Volkswagen Chattanooga Growing High-Voltage Lab To Test Electric Vehicle Cells, Battery Packs
Volkswagen Chattanooga is growing its Engineering and Planning Center where it will have a high-voltage laboratory designed to develop and test electric vehicle cells and battery packs. Plans are to break ground soon for the lab aimed at supporting upcoming…
KTM Is Working On A New Electric Motorbike That Could Bridge The Scooter/Motorcycle Gap
KTM has been hard at work on an entire electric two-wheeler platform that is expected to spread the Austrian company’s EV expertise across multiple electric two-wheelers. Last month KTM confirmed that it was working on a project known as EMotion….
Detel, An Indian Tech Start-up Launches ‘World’s Most Economical’ e-two-Wheeler
The electric mobility space around the world is picking up pace at break-neck speeds and with more and more people adopting the new technology, costs are also steadily climbing down. With this in view, Detel – a start-up which has…
Lithium-Ion Battery Maker ATL Plans To Invest Rs 7,000 Crore In India; Buys 180 Acres Of Land In Haryana
In a positive development, Japanese multinational electronic company TDK Corporation owned Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) which manufactures rechargeable lithium-ion polymer (LIP) batteries has acquired 180 acres of industrial land in Haryana, reports Economic Times. ATL’s purchase of 180 acres of…
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…
