Illegal immigrant arrested by ICE in Virginia on incest and sexual battery charges after release from local jail
HERNDON, VA. — A 25-year-old Honduran national illegally present in the United States was arrested last week in Falls Church on charges of incest and aggravated sexual battery involving a minor, U.S.…
US agency probes chemical spill at battery plant owned by GM, LG Energy
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors and…
Company Building EV Battery Factory Near US Military Installations Listed As Chinese Principal, Filings Show
Company Building EV Battery Factory Near US Military Installations Listed As Chinese Principal, Filings Show Philip Lenczycki on August 18, 2023 The California energy company slated to build a battery factory near…
GM backs EV battery startup as it shifts future focus to cheaper materials
By Akash Sriram and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors is investing in a Silicon Valley startup to help it speed development of a more affordable battery chemistry for its future…
Indonesia says Tesla plans to invest in battery material facility
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Monday that U.S. electric carmaker Tesla plans to invest in the manufacturing of battery materials in the Southeast Asian country and will make an announcement in…
GM JV battery firm rejects including Ohio workers under national agreement
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A General Motors LG Energy Solution battery joint venture on Wednesday said it does not see any path for workers at its Ohio plant to be covered…
Chinese EV Company Buys Up Michigan Land For Battery Factory Despite Public Backlash
Chinese EV Company Buys Up Michigan Land For Battery Factory Despite Public Backlash Nick Pope on August 2, 2023 Gotion, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked electric vehicle (EV) company, announced Tuesday that…
European battery maker ACC in ‘exploratory’ talks about North America battery plant
By Divya Rajagopal and Gilles Guillaume TORONTO/PARIS (Reuters) – Automotive Cells Co (ACC) is in early talks with officials in Canada and the United States on setting up a battery manufacturing plant…
Li-Cycle starts battery recycling operations at German plant
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Li-Cycle said on Tuesday it has started operations at its German plant to break down electric-vehicle batteries for recycling, part of the company’s rapid expansion into the…
UAW wins Democratic senators’ support for joint venture battery workers
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of the Senate’s Democrats are backing the United Auto Workers’ push for higher wages and benefits for workers at Detroit Three automakers’ joint…
UK battery startup Nexeon to supply Panasonic with advanced material
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – UK battery startup Nexeon will supply high-energy silicon anode material to Panasonic’s newest U.S. plant starting in 2025, the companies said on Monday. The use of silicon-rich anodes…
Tesla sues Australia’s Cap-XX over EV battery technology
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by…
Detectives Seek Public Assistance in Assault and Battery Case in Roxbury
BOSTON, MA – On Monday, an incident of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon occurred around 1:11 PM in the vicinity of 9 Washington Street. Detectives from District B-2 (Roxbury) are…
EV truck maker Nikola to pull the plug on battery supplier Romeo
(Reuters) – Nikola Corp will start liquidating the assets of battery maker Romeo Power, the electric truck maker said on Monday, less than a year after buying it. The company, which went…
GM buys Israel-based software startup to detect early battery defects
(Reuters) – General Motors said on Friday it had acquired Algolion Ltd, an Israel-based software startup that helps detect problems in batteries. GM said Algolion’s software will help the Detroit automaker bring…
Biden-Backed Battery Plant Relies On Tech From CCP-Led Chinese Firm
Biden-Backed Battery Plant Relies On Tech From CCP-Led Chinese Firm John Hugh DeMastri on June 27, 2023 A U.S. battery maker backed by the Biden administration relies on technology from a Chinese…
Factbox – Graphite producers doing deals with automakers and battery groups
LONDON (Reuters) – Automakers are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China as mined graphite demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries outpaces other uses. Below are details of…
‘Incredibly Deadly’: E-Bike Blaze Kills Four Amid Surge Of Lethal Battery Fires In New York City
‘Incredibly Deadly’: E-Bike Blaze Kills Four Amid Surge Of Lethal Battery Fires In New York City John Hugh DeMastri on June 20, 2023 A number of lithium-ion batteries caught fire early Tuesday…
Europe in danger of losing EV battery race – Court of Auditors
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe is in danger of losing the race to become a global battery powerhouse as access to raw materials remains a major roadblock along with rising…
Chinese Battery Plant In Michigan Gets Biden Admin Approval
Chinese Battery Plant In Michigan Gets Biden Admin Approval Jake Smith on June 13, 2023 The Biden administration is permitting Gotion, a Chinese electric vehicle battery company, to move forward with the…
Toyota pledges $2.1 billion more for EV battery plant in North Carolina
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will invest $2.1 billion more in its new U.S. battery plant in North Carolina, as the Japanese automaker deepens efforts to tap rising…
Biden Admin Pulls The Plug On $200 Million Grant To China-Backed EV Battery Maker
Biden Admin Pulls The Plug On $200 Million Grant To China-Backed EV Battery Maker John Hugh DeMastri on May 23, 2023 The Biden administration has decided against offering a $200 million grant…
US pulls $200 million grant for Microvast battery company -source
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 lawmakers cited…
Analysis-GM’s 2025 EV output could be crimped by battery bottleneck
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 its three…
Tesla applies to expand Shanghai plant, add pouch battery cell output
(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 undated public…
Chinese investment in Europe shifts to greenfield battery projects – report
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 analysed by…
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