The decision of Ford Motor Halting construction of a $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan highlights the challenge Tesla poses to the growing number of its rivals in the U.S. market: The leading company is pushing most of them into unprofitable niches. and low volume. Automakers around the world are launching dozens of new electric […]
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Lithium technology developers look for ways to recycle water
The mining industry is working to recycle freshwater, while developing direct extraction technologies. lithium (DLE), in its race to reinvent the way of producing the metal for batteries, key to the transition to green energy, executives said. Rising global demand for lithium has sparked great interest in DLE technologies, which use less land and can […]
Chinese “father of electric vehicles” calls for expanding their use
Wan Gang, Chinese adviser on industrial policy and “father of the electric vehicles”said that the efficiency of the batteries, the improvement of the architecture of the cars and the intelligent driving systems are fundamental for the development of the electromobility. Wan, president of the World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) in Munich, said hydrogen-powered fuel […]
Microalgae in the recycling of used batteries: a path towards sustainable ecology
With the increase in demand for electric vehicles new challenges have arisen. In particular, the proper disposal of used batteries, something that poses a serious environmental threat. Although recycling heavy metals such as lithiumhe cobaltmanganese, nickel and others found in batteries is the preferred approach, the extraction process often causes environmental contamination. At present, the […]
Tesla to build battery factory in Shanghai
The American company of electric cars Tesla set up a new center in Shanghai to make its Megapack batteries, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. The plant, which will have an initial capacity of 10,000 Megapack batteries per year, is scheduled to start producing “in the second quarter of 2024″according to this source. This will […]
US announces $3.16 billion to make electric vehicle batteries
The United States government announced that it will allocate US$ 3,160 million to support the process of manufacturing and recycling batteries for electric vehicles to meet the goal of President Joe Biden, that more than half of the cars sold are electric in the world. 2030. In a call with reporters, Biden’s adviser for infrastructure […]
War between Russia and Ukraine puts global production of batteries in the automotive sector on edge
The prices of raw materials involved in the production of batteries will have a significant upward trend for the second quarter of 2022, revealed a report from energyjet. According to the Peruvian corporation dedicated to the production of batteries, in the last half of 2021, the prices of tin, lead and other base metals that […]