … [continued]
My electric EZ Go golf cart got a new Vatrer LFP battery this week. Gone forever are lead acid battery hassles.
Anyone who follows electric vehicles understands there is an active, if not robust, used electric vehicle market. Battery health is top of mind for many potential buyers because no one wants to buy a used EV to find out the battery needs to be replaced or requires repairs. Similarly, no … [continued]
