Honda Pursues New Blended Silicon-Carbon EV Batteries

EV batteries are getting a blended silicon-carbon anode makeover from the UK firm Nexeon, with Honda as a new strategic investor.

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Honda Pursues New Blended Silicon-Carbon EV Batteries

EV batteries are getting a blended silicon-carbon anode makeover from the UK firm Nexeon, with Honda as a new strategic investor.

CleanTechnica
Honda Pursues New Blended Silicon-Carbon EV Batteries

EV batteries are getting a blended silicon-carbon anode makeover from the UK firm Nexeon, with Honda as a new strategic investor.

CleanTechnica
Ontario, feds officially open heavily subsidized Windsor battery factory
Battery cell production began at the massive manufacturing facility in November. So far, 1,300 people have been hired. It's expected 2,500 will be once the plant is fully operational.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/province-federal-government-grand-opening-windsor-nextstar-9.7115783?cmp=rss
Splitsville For Ford An SK On: EV Battery Plans Go Up In Smoke

How it started, how it ended: Ford's EV battery partnership with the South Korean firm SK On has suddenly gone up in smoke.

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Splitsville For Ford An SK On: EV Battery Plans Go Up In Smoke

How it started, how it ended: Ford's EV battery partnership with the South Korean firm SK On has suddenly gone up in smoke.

CleanTechnica
Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture https://arstechni.ca/3VxW #batteryfactory #SKinnovation #EVadoption #Cars #Ford
Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture

Ford will keep the plant in Kentucky, SK gets the one in Tennessee.

Ars Technica

Tesla plans to establish a small LFP battery cell factory in Nevada using equipment from CATL. The facility, located in Sparks, will focus on producing LFP cells for Tesla's Megapack energy storage products. This move aligns with Tesla's strategy to expand its battery supply chain and meet regulatory requirements for local battery production. While details are not fully confirmed, the collaboration with CATL signals a strategic effort to leverage expertise and accelerate battery manufacturing capabilities.

#Tesla #BatteryProduction #CATL #LFP #EnergyStorage #Megapack #Nevada #Sparks #BatteryFactory #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #battery

Ford planned a battery factory
The building to hold lithium phosphate
But alas it was not
To be their lot
For now the plan stands in abeyance

#ford #electricvehicles #batteryfactory #michigan #limerick #poetry

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/ford-pauses-work-on-3-5-billion-battery-factory-in-michigan/

Ford pauses work on $3.5 billion battery factory in Michigan

The site was going to make lithium iron phosphate cells for electric vehicles.

Ars Technica

We have a LOT to discuss on this week's @motoringpodcast News Show.

We start with Follow Up about yet another disastrous turn in the Britishvolt saga. The new owner missed a payment deadline. Now in breach of contract.

Whoops. Seems perfectly apt for the whole sorry tale.

#AutomotiveNews #Podcast #Podcasting #BatteryFactory #EVs

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Swansea Blackhole - 15 August 2023 - Motoring Podcast

There is PLENTY of news to discuss this week. Follow Up starts with another twist to the Britishvolt saga. Tesla range calculation is worked out, implying it hasn’t deceived owners as a recent report suggested. We have Listener Feedback too. In New News, the House of Lords is asking about the Gove

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