Lithium & Nickel & Tesla, Oh My!
Last week, I sat down with Rodney Hooper and Howard Klein for another chat about nickel and lithium mining, electric vehicle batteries, Tesla, the electric vehicle transition, and a few other matters.
Last week, I sat down with Rodney Hooper and Howard Klein for another chat about nickel and lithium mining, electric vehicle batteries, Tesla, the electric vehicle transition, and a few other matters.
In a new report by Wood Mackenzie, the organization forecasts that the global lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity pipeline could quadruple and reach 1.4 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030 compared to last year.
SK Innovation has announced that is will collaborate with John Goodenough on the creation of next-generation solid-state lithium-ion batteries.
Three of the top companies in EV battery world had some notable news at the end of April that never saw the light of day here on CleanTechnica. Let’s jump into them.
Practically in my backyard in Wroclaw, Poland, LG Chem began mass production of NCM712 batteries in the 1st quarter of 2020.
A bitter dispute between LG Chem and SK Innovation over lithium-ion battery technology threatens to delay the rollout of electric cars in the US and Europe.
Volkswagen keeps upping its electric car projections. It now says the new MEB platform could form the basis for 70 models and projects its sales of electric cars will reach 22 million vehicles by 2028.
A month ago, SK Innovation announced it was investing $1.67 billion in a battery manufacturing plant in Georgia. This week, it says it is upping that amount to $5 billion. Things are moving fast in the EV revolution these days.
There’s so much cleantech news to cover that we generally have hundreds of stories on our “story sheet” that we’re never able to cover. In the coming days, we’ll be rolling out a couple of strategies to help deal with our backlog. Yep, this #NewsParty format is one of those.
Mercedes says it has committed to purchasing battery cells worth $23 billion between now and 2030. All those cells will be used to build battery packs at factories in Kamenz, Untertuerkheim, and Sindelfingen in Germany, as well as Beijing, Bangkok, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama according to Reuters.