According to a report on Sunday from Nikkei Asia, Honda could be set to spend as much as $14 billion on an upcoming EV plant in Canada, which would represent one of the automaker’s largest investments yet if pursued. The automaker is looking at multiple potential locations in the North American country, including a site […]
Battery Metals
The next frontier in EV battery recycling: Graphite
As more and more Americans embrace electric vehicles, automakers and the federal government are racing to secure the materials needed to build EV batteries, including by pouring billions of dollars into battery recycling. Today, recyclers are focused on recovering valuable metals like nickel and cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries. But with the trade war between […]
BYD breaks ground on its first sodium-ion EV battery plant
The world’s largest EV maker, BYD, broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. BYD is investing $1.4 billion (RMB 10 billion) with 30 GWh planned annual capacity. You likely heard that BYD just topped Tesla in overall EV volume to become the largest electric car maker globally. However, BYD is also a […]
Musk once laughed off BYD as a threat. Now the Chinese giant has taken Tesla’s EV crown — here’s how
Elon Musk dismissed BYD in 2011 by laughing at their products during a Bloomberg interview. “Have you seen their car?” Musk quipped. “I don’t think it’s particularly attractive, the technology is not very strong. And BYD as a company has pretty severe problems in their home turf in China. I think their focus is, and rightly should be, […]
Gotion’s first ‘Made in USA’ ESS battery packs roll off Silicon Valley production line
China-headquartered lithium-ion battery maker Gotion High-Tech has produced the first battery pack at its new factory in California’s Silicon Valley. The company said last week (29 December) that the first pack came off the production line at its plant in Fremont – which is also home to Tesla’s main US automobile production plant and HQ […]
Hyundai patents an all-solid-state EV battery system in the US
Can solid-state batteries improve EVs even more? Hyundai is betting on it. The automaker recently filed a patent for a pressurized all-solid-state EV battery system in the US. Hyundai files patent for all-solid-state EV battery system Hyundai looks to get a leg up as EV adoption continues climbing. The company’s latest plans include improving battery stability and […]
Wyoming Company Pioneers Game-Changing Process For Rare Earths, Uranium
Casper-based Disa Technologies has a new patented mineral separation process that could have broad application in the mining and extraction sector, but is particularly exciting for rare earths and uranium remediation. It’s another cog in the wheel that’s been turning faster for rare earths and uranium in Wyoming. The process is largely mechanical, taking advantage […]
New Flow Battery Electric Car To Be Made In The USA
The crazy dream of a flow battery electric car really is not so crazy after all. Last year, the European tech firm nanoFlowcell set up a US office to pitch its new QUANTiNO twentyfive electric car featuring new flow battery technology, and now the company is hatching plans for a whole US flow battery ecosystem […]
Nickel is year’s biggest metals loser, copper manages small gain
In a mostly lackluster year for metals trading, nickel emerged as the worst performer and might not see a reprieve anytime soon. The metal used in stainless steel and electric vehicle batteries posted an annual drop of 45% on the London Metal Exchange, the biggest decline since 2008. That’s by far the worst outcome among […]
China’s Gotion High-Tech rolls first battery pack off its new US assembly line
China’s EV battery developer Gotion High-Tech continues its global expansion, celebrating its latest milestone in new technologies this month. Gotion rolled its first battery pack off its new assembly line near Silicon Valley – its first product manufactured in the United States. Gotion High-Tech Co., Ltd. specializes in battery R&D and energy solutions. It was […]
