Energy
British government pump primes £100 million into UK Gigafactory project
UK battery company Britishvolt has received £100 million in government backing for its planned gigafactory in North East England. Britishvolt also announced backing from investors Tritax and Abrdn, that should unlock a further £1.7bn in private funding in a project...
Airseas starts testing half-sized kite on French cargo ship
French company Airseas has installed its first half-size automated Seawing kite to a cargo ship and will commence trials this month. A full-size kite is estimated to save up to 20 percent on fuel and emissions. The kite has been fitted to the 154m long cargo ship...
Indian investment accelerates UK sodium-ion battery technology
Reliance New Energy Solar, a subsidiary of India’s largest private sector company Reliance Industries, is to acquire British company Faradion, a world leader in Sodium-ion battery technology for £100 million. In addition, Reliance will also invest £25 million as...
Audi realises its novel urban charging concept in Nuremberg
German car maker Audi has opened the first of its unique charging cubes, conceptually first revealed in May last year, that utilise second-life batteries and low-voltage grid connections. The new facility at an exhibition centre in Nuremberg is built using containers...
Galp and Northvolt develop European lithium processing plant
Portuguese oil company Galp Energia and Swedish battery maker Northvolt this week announced a joint venture to invest 700 million euros ($790 million) to build a lithium ore processing plant in Portugal, which should start operating by the end of 2025. The companies...
Localisation with international collaboration underpins VinFast’s battery factory
Vietnamese automotive manufacturer VinFast has started construction of its VinES Battery Manufacturing Factory in the Vung Ang Economic Zone in Vietnam, backed by investment of nearly US$ 175million. The VinES Battery Manufacturing Factory will produce batteries for...
Volvo and Northvolt to open $3bn battery R&D centre in Sweden
Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open a joint research and development centre in Sweden’s second city Gothenburg to aid in battery development and manufacturing. Volvo says the new facility, which comes as part of a SEK 30 billion (US$ 3.3 bn) investment, will position...
GRIDSERVE ramps up UK roll-out of electric charging forecourts
The UK’s GRIDSERVE has announced that more than 20 ‘Electric Hubs’ – each featuring between six and twelve 350kW ultra high-power chargers with contactless payment, capable of adding up to 100 miles of range in less than 10 minutes – will open at motorway service...
VW consolidates European battery activities
Volkswagen has established a new European company to consolidate activities along the value chain for batteries – from processing raw materials and developing more efficient batteries to managing the European gigafactories. The company’s scope will include new...
Wenea and NewMotion share access to EV charging infrastructure
Spain’s Wenea and Shell-owned NewMotion, both providers of electric vehicle charging services, have reached an interoperability agreement giving improved access to charging infrastructure across Europe. The arrangement is designed to offer “a single network of...
Japanese developer of DC motors targets European expansion
Japan’s Nidec Corporation, a developer and distributor of electric motors, is to establish a European manufacturing base with the construction of a new factory at Novi Sad in Serbia. The facility is expected to be completed by mid-2022 and is “a central foundation”...
Toyota to build its first US battery factory in North Carolina
Toyota North America has confirmed it is to build its first US battery factory in North Carolina. The new $1.29 billion lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant will be at what the Japanese car maker is calling the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, some 60 miles from North...
British government backs hydrogen powered “Green Skies” flight research
A British government-back hydrogen-powered jet concept is promising zero emission planes capable of non-stop flight from London to San Francisco at the same speed as today’s jetliners. The FlyZero project, led by the Aerospace Technology Institute, was unveiled this...
New York invests in off-grid Solar EV chargers designed for extreme weather
San Diego-based solar EV charger developer Beam Global says New York City has become its largest municipal customer with a latest order expanding the coverage of its EV ARC solar-powered EV charging systems to 89 units across the city. The chargers are completely...
Li-Cycle and Arrival target “radical impact” on EV battery recycling
Canadian lithium-ion battery developer Li-Cycle and UK-based EV manufacturer Arrival have announced an agreement to work together to improve lithium-ion battery recycling and improving the efficiency of the EV battery supply chain in the US and Europe. “Ensuring...
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