Lithium News

BRANCH COUNTY — Coldwater Fire Marshal Steve Trall believes lithium-ion batteries started two major fires in the county since Feb. 1. A charging lithium-ion portable power tool in the Elmwood Apartment maintenance room is the suspected fire source that severely damaged the 23-unit Taylor Street building. Trall suspected charging lithium-ion batteries in a Farrand Road […]

Boston-based Alsym Energy, which is developing a nonflammable rechargeable battery that’s cobalt and lithium-free, has announced a $78 million funding round. Tata Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons) and General Catalyst, a global venture capital firm, jointly led the funding round. Alsym Energy, which was founded in April 2015, has developed a non-flammable, […]

Spring Hill is the second battery cell factory from Ultium Cells to reach series production, following the Warren (Ohio) plant, which started production in 2022. For the GM vehicle plant in Spring Hill, where the Cadillac Lyriq is built, on-site cell production is a major improvement: the batteries are no longer transported from Ohio to […]

Backed by a $100 million grant from the Department of Energy and hundreds of millions in private investment, Woodinville-based Group14 Technologies is working to address one of the most significant barriers to EV adoption: charging anxiety. Why it matters: Widespread use of EVs is a key step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, experts say, but the transition […]

The development of battery electric maritime propulsion has involved using lithium battery technology that incurs high cost per kilowatt hour. An alternative liquid metal battery technology that incurs much lower cost per kilowatt-hour offers competitive application for short-distance propulsion along inland waterways. Introduction Efforts and initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions have prompted the maritime […]

General Motors has filed a patent application for battery cells with unusual shapes designed to aid cooling. Instead of the rectangular shape of the automaker’s current Ultium cells, the patent application, first spotted by Motor1, discusses Lego-shapes that leave channels when the cells are assembled into modules. These channels could be used for cooling, helping […]

Electric cars have soared in popularity in the wake of high gasoline prices. While improvements in vehicle battery technology have led to increased battery range, consumers are still left wondering how long they can expect their vehicle battery to last. After all, the battery pack is the most expensive part of an electric car, with […]

A new facility slated to open later this year could make Madison a hub in the manufacturing process for rechargeable batteries and aid other U.S. companies in developing new technologies. Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials, a business group within Mexican chemical manufacturing company Orbia, is converting an 11,000-square-foot building near the Beltline and Interstate 90 […]

For a global lithium industry still reeling from gluts along the battery supply chain, the greater long-term risk is producing too little of the metal rather than too much, according to the world’s No. 2 producer, Chile. More threatening than oversupply in the coming years is the risk of a renewed shortage, which would send […]

Chile unveiled salt flats that will be opened up to lithium mining as part of a plan to double production of the battery metal over the next decade under a new public-private model. Two flats — the giant Salar de Atacama where Chile produces all of its lithium currently, as well as Maricunga — were […]