Chinese battery manufacturer EVE held a groundbreaking ceremony for its production plant in Hungary on May 30. The plant is located in an industrial park in the north part of the city of Debrecen. It is also adjacent to a vehicle production plant operated by BMW. Hence, it is highly likely that the EVE’s plant […]
Batteries
CATL targets carbon neutrality across all operations by 2035 – EQ Mag
CATL announced its plan to achieve carbon neutrality in its core operations by 2025 and across the battery value chain by 2035 at the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. “For CATL, achieving carbon neutrality is our responsibility, demonstrates our capability, and opens up more opportunities,” said Jiang Li, CATL Board Secretary at the company’s […]
Battery News Today — Water In Texas, Hydrogen In Kentucky – EQ Mag
Battery technology continues to advance by leaps and bounds. The latest trend is water and hydrogen batteries that last longer and cost less. The search for longer lasting, higher power, less expensive batteries is ongoing in laboratories around the world. The lithium-ion battery is a marvelous thing, but it takes too long to charge, its […]
The race to decarbonize electric-vehicle batteries
One of the key value propositions of electric vehicles (EVs) for consumers—and the planet—is their ultralow carbon footprint once in operation. Unlike cars and commercial vehicles with internal-combustion engines, EVs do not produce direct tailpipe emissions from burning diesel and gasoline. But battery-powered EVs have a major emissions challenge of their own: production of the […]
Amara Raja to invest Rs 9,500 crore in lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Telangana – EQ Mag
Lithium-cell gigafactory with capacity up to 16 GWh and battery pack assembly unit up to 5 GWh to come up in the Mahbubnagar district of Telangana. Amara Raja Batteries, one of India’s leading industrial and automotive battery companies, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Telangana to set up state-of-the-art research […]
BYD May Begin Sodium-Ion Battery Production In 2023 – EQ Mag
Reports from China suggest BYD may be the first manufacturer to bring electric cars with sodium-ion batteries to market. Rumors are flying about in China that claim BYD plans to be producing sodium-ion battery cells in the second quarter of 2023 and use them to power some of its own electric vehicles. The company claims […]
Infosys to Digitize and Automate Processes at Envision AESC’s EV Battery Manufacturing Plants – EQ Mag
The leading electric vehicle battery innovator and Infosys to co-develop a cloud-based, modular platform powered by Infosys Cobalt BENGALURU, India : Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a strategic collaboration with Envision AESC, a world-leading battery technology company. Through this collaboration, Infosys will […]
Centre collaborates with think thank to push production of EV batteries in India – EQ Mag
New Delhi : The Centre’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and green think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have collaborated to create a platform that will support the development of new electric vehicle (EV) batteries to suit Indian requirements. A white paper will be prepared on a roadmap to develop new battery […]
How do electric vehicle batteries work? – EQ Mag
The individual cells in most rechargeable EV batteries today have the same basic components: Electrodes, electrolyte and separator. The positive electrode is called the cathode; the negative electrode is the anode. The cathode is the single most expensive element, accounting for up to a third of the cost of a battery cell. Most lithium ion […]
SEAT to build Spain’s 1st electric battery plant
The Spanish government said last year that it would convert the country’s car manufacturing industry, the second-largest in Europe, with funds from the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery plan. SEAT, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, plans to build the battery plant in Sagunto, a town near the eastern city of Valencia. Spanish carmaker SEAT […]