Global Lithium Compounds Market (2020 to 2025)
Growing Demand for Batteries Lithium compounds have been majorly used in lithium-ion rechargeable battery technologies to save and consume energy. Lithium-Ion batteries find their application in electronics such as mobile phones, cameras, laptops, power tools and vehicles amongst others. Lithium-Ion…
Nissan & E.ON Partner On Large UK Vehicle-To-Grid Project
Nissan has been partnering with a variety of players for years on vehicle-to-grid pilot projects.There are a variety of different ways that you can use the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) connection, but they mostly involve EVs taking electricity when its in low…
Mahindra Seeks Investors For Electric Vehicle Business
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is looking for investment partners for its domestic electric vehicles business and is finalising investment plans for its Automobili Pininfarina unit, the group’s managing director said. The automaker wants to be a key player in…
UK Launching New £1B Automotive Transformation Fund To Help Move UK Auto Sector To Zero Emissions
In the UK, the competition for the first £10 million (US$13 million) of a new £1-billion (US$1.3 billion) Automotive Transformation Fund has begun. The overall program will offer a share of up to £1 billion of funding for industrial research…
Petrobras Ready To Launch Renewable Diesel Production Upon Regulatory Approval
The head of Petrobras’ refining, Anelise Lara, announced that the company is ready to begin production of renewable diesel from soy or other edible oils at commercial scale. Petrobras will expand investments in the segment as soon as it is…
Vulcan Is A Step Closer To Net-Zero-Carbon Lithium Production
In the transition away from fossil fuels, electric vehicles (EV) are set to be deployed on a massive scale in the 2020s. This will create a huge market for lithium-ion batteries (LIB), and battery-quality lithium. This shift is taking place…
Chinese Car Maker Faces Hurdle In A Bid For Govt EV Tender
Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), the government’s electric vehicles procurement arm, has said that MG Motor, a subsidiary of China’s Shanghai Automotive (SAIC), will stand disqualified for their upcoming e-vehicles tender in the absence of an official clearance by a panel…
HOMER Grid Software Now Models Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
HOMER Energy by UL, global leader in the development of standard-setting energy modeling software, has announced that HOMER Grid, software for designing grid-tied distributed energy projects, can now model how hybrid systems power electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new…
Yamaha Gives An Insight Into Its Electric Motor For Motorcycles
While electric mobility in cars have been taking huge strides, the pace is almost as quick in the two-wheeler space and Yamaha, it would seem, is determined not to be left far behind. Yamaha’s electric motorcycle division recently gave an…
Six-Minute EV Battery Could Be Made At Mooted $3 Billion Australian Gigafactory
An electric vehicle battery that its proponents say could recharge to 85% in just six minutes could be made at a Townsville factory being planned by Australian company Magnis Energy Technologies. Magnis Energy says in a statement that its partner…
