Oct 31, 2024 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Recycling
As part of an effort to promote recycling of electric vehicle components, the U.S. Department of Energy is giving a $2 million grant to University of Akron. The University will use the grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help eliminate the flow of...
Oct 24, 2024 | Batteries, Energy, Robots
A battery designed by MIT chemical engineer Michael Strano and colleagues could make it possible for cell-size autonomous robots to deliver drugs in the human body or find leaks in gas pipelines, among other applications. Seeking to allow microscale devices to operate...
Oct 17, 2024 | Batteries, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors has agreed to establish a joint venture with Lithium Americas Corp. that includes the automaker supplying $625 million in cash and credit to the Canadian mining business, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal is centered on the development,...
Aug 29, 2024 | Batteries, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Production at an electric vehicle battery cell plant jointly run by General Motors and Samsung SDI has been delayed as EV sales have slowed in the U.S. The companies finalized their agreement Tuesday to jointly run the new factory in New Carlisle, Indiana, near South...
Jul 22, 2024 | Batteries, Carbon, Featured
A recent innovation in the creation of electric vehicle batteries could potentially reduce the weight of cars and aircraft by up to 50 percent, new reports suggest. The innovation relies on the use of carbon fiber in a new weightless EV battery design, which would...
Jun 13, 2024 | Batteries, Business, Featured
Honda Motor Co. (Honda) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (OTCPK:MMTOF) announced plans on Thursday to establish a new 50-50 joint venture company called Altna Co. in July. The new joint venture is based on the memorandum of understanding the two automakers signed in...
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