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Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

EV Makers Racing for Supplies of Lithium for Batteries

Liming facility in Nevada

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the mineral in a politically and environmentally fraught competition.

Joe McDonald | Associated Press
June 28, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

Stellantis Weighs Offer From Canada to Save Battery Plant

Downtown Windsor, Ontario

Stellantis NV and LG Energy Solution Ltd. are reviewing an offer from the Canadian and Ontario governments to salvage an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, across from Detroit.

Laura Dhillon Kane | Bloomberg News
June 6, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

Kentucky Pauses Incentives for Microvast Over China Concerns

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky officials say they are pausing $21 million in economic incentives to Microvast for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility.

Jonathan Mattise | Associated Press
June 5, 2023
Business, Technology, Fuel

Ford Strikes Lithium Deals to Support EV Output

Ford Lightning

Ford Motor Co. reached a series of deals to buy lithium from projects in Canada to Chile, as automakers rush to secure the materials needed to build electric vehicles.

Bloomberg News
May 22, 2023
Business, Fuel, TCA

Michigan Town Rests Economic Hopes on Ford Battery Plant

Storefronts in downtown Marshall, Mich.

Advocates for Ford’s $3.5 billion electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plant in Marshall, Mich., say the 2,500 jobs it promises are much needed for the city of less than 7,000.

Lindsay Moore | mlive.com
May 17, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA

How a Georgia Plant Helps Solve a Huge EV Supply Chain Kink

Ascend Elements' battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga.

COVINGTON, Ga. — Ascend Elements takes spent lithium-ion batteries and scrap from EV battery makers and grinds them to dust, salvaging minerals for reuse in new EV power sources.

Zachary Hansen | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 30, 2023
Business, Technology, Fuel

Honda, LG to Build $3.5 Billion Battery Plant, Hire 2,200 in Ohio

A Honda logo is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Honda says it will build a $3.5 billion joint-venture battery factory in rural southern Ohio and hire 2,200 people to staff it as the company starts to turn the state into its North American electric vehicle hub.

Associated Press
October 11, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

Michigan Lures $1.6 Billion Battery Factory in Fight for EV Jobs

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan awarded incentives to two new battery projects — a local startup building a cell plant and a Chinese firm that may produce battery components — as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer seeks to secure future automotive jobs in the state.

Gabrielle Coppola | Bloomberg News
October 5, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

EV Makers Urged to Partner With Miners to Secure Key Metals

A Pilbara mining project in western Australia

A key lithium producer in Australia, the world’s top supplier, is urging electric car manufacturers and battery makers to become its partners in new refinery projects, arguing their direct financial backing is vital to avoid shortfalls of the material that’s crucial to the clean energy transition.

James Fernyhough | Bloomberg News
October 3, 2022
Business, Fuel

Lithium Miner Albemarle Lifts Outlook as EV Battery Demand Surges

Image

Albemarle Corp., the world’s largest producer of lithium, raised its outlook for the second time this month as tight supply and growing electric vehicle demand forces battery makers to pay up for the metal.

Yvonne Yue Li | Bloomberg News
May 24, 2022

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