EV News
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11 Aug 2019
Toyota to build battery plant in China, eyeing hybrid policy shift
(Read more)Primearth EV Energy, also known as PEVE, produces nickel metal hydride batteries for hybrids at a joint-venture factory in China's Jiangsu Province.
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07 Aug 2019
Glencore to halt production at world’s largest cobalt mine
(Read more)Glencore is to halt production at the world’s largest cobalt mine from the end of this year following a dramatic fall in prices for the key battery metal.
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06 Aug 2019
Tesla's Megapack Battery Ambitions Could Drain Cobalt Supply
(Read more)From large facilities to electric vehicles powered by Tesla batteries, the one thing they have in common are the origins of a key component called cobalt.
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05 Aug 2019
Nickel deficit worrying Tesla and EV battery makers
(Read more)The need for the high-purity material used in batteries, known as class-one nickel, is likely to outstrip supply within five years, fueled mainly by rising consumption in the EV industry.
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02 Aug 2019
BHP to start nickel sulphate production for EVs in second-quarter 2020
(Read more)The miner, which in 2015 considered closing the plant due to a drop in demand from the stainless steel industry, is currently building what it expects to be the world’s biggest nickel sulphate facility to serve the EV battery market directly.
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26 Jul 2019
As electric vehicle production ramps up worldwide, a supply crunch for battery materials is looming
(Read more)Metals used to make the vehicles’ batteries may face a supply crunch by the mid-2020s, according to a Wood Mackenzie report released.
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16 Jul 2019
Nickel surges to 11-mth high on funds buying
(Read more)Nickel prices on Tuesday jumped to their highest in 11 months as some funds pushed up their purchase of the metal pegged to benefit from the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) industry.
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12 Jul 2019
LG Chem Close To Building Second U.S. Battery Plant For EVs
(Read more)The battery maker currently has a plant in Holland, Michigan, that it supplies lithium-ion batteries to General Motors. Volkswagen also is a customer.
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08 Jul 2019
The U.S. and Europe Are Getting More Anxious About EV Battery Shortages
(Read more)There’s a looming shortage of nickel sulfate, the material used for battery products, with demand forecast to outstrip planned new capacity, BNEF said in a 2 July report.
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07 Jul 2019
UK car industry future hinges 'not on Brexit, but on batteries'
(Read more)The opportunity for a global industry enjoying explosive growth is enormous – and without a battery industry, the jobs of 114,000 workers making the UK’s combustion engines could disappear by 2040.