A little sprinkle of salt adds flavor to dishes. Will adding salt to batteries ascend it to a brand new realm? CATL recently released the first sodium-ion battery for EVs, and claims that the energy density has arrived at 160Wh/kg, where a power of 80% can be achieved by a charging time of merely 15 […]
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Advance Lead-Acid Battery – A Pathway For India’s Renewable Energy Needs – EQ Mag Pro
India has planned to increase the contribution of renewables to 40% by 2030 The lead-acid battery is the most widely adopted battery technology and has attained maturity where other technologies are still in the nascent stages New Delhi : Mr. L. Pugazhenthy, Executive director, India Lead Zinc Association said, “India consumes an estimated around 1 […]
LANXESS: High Performance Plastics Grade For Production of Battery Housings – EQ Mag Pro
Excellent insulation and flame-resistance minimizes fire risk Lower weight of battery module assembly High level of functional integration reduces processing and assembling costs Applied to series production of Korean carmaker Cologne : Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Korean auto parts specialist INFAC have together developed a battery module housing for electric vehicles (EVs). The battery […]
Battery Maker CATL Inks Deal to Set Up Production Base in Shanghai – EQ Mag Pro
The investment pact for the production base was signed by CATL, the management committee of Lingang New Area – part of Shanghai’s Pudong district, which is already home to the Tesla plant – and industrial park developer Lingang Group. Top Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) signed an agreement to […]
Czech Republic Plans to Spend US$2.4 Billion to Support Development of Local EV Battery Production – EQ Mag Pro
News agencies in Europe have reported that the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and ČEZ Group signed a memorandum of understanding indicating that they will be working together to help establish a local EV battery manufacturing plant. The memorandum was signed on July 27, and it entails a project investment of around US$2.4 billion. […]
GM Plans to Raise EV Battery Production Capacity Above 100 GWh By Building Two More Battery Production Plants – EQ Mag Pro
Major carmaker GM has told various media outlets that it plans to build two additional factories for manufacturing Li-ion EV batteries. Currently, GM has two EV battery plants under construction. With the two proposed plants, its annual EV battery production capacity is projected to surpass 100GWh. The two battery plants that are already under construction […]
Tianqi, IGO Produce First Australian Lithium Hydroxide For Batteries – EQ Mag Pro
IGO gave debt-laden Tianqi a lifeline late last year when it agreed to pay $1.4 billion for a stake in the Chinese company’s Australian lithium assets, namely the Kwinana processing plant and the world’s biggest lithium mine, Greenbushes, both in Western Australia. MELBOURNE : A joint venture between Tianqi Lithium and IGO Ltd has produced […]
Fire Hits Construction of 300 MW Victorian Big Battery in Australia
The fire was declared under control at 3:05pm local time today, CFA said. The incident at the Victorian Big Battery. Rendering of how the Victorian Big Battery will look when commissioned. The project is due to go into operation this summer. At local time 9:30am on Monday 2 August, the fire had “subsided significantly” but […]
Supercapacitors Have 1000 Times More Life Than Lithium-Ion Batteries – Dr Akshay Singhal, Founder, Log 9 Materials
Log 9 Materials, a Bangalore-based EV battery manufacturing company has applied its core competence in material science to develop pioneering solutions using ‘graphene’. Express Drives speaks to Dr. Akshay Singhal, the Founder of Log 9 Materials to know how supercapacitors can be a game-changer. Electric cars are the future, and there’s no denying that. Most […]
BASF, Porsche to Develop High-Performing Lithium-Ion Batteries
BASF will provide materials for high-performance battery cells for fast charging and high energy density. Cellforce Group will produce the high-performing batteries. Berlin : Germany’s BASF said on Wednesday it has been chosen as the exclusive partner to develop high-performing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles with Cellforce Group, a joint venture between Porsche and Customcells. […]