175.6% increase in battery production in China in 7 months

During the first seven months of this year, China’s power battery production rose 175.6% year on year to 253.7 gigawatt-hours. The results of industrial data issued by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance showed that between January and July, the production of lithium iron phosphate batteries with a capacity of 153.8 gigawatts per hour, an … Read more

Varta in shock at the weekend, Amazon offers less service for more money, Tesla is trying to improve its image and BYD is having problems with batteries

Investors are less and less likely to take a breather at the weekends. Even if the trading places remain closed, there is usually more than enough news to hear. There is currently no sign of boredom and some reports should make worried faces. First and foremost there is the battery manufacturer Varta (DE000A0TGJ55), which unceremoniously … Read more

Gjelsten’s battery factory secured a new billion

Morrow has raised 100 million euros in new capital, which will go to the first construction stage at the company’s battery factory in Arendal, it was announced on Sunday. This is equivalent to approximately one billion kroner. – WITH: Nysnø Klimainvesteringer and investment director Joe Eliston (left), here with board chairman Håkon Tanem in Morrow. … Read more

The first European “gigafactory” is operating at full speed

Swedish battery maker Northvolt, better known as Europe’s first “gigafactory”, began commercial deliveries to carmakers last week. Europe is increasingly seeking to oppose Asian dominance over the supply of some batteries for electric vehicles, Bloomberg reports. The first deliveries, which came from Northvolt’s plant in Shelefteo, Sweden, were made on schedule, a company spokesman said. … Read more

In a word: researching cancer

What’s up this week? The semester has started, so internship courses and I take care of students. What do you like about the subject in which you are doing your doctorate? My favorite topic is looking at cancer from an interdisciplinary perspective. Coming from materials science, I find it exciting to look at a cellular … Read more

Industrial giants together to increase the pace of battery production

The three companies state in one press release that through a partnership they intend to accelerate the growth of Vianode, a manufacturer of sustainable battery materials. The partners plan to make an investment decision for a potential first-phase facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn during the first half of 2022. This plant is expected to have … Read more

Elon Musk wants to add Argentine lithium to Tesla car batteries – 03/18/2022

Exclusive Content – The note you are trying to access is exclusively for subscribers subscribe know our plansand enjoy El País without limits. – Get into If you are already a subscriber you canSign in with your username and password. – – Elon Musk look at Argentina and wants the lithium that is in the … Read more

Bulgaria again missed a large car plant, Ford will build a mega-factory for batteries in Turkey

– – – Ford Motor Co. will build a large battery plant for electric vehicles in Turkey with South Korean battery maker SK On and its Turkish joint venture partner Koc Holding, according to Auto News. Thus, Bulgaria again got away with its aspirations to attract to the country a large car manufacturer, which chose … Read more

Saxon researchers develop the smallest rechargeable battery in the world

Bell’s law states that there will be a new class of computers about every ten years. Starting with the huge, room-filling computers of the 1960s, followed by the 1970s, which came with smaller workstation designs and over time got smaller and even more portable. And today computers are so small that they are difficult to … Read more

Electric cars will become a little more expensive due to lithium, but only for a short time

– – Charging stations in Bulgaria are too few. PHOTO: Vanyo Stoilov – Their boom in Bulgaria remains for next year The record rise in the price of one of the main materials for the production of batteries for electric cars – lithium, will lead to higher prices for electric cars, but in the short … Read more