PowerCo Tests QuantumScape’s New Solid State Battery For Volkswagen, And Likes What It Sees
It’s been a long nine years, but QuantumScape’s new solid state battery for EVs just passed a major milestone on the way to commercialization.
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Tata’s New $5.2 Billion EV Battery Plant Catapults UK From Zero To Hero
Tata Motors just blew up the Intertubes with plans for a new $5.2 billion EV battery plant in the UK.
Volkswagen To Build Its Largest Battery Cell Factory … In Canada
The battery division of Volkswagen Group, PowerCo SE, has picked the location to construct its biggest battery gigafactory to date — St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. A potential final expansion stage could produce of up to 90 GWh of batteries annually. Actually, they already announced it last month. This was more … [continued]
Mercedes-Benz Prepares To Go All-Electric
After Renault Eways’ disappointing plans to transition to BEV by 2030, we got a much more realistic vision on the future from Stellantis. Now we get a long-term vision from Mercedes-Benz. The presentation of Mercedes-Benz is not an online mix of advertising and announcements as the previous two were. It … [continued]
7 Big Electric Vehicle Announcements from Volkswagen Today
Volkswagen had a live “Power Day” event today. I’m not going to rate the acting and script reading (you can thank me later), but I do want to highlight some of the big announcements. 1. Volkswagen expects to cut its battery costs by 30–50% (timeframe unclear) It seems this is … [continued]
Elon Musk & Tesla Slice Through China–US Trade Challenges With Focus On Helping Humanity
Editor’s note: Aside from the useful article below, we have breaking news out of China that Shanghai Gigafactory construction is speeding up. We’ll start with that news:
Volkswagen: 40 Battery Gigafactories Needed For Electric Car Revolution
The electric car revolution is coming. In fact, it is picking up speed as companies like Volvo say that all of their cars will have a battery and electric motor by 2025. Whole nations such as India and France are suggesting they may ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines in coming years. Most people assume that lack of charging infrastructure is the primary barrier to more electric cars being on the road, but Volkswagen believes (as others do) that a lack of batteries will be the biggest factor. In fact, Volkswagen believes the world will need the equivalent of 40 Gigafactories by 2025 to meet the demand.
Volkswagen Aims To Build 1st Battery Gigafactory In China (Rumor)
Context and commentary: Volkswagen is one of those interesting cases you find in an industry entering disruption. Last year, it briefly rose to the top of the auto world, becoming the largest global automaker. It only held the trophy for a few moments, though, because it got busted for massive cheating. Why did it (and … [continued]
