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  Blackstone starts series production of 3D printed battery cells

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  • Published: 12-07-2021, 07:15 PM
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  Blackstone starts series production of 3D printed battery cells

  Blackstone Resources presented its manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries from the 3D printer at an event at its plant in Döbeln, Saxony. In this context, the plant for series production was also started up.
  
  The event and production takes place at Blackstone Technology, the German subsidiary of the Swiss holding company Blackstone Resources AG. Due to the corona situation, however, the press conference had to be broadcast online.
  
  Blackstone presented the LFP...

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  Mercedes-JV opens battery production line in Beijing

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  • Published: 12-07-2021, 07:14 PM
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  Mercedes-JV opens battery production line in Beijing

  Daimler has completed a new battery production line with BAIC as part of its Chinese joint venture Beijing Benz. The battery packs produced there will in future be used in the Mercedes-Benz EQE for the Chinese market.
  
  
  The EQE made in China - the European models will be built in Bremen - should come onto the market there in 2022. The e-sedan based on the EVA2 platform was presented at the IAA in September .
  
  As Beijing Benz announced via its WeChat account, the battery...

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  Arrival plans battery assembly in North Carolina

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  • Published: 12-07-2021, 07:13 PM
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  Arrival plans battery assembly in North Carolina

  The English electric vehicle developer Arrival has announced that it will be building an assembly plant for high-voltage battery modules in Charlotte, North Carolina. The batteries built there are to be used in the vans and buses from US production.
  
  
  A quick look back: In October 2020 , Arrival announced its first micro-factory in the US, and battery-electric buses are to be built in York County, South Carolina. In March 2021 , the company announced that it would build another...

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  BYD: Rumors of cell factory with JLR in the UK

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  • Published: 06-10-2020, 06:18 PM
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  BYD: Rumors of cell factory with JLR in the UK

  BYD could build a battery cell factory in the UK to supply Jaguar Land Rover, according to insiders. Corresponding discussions between BYD and JLR are currently ongoing. Britain's unclear future trade relationship with the EU is delaying BYD's decision.
  
  JLR and BYD are also investigating whether they will also work together to develop electric drives. The specialist magazine "Automotive News" reports that the source is a person familiar with the processes.
  
  In...

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  Toyota establishes fuel cell joint venture with Chinese OEM

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  • Published: 06-07-2020, 04:18 PM
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  Toyota establishes fuel cell joint venture with Chinese OEM

  Toyota is establishing a joint venture in China with FAW, Dongfeng, GAC, BAIC and SinoHytec for the joint development of fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles. However, the Japanese will hold the majority in the joint venture called United Fuel Cell System R&D (FCRD).
  
  
  As Toyota wrote in a statement, 65 percent of the FCRD stake will be held by the Toyota Motor Company. The Chinese hydrogen specialist SinoHytec will hold 15 percent, the four car companies each five percent....

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  Hyundai participates in Erlangen LOHC specialists

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  • Published: 06-07-2020, 04:18 PM
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  Hyundai participates in Erlangen LOHC specialists

  Hyundai has invested in Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, a spin-off of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg founded in 2013. The aim is to develop technology and business together with a focus on stationary LOHC applications.
  
  The partners do not provide any information about the amount of the investment. On the other hand, it is public that the joint activities - i.e. the market launch of a LOHC-based hydrogen infrastructure - should initially focus on South Korea before...

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  Samsung SDI and EcoPro BM establish JV for cathode materials

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  • Published: 06-07-2020, 04:17 PM
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  Samsung SDI and EcoPro BM establish JV for cathode materials

  The South Korean battery cell manufacturer Samsung SDI and its South Korean supplier of battery materials EcoPro BM are investing the equivalent of around 88 million euros in a joint venture called EcoPro EM.
  
  The joint venture is held by 40 percent from Samsung SDI and 60 percent from EcoPro BM. Both companies plan to endow the joint venture with 120 billion won. It is planned to start building a factory in the city of Pohang this year, which will produce cathode material for NCA cells...

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  Norwegians plan to build a 32 GWh battery cell plant

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  • Published: 06-03-2020, 05:53 AM
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  Norwegians plan to build a 32 GWh battery cell plant

  The newly founded Norwegian company Morrow Batteries plans to build a battery cell factory for electric cars. In the final expansion, this should have a capacity of 32 GWh. The first of the four planned expansion stages, each with 8 GWh, should be completed in 2024.
  
  The emerging European battery cell production is receiving a new player: Morrow Batteries announces that it plans to build a cell factory with a research center in Agder in southern Norway. The location has intentionally...

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  Leclanché repositions itself - cooperation announced

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  • Published: 06-03-2020, 05:52 AM
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  Leclanché repositions itself - cooperation announced

  
  
  The Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché enters into a partnership with the Eneris Group, which operates from Poland, and at the same time is strategically repositioning itself. For this purpose, several joint ventures are to be founded - also in Germany.
  
  Leclanché wants to become a "market-oriented, research-oriented software and system integration company". The customer contracts should remain unchanged with the Swiss and existing orders will continue to...

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  Northvolt and Norsk Hydro establish recycling joint venture

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  • Published: 06-03-2020, 05:51 AM
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  Northvolt and Norsk Hydro establish recycling joint venture

  
  The Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt and the Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro announce the establishment of a joint venture to enable the recycling of battery materials and aluminum in the Norwegian electric vehicle market.
  
  
  The joint venture called Hydro Volt is set to build a recycling center in Norway that will start operating in 2021. According to a media report, around 9 million euros are to be invested in the Frederikstad location, south of Oslo near...

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