ltage battery integrated into the vehicle’s structure, improving rigidity and lowering the centre of gravity for better handling. The battery uses a new aluminium frame for enhanced safety and crash protection. The battery includes 6 modules with 192 pouch cells, using graphite-silicon anodes and nickel-manganese-cobalt-aluminium cathodes. The design increases energy density by 7% over the Taycan’s battery and improves charging speed and effi...

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l Y Standard. It also unveiled the Megapack 3 and Megablock energy storage products. Tesla says it is working to localize and de-risk its battery and powertrain supply chains across regions, including progress on raw material, and final assembly processes in the U.S. and Europe for both the LFP and nickel supply chains. The company expects its lithium refinery in Texas to begin production in Q4 2025 and its LFP lines in Nevada to begin production...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/24

L&F to participate in Daegu International Future Auto & Mobility Expo 2025 in South Korea L&F Co., Ltd. (L&F) in South Korea announced that the company will participate in the Daegu International Future Auto & Mobility Expo 2025 (DIFA 2025), which will be held in Daegu Metropolitan City from October 22 to 25, 2025. The company will showcase an NCM (A) cathode material with a nickel content reaching 95%. This product can be used for 46-phi cylindr...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/20

sco started construction on the CAD 600 million plant in 2022, and one year later announced plans to include an integrated battery precursor materials plant, to lead to a combined investment of over USD 1 billion. The suspension of the second phase of the Ultium CAM plant also disturbed plans for a nickel sulfate plant in Bécancour, as Vale Base Metals also announced on October 16 it had cancelled plans for a CAD 325 million feedstock plant. In ...

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urrent battery costs from official manufacturers, including OEMs, remain high, discouraging many from switching to electric vehicles and potentially slowing adoption without intervention. He pointed out that Indonesia should aim to go beyond being just a market for EVs and components. With abundant nickel reserves, a key material for batteries, Indonesia has the potential to develop a domestic production ecosystem, including replacement batteries...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/06

LG Chem sets up Autonomous Smart Lab at its analysis lab in South Korea South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. (LG chem) has built an Autonomous Smart Lab in a lab specializing in analysis at its R&D Campus in the Daejeon Metropolitan City. The company's analytical research laboratory conducts precise analyses of raw materials, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese, used in cathode materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, contributing to the...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/26

led to begin operations in 2027.  It will process up to 140,000 electric vehicle batteries annually.  The grant will finance the construction of the first stage of the industrial facility. The facility will process black mass to recover critical raw materials, including lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from lithium-ion batteries. The OLiC (Optimised Lithium & Graphite Recovery) process recovers over 90% of critical materials fro...

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mework for the German automotive industry to open new markets and further expand its presence in the region. The German supplier industry already has a presence in Indonesia. Indonesia also plays a key role in the supply of raw materials. Indonesia is a global leader in the mining and processing of nickel and tin, both important raw materials for automotive production. In 2024, the German automotive industry exported goods worth EUR 223.2 million...

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EcoPro completes first-phase investment in Indonesia, securing stable supply of nickel materials South Korea’s EcoPro announced that it has completed a KRW 700 billion (JPY 77 billion) first-phase investment in nickel smelters in the Morowali Industrial Park in Indonesia, to establish a stable nickel material supply structure. Through the investment, the company will become able to purchase 28,500 tons of nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate (MH...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/22

South Korea’s Top Material to acquire patent in Japan regarding technology for high-manganese LNMO cathode active materials Several South Korean media sources reported that South Korea’s secondary battery material manufacturer, Top Material Co., Ltd., has acquired a technical patent in Japan related to the overall manufacturing of high manganese lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) cathode active materials. The patent is about positive elect...

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aveled to about a dozen countries already, and another dozen to go before the end of the year,” he said. Ontario seeks to become an alternative to China in regard to crucial battery-electric vehicle materials and components. “We are digging lithium out of the ground in northwestern Ontario, and nickel out of the ground in northeastern Ontario and in the far north,” Fedeli said. The aim is to process and refine the materials in Ontario, idea...

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and recycling sectors. The funding will be used to advance PeakAmp’s mission of building India’s first full-stack solution for lithium-ion battery circularity, which involves end-of-life (EOL) EV battery collection, second-life repurposing, and recovery of high-purity materials such as lithium, nickel, and copper. PeakAmp’s platform aims to improve the collection, tracking, compliance, and reuse of EOL batteries in India's growing electric ...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/12

the establishment of the Minerals for National Automotive Competitiveness Collaboration, is a significant step forward in the company’s evolution,” said Richard Sadowsky, RecycLiCo’s Interim Chief Executive Officer.  RecycLiCo’s processes efficiently recover battery-ready lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scrap, supporting energy storage as well as broader industrial applications. The re...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/04

secondary battery manufacturer. Details, including the customer’s name, vehicle models, and contract size, are unpublicized due to a confidentiality agreement. Enchem has already been supplying electrolytes to the same manufacturer’s plants in Kentucky and Georgia, the U.S., for pouch-type NCM (nickel-cobalt-manganese) batteries. As of 2024, Enchem has over 50% of the shares in the electrolyte market in North America. (Based on several releas...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/03

s of mass-produced Cathode Active Materials (CAM) for Semi-Solid-State batteries to Beijing WELION New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Since the project initiation in August 2024, both parties have moved swiftly from concept to mass production in just one year. The BSBM R&D team developed an ultra-high Nickel NCM (Nickel Cobalt Manganese) cathode active material with a unique composite coating layer to address interface issues between CAM and solid e...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/29

Posco Future M completes pilot development of ultra-high-nickel cathode material and high-voltage middle-nickel cathode material South Korea’s Posco Future M Co., Ltd. announced that it has completed the pilot development of ultra-high-nickel cathode material and high-voltage mid-nickel cathode material for electric vehicles (EVs). The ultra-high-nickel cathode is designed to improve energy density and maximize driving range by having more than...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/26

on of their joint venture. Under the agreement, once all conditions are met, CNGR will acquire a 25% stake in revomet Bitterfeld GmbH, which operates one of Europe’s most advanced facilities for recycling of battery scrap in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The partnership aims to recover raw materials such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium from battery waste and return them to the production cycle, helping close the loop in the battery value chain and strength...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/21

Stratus Materials begins deliveries of LXMO-2 next-gen cathode active material Stratus Materials Inc. announced that it has begun shipments of its LXMO-2 cobalt-free lithium manganese-rich (LMR) cathode active material (CAM) to its customers and partners. LMR CAM is an attractive material as it provides the potential of battery cells with higher energy densities compared to mid- or high-nickel NMC cells, but with costs and safety profiles similar...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/15

re M Co., Ltd. announced that it has begun shipping cathode materials produced using self-sufficient precursors in July 2025. In June 2025, the company constructed a precursor plant with an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons at the cathode material plant site in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do. High-nickel NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum) that utilizes the precursors produced at this plant will be used by Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture b...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/14

and Touring drove 1,205 km in its record-breaking journey between St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany, which included highways, alpine roads, and ordinary streets. This vehicle is powered by 6,600 units of 21700 cylindrical batteries made by Samsung SDI. These batteries are based on a high-nickel NCA cathode and a silicon anode and offer high capacity, long life, and quick charging. (From a press release on August 7, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/14