Toyota to make 10-year, $3.4B U.S. battery investment
EVs account today for nearly 25% of Toyota’s U.S. sales volume, and that number is expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2030.
Companies combine to create new lithium-ion battery recycler
Moving forward, Heritage Battery Recycling will operate under the Retriev Technologies brand.
Plasma processing producing new cathode material from recycled batteries
Heritage and 6K say they plan to be making cathode from recycled content as early as Q1 2022.
Inficon unveils technology to combat EV battery fires
The company says its spectrometer technology can extend EV battery life, reduce warranty costs and help guard against battery fires.
Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz partner on EV battery cells
The companies say this European battery entity will support Europe in addressing the mobility energy transition.
Hyundai to test recycled EV battery solar storage
Hyundai and its partners plan to install the energy storage system by September 2022.
An inconvenient truth: EV lifecycles & the waste they produce
Manufacturers consider an EV battery’s end of life when it can no longer hold more than 80 percent of its charge.
EV battery remanufacturing sounds like an opportunity to me
More EVs means more batteries, and managing the battery over its lifetime is a critical hurdle the industry must get over.
Cox Automotive acquires EV battery lifecycle services company Spiers
Cox Automotive says the acquisition will help drive greater transparency and confidence in EV transactions with consumers.
WAE to collaborate with Molicel on next-gen battery cells
The collaboration will bring together power-optimized cell technology from Molicel with WAE’s control systems know-how.
Voltaiq, Veniam partner on EV battery data transfer solution
The companies say using Veniam’s platform, Voltaiq will enable customers to make more out of networks such as 4G/5G, Wi-Fi and V2X.
EV Fires: Disaster or opportunity?
Battery pack-level fire protection solutions in EVs to date all have their own benefits and trade-offs.