Battery Metals

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative deal Thursday to raise wages 25% at Ultium Cells, a company that makes batteries for General Motors’ electric vehicles. The union said the agreement will be retroactive to December 23, meaning that workers will get between $3,000 to $7,000 in total back pay, depending upon the hours […]

Ultium Cells LLC and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement to give raises of more than 20% to workers at Ultium’s battery plant Warren, Ohio, according to a company statement. The agreement, which will have to be ratified by the UAW members at Ultium, would become effective Aug. 28. It comes as […]

Some global mining companies are taking their hunt for materials that can power the energy transition to city scrapyards. Rio Tinto and Glencore have signed deals this year to expand critical metals recycling, branching out from investments over the past decade that involve running giant mines in countries including the U.S., Australia and Congo. They […]

The EV industry faces a huge challenge of replacing, in record speed, internal combustion engines (ICE) that have ruled the roads for over a century—and domesticating the entire supply chain to meet the demands of an electric vehicle industry quickly closing in on a trillion-dollar market value. So far, it’s all been done backwards, which […]

Drivers in the Marshall area can expect a traffic shift on a busy road near the Ford BlueOval Battery Plant being built near I-94 and I-69. The Michigan Department of Transportation is starting a project to widen Michigan Avenue from 13 Mile Road to 15 Mile Road. The purpose of this $323,000 project is to […]

Sales of electric vehicles in Indonesia grew by an astonishing 680% in May 2023 compared to the year before, following the recent implementation of government subsidies. Since March this year, different ministries have been issuing regulations on Rp7 trillion (about US$456 million) worth of subsidies for people buying or converting electric motorbikes in 2023 and 2024, as well as reduced taxes for electric car purchases. […]

The world’s largest battery maker has launched what it claims is the first ever “superfast charging” battery capable of delivering 400 kilometres (249 miles) of range from just a 10 minute charge. China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) said its new lithium-ion battery would open up a new era for electric cars and eliminate range […]

Hundreds more Vermonters will be able to add home battery backup power after state regulators agreed to lift a cap on the program. And the state’s largest utility is excited about the news. The Public Utility Commission released a ruling Thursday that the cap on the number of home batteries has been lifted. “It’s just […]

Battery performance and safety have long stood in the way of electrifying aviation but that could soon change. New battery technology being developed by NASA could help to revolutionise air travel. Aviation makes up around 2.4 per cent of global CO2 emissions. For a long time, scientists have been searching for a way to electrify […]

American start-up Aether said on Wednesday it has raised $49 million to scale its AI and machine learning-based platform aimed at helping miners extract critical metals in a more resource-efficient and sustainable manner. The San Francisco-based company said that while it intends to focus first on lithium extraction, its technology can help mine rare earth […]