By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department on Monday canceled a $200 million grant for lithium battery company Microvast Holdings, a source familiar with the matter said, after…
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – General Motors has said it will have the capacity to build 1 million electric vehicles in North America by 2025, but a slow ramp-up of…
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc has applied for regulatory clearance to expand its Shanghai plant and to begin producing for the first time pouch-type battery cells, albeit in small numbers. An…
By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) – Chinese investment in Europe is shifting from mergers and acquisitions to greenfield projects mainly in battery production for electric vehicles, according to 2022 data…
Massive EV Battery Packs Could Exacerbate ‘Fatality Crisis’ On US Roads, Experts Warn John Hugh DeMastri on May 1, 2023 Safety experts are increasingly raising concerns that the large weight…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday criticized a General Motors joint venture battery plant for…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California-based battery manufacturer startup Sparkz Inc said Tuesday it had agreed to a partnership with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union as it finalizes…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung SDI Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will invest $3 billion or more to build a joint venture electric vehicle (EV) plant with General Motors Co…
CHICAGO, IL – Mark Williams, a 28-year-old man from the 7500 block of S. Calumet Ave in Chicago, has been charged with one felony count of aggravated domestic battery and…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s BYD Co Ltd, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, plans to build a $290 million lithium cathode factory in Chile’s northern Antofagasta region, said…
STOCKHOLM(Reuters) – Truck-maker Scania and battery producer Northvolt on Tuesday said they had developed an electric battery with a lifetime equivalent to that of a truck. The Swedish companies said…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The state of Western Australia will allocate land to a battery metal processing facility proposed by IGO Ltd and Wyloo Metals, which is backed by billionaire Andrew…
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Friday said it will provide 7 trillion won ($5.32 billion) in financial support for its battery makers seeking to invest in…
(Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis NV said on Friday its Portugal plant would become the first assembly plant in the country to produce large series fully battery electric compact vans by…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s revenue potential from developing a battery industry has doubled to A$16.9 billion ($11.28 billion) by 2030 in less than two years, highlighting the speed of the…
By Scott Murdoch, Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese battery giant CATL’s plan to raise at least $5 billion in Swiss global depository receipts (GDR) has…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Chinese electric vehicle and battery maker BYD Co Ltd on Tuesday denied a media report that said the U.S. company…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Canada are discussing collaboration on building strong supply chains for battery metals, Japan’s industry minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, said on Tuesday. A public-private mission led by…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese battery giant CATL posted sharply slower growth in fourth quarter net profit, after COVID-19 outbreaks and consumer caution hit electric vehicle (EV) demand in the world’s…
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Fire Department says a five-alarm fire in the Bronx that destroyed a building at 2096 Grand Concourse in the Bronx was sparked…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz laid the foundation stone for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, southern Germany on Friday. The pilot plant will have an annual capacity of 2500…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico would not be able to match the incentives offered under a U.S. act to tame inflation if Tesla Inc builds a battery plant in the…
MADRID (Reuters) – A joint venture between the U.S. unit of Spanish engineering group ACS and Philadelphia-based Yates Construction has won a contract to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery…
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will halt production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup for another week following a battery issue that caused an EV truck to catch fire earlier…
Battery Industry Is Already Calling For More Handouts In Order To Compete With China John Hugh DeMastri on February 22, 2023 A trio of battery trade groups have called on…