Sila Technologies, the battery materials company that has partnered with BMW and Daimler, landed $45 million in new funding and hired two high-profile executives, including Kurt Kelty, who led the battery cell team at Tesla for more than a decade. Kelty, who was on Sila Nano’s advisory board, has been appointed vice president of automotive, […]
China to ‘dominate recycling and second life battery market worth US$45bn by 2030’
While recycling of lithium and other materials such as cobalt from batteries will greatly increase in the coming years, the potential availability of second life batteries should not be underestimated, according to new research and data. Hans Eric Melin, an expert on the lifecycle management of lithium batteries with UK-headquartered consultancy Circular Energy Storage, previously […]
‘Sale of electric vehicle sans battery can cut initial ownership cost’
Rissala Electric Motors recently forayed into electric vehicles to cash in on the burgeoning market. Rissala Electric Motors recently forayed into electric vehicles to cash in on the burgeoning market. The company, which has already set up three production facilities, is currently considering setting up a lithium-ion battery manufacturing unit, besides a series of battery […]
Toyota, Suzuki plan early launch of battery EVs in India
Toyota-Suzuki had finalised an agreement to manufacture and sell electric vehicles in India by the turn of the decade in November 2017. The companies subsequently expanded their collaboration to cross-badging vehicles for India and other markets. Tokyo : Japan’s largest automaker Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is working closely with SuzukiNSE 1.40 % Motor Corporation (SMC) […]
UHBVN Floats Tender to Procure 100 MW of Solar & Wind Power with Energy Storage
Procurement of 100 MW flexible, schedulable RE Power for Long Term from RE based Grid Connected Solar & Wind/Small Hydro Power Projects. For more information please see below link:
Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles
Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. A new paper suggests he wasn’t exaggerating. Last April, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would soon be able to power its electric cars for more than 1 million miles over the course of their lifespan. At the […]
$3.3mn grant for Indian-origin researcher to manage battery waste
Sydney : An Indian-origin researcher at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney has received $3.3 million grant to transform waste and resource recovery industry by developing advanced manufacturing capabilities that focus on small-scale processing of materials produced from battery and consumer wastes. Professor Veena Sahajwalla who is Founding Director of UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable […]
Tesla shows interest in India’s plans to build battery plants
The robust global interest comes amid the govt’s push to make India a hub for making EVs and their components India will need six gigawatt-scale facilities (of 10GWh each) by 2025 and 12 by 2030, according to a NITI estimate New Delhi: Tesla and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) are among the companies […]
Battery Startup With $4.5 Billion Plan Has Vision for Nordic Hub
Freyr AS, a startup planning to build one of Europe’s first battery gigafactories in Norway, has a bigger vision for the region: a “Nordic Battery Belt.” The Norwegian company is still gathering approvals, technology licenses and funding for its initial, 40 billion-krone ($4.5 billion) project in northern Norway. But it already sees the scope for […]
Why storage is the next big thing for the power sector
Battery storage could be the next frontier for the power sector in India where hardships from power outages are not a distant memory. From the outside, Tata Power Delhi Distribution’s office in Rohini looks like a part of any other electrical substation in the country. High-voltage cables and wires criss-cross each other above the premises. […]