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Tesla delays deliveries due to missing charge port part

Tesla sending out vehicles to service centers with a missing part, delaying deliveries

Meghana KandraMay 27, 2022

Tesla appears to have supply chain issues once again this year. But the issue is not with battery packs, it is with the charging port. It appears that Tesla sen...

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Largest EU battery recycling plant comes online – enough for all of Norway's batteries

Europe’s largest battery recycling plant Hydrovolt operations started in Norway
The plant is joint venture between Northvolt and Hydro

Meghana KandraMay 16, 2022

Europe's largest recycling plant located in Fredrikstad, Norway by Hydrovolt has started operations. It is a joint venture between two Norwegian companies, Hydr...

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Tesla wants Panasonic to ramp the development of its 4680 cells: CFO

Tesla wants to ramp the 4680 cells development by Panasonic

Meghana KandraMay 11, 2022

Panasonic Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu Umeda stated that Panasonic was asked by Tesla to ramp up the 4680 cells development. The demand for 2170 cells is cu...

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General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM's Ultium Batteries

GM and Honda joint venture to make affordable EVs
These vehicles will be based on a new global architecture

Meghana KandraApril 11, 2022

General Motors and Honda announced their plan to form a joint venture to make affordable electric vehicles. These vehicles will be having Ultium battery technol...

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Ford Motor says eyeing India as export base for electric vehicles

Ford sees India as potential market to enter with EVs

Meghana KandraFebruary 11, 2022

Ford sees India as a potential market to enter with its electric vehicles export and sales. The announcement comes as it is focusing on electrifying its fleet. ...

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Tesla Applies Permit To Build Giant Cathode Facility Near Its Giga Texas Factory in Austin

Tesla applies for permits to produce cathodes at Giga Texas

Meghana KandraFebruary 4, 2022

Tesla recently applied for permits to produce cathode for its electric vehicle batteries at Giga Texas. The application is known to be submitted on Wednesday, n...

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GM production shutdown of Blot EV, EUV extends till February

Meghana KandraDecember 20, 2021

General Motors production shutdown of Chevy Bolt and EUV has started back in August 2021. Now the automaker announced that the shutdown will extend till Februar...

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SVOLT claims to be first to reach Cobalt-free battery series production

Meghana KandraAugust 31, 2021

Battery systems manufacturer in Chengdu Motor unveiled a cobalt-free battery pack. The company says that it is the first one to reach a series production of cob...

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Tesla Co-founder’s battery recycling firm keeping up with growing market

Meghana KandraJuly 28, 2021

Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel founded the battery recycling firm, Redwood Materials. The firm announced a $700 million investment round, where external investo...

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GM and LG Alliance for a $2.3 Billion Factory in Tennessee
The joint venture is going to build a second US battery manufacturing plant.

Meghana KandraApril 19, 2021

With a plan to open the factory by late 2023, LG and GM have joined forced to build their second battery manufacturing base. Image credits- Plus News Korea ...

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