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Storedot, Polestar begin strategic partnership

By Brian Coote

Published: June 10, 2022

StoreDot has entered a strategic partnership with Polestar. As part of this new partnership and investment agreement, Polestar will investigate utilizing StoreDot’s extreme fast charging silicon-dominant batteries for future Polestar cars. StoreDot says it is on track to begin mass producing its ‘100in5′ technology as early as 2024, achieving 100 miles of range in five minutes of charging.

The new funding comes as part of StoreDot’s Series D investment round. Polestar is joining a list of the company’s global investors and partners, including Daimler, BP, VinFast, Volvo, Ola Electric, Samsung, TDK and EVE Energy.

Green Li-ion launches recycled lithium-ion battery materials plant

The North American plant will produce battery-grade cathode and anode materials.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 20, 2024

Green Li-ion, a lithium-ion battery recycling technology company, launched its first commercial-scale installation to produce sustainable, battery-grade materials, the first of its kind in North America, it said. The plant, located within an existing recycling facility, will produce battery-grade cathode and anode materials from concentrated components of spent batteries using Green Li-ion’s patented multi-cathode-producing "Green-hydrorejuvenation" technology, the company said.