Tesla and LG Chem could partner up to build Tesla’s sexy new 4680 battery in both the US and Europe. Yahoo! Finance has reported that the two companies were in talks and that LG Chem has its sights on building Tesla’s 4680 battery cells in 2023, and could have manufacturing … [continued]
Welcome to China × Cleantech — January 2021 edition. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. Happy 牛 Year! I hope your Spring festival went well, Happy 牛 (NIU) Year. EV Sales China — 9.4% Plugin Vehicle Share In Another Record Month On the 28th of … [continued]
Perhaps Tesla was smart to get rid of its press people. When Tesla builds a new factory, people go out with their drones and post pictures on Twitter. Everyone spreads them around, and the EV writers (like me) all go on the EV news sites (like this one you’re looking … [continued]
Hyundai says it will replace the batteries in its Kona EV due to a risk of fire and is switching to SKI to supply batteries for its Ioniq 5.
LG won its patent infringement case against SK Innovation before the International Trade Commission. Now what?
Plugin electric vehicles (fully electric vehicles as well as plugin hybrids) had a sales increase of 43% in 2020 compared to 2019 according to new data from EV Volumes. That meant a rise from 2.5% market share in 2019 to 4.2% share of the global light-duty vehicle market in 2020. … [continued]
Lordstown Motors’ electric pickup truck will use the same “Tesla Batteries” from LG Chem found in the Model 3 and Model Y, and it’s making an RV, too!
Let’s take a quick look at the current world leaders in EV battery production.
In Tesla’s 2020 shareholder meeting, one shareholder proposal would have required the company to investigate the poor treatment of cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
You need a score card these days to keep up with what company is supplying battery cells to Tesla.
