lithium batteries

Tesla will no longer have an exclusive battery-supply arrangement with Panasonic, as cells for its Chinese Gigafactory will come from LG Chem.

Building battery cells on silicon wafers could support current lithium chemistries with less degradation and tendencies toward fire.

The supplier Ricardo is hoping that a new cooling technology, employing a dialectric gel, will help allow better performance and faster charging.

Battery production and lower cost will drive up EV adoption in vehicle fleets across the world within the next two decades, according to the report.

Experts say that demand for nickel in the future could dry up supplies and raise prices.

Automakers are saying that lithium may be in short supply for electric-car battery packs; but the mining industry worries about abundance.

A 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric exploded in an incident possibly related to its lithium-ion battery pack. No cause has yet been determined.

Toyota now has deals with three major battery suppliers, covering a wide range of technologies including solid-state cells.

The Korean battery producer LG Chem is actively looking for a location in Kentucky or Tennessee that might supply Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.

Volkswagen plans to produce 22 million electric vehicles by 2027 and has multiple battery contracts to cover that short-term.

Volvo plans to source $1 billion of batteries from LG Chem and CATL, for vehicles carrying the Volvo and Polestar brands.

Volkswagen announced plans on Tuesday to build a large new battery factory—with an unspecified partner or partners—in its home state of Lower Saxony in Germany. Volkswagen has announced plans to build 22 million new electric cars by 2029, and has announced battery contracts for up to 50...

Panasonic says it may not have the juice for the Model Y crossover, Aston Martin tracks the Rapide E, and Illinois looks to tax EV drivers.

Tesla's main battery supplier, Panasonic, says the two companies won't have enough battery-building capacity to support production of the Model Y. In a conference announcing the company's annual earnings last Thursday, Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga told reporters that "batteries will run out if...

Shortages of raw materials for batteries, as well as a new lawsuit among battery suppliers, may lead to delays in some upcoming electric cars. On Thursday, according to Reuters, Tesla's global supply manager for battery metals, Sarah Maryssael, told a conference of mining executives and lawmakers...

Building electric cars is harder than it looks. According to a report last week in the Brussels Times, Audi is delaying the production of its planned E-tron Sportback and slowing production of its E-tron SUV following battery shortages from supplier LG Chem. The factory that builds the e-tron has...

In its latest environmental impact statement, Tesla announced that it will open its own battery recycling facility. Tesla has been recycling batteries made at the factory using third-party recyclers. Now, as the earliest Model Ses reach 7 years old, and the company is starting to receive some...

A shuttered mine in North Carolina could reopen to spur domestic production of lithium for batteries to supply electric cars and other vital tech.

Which startup automaker got a big boost toward production this week? What automakers opened some of its patent library for free until 2030? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 5, 2019. This week Tesla announced its...