China’s CATL Developing EV Battery Without Nickel Or Cobalt
China’s battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is developing a new type of electric vehicle battery that doesn’t contain nickel or cobalt. Both nickel and cobalt are used in the batteries powering many of the market’s current EVs. Last month,…
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…
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…
INL, UCSD Researchers Find Slow, Low-Energy Charging Of Li Batteries Creates Glassy Lithium; High-Performance Li-Metal Batteries
Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. This noncrystalline, amorphous, “glassy” lithium had never…
alpha-Encorp’s Pre-Lithiated Anode Boosts Battery Performance
alpha-Encorp, with its patented technology of electroplating lithium metal films, announced that it has demonstrated the application of its core technology to pre-lithiate composite graphite anode laminates in the laboratory scale, which led to considerably improved performance of existing lithium…
SK Innovation To Jointly Develop Lithium-Metal Battery With Nobel Prize Winner John Goodenough
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. will develop lithium-metal batteries using solid-state electrolytes with Nobel Prize recipient John B. Goodenough in hopes that the next-generation battery technology can significantly improve electric vehicle’s driving range and safety. According to SK Innovation, the…
With Verkor, France Has Another Giga-Battery Factory Project
Lithium battery cells will be rolling off a production line at a 16GWh-capacity factory in France in 2023, with manufacturing startup Verkor then planning to scale up to 50GWh “in line with market dynamics”. Suitable land for the first Verkor…
VW, Ford U.S. EVs Endangered Due To Ongoing Legal Battle Between Battery Suppliers
An ongoing spat between two South Korean electric vehicle battery makers could put a crimp in Ford Motor Co.’s plans to produce an all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup and future electric vehicles as well as Volkswagen of America’s…
BMW Signs $2 Billion Battery Supply Contract With Northvolt
BMW like many other German car manufacturers, it is hedging its bets by designing cars that can be powered by gasoline and diesel engines, hydrogen fuel cells, plug-in hybrid technology, or battery electric powertrains. The car companies say such an…
Nissan And Sunwoda Join Hands For Battery Development
Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd has partnered with Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd. for joint development of next-generation vehicle batteries for Nissan’s e-POWER models. The two companies will also discuss the development of an efficient production system to…
