Are Solid-State Batteries Finally Ready To Live up to the Hype?
Harvard researchers have made a solid-state battery that charges in 10 minutes and lasts for 30 years, but is the technology ready for use?
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Adamas Intelligence: Lithium Deployment in New EVs up 40% in 2023 Year-On-Year
Adamas Intelligence data shows that a combined total of 408,214 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) were deployed onto roads globally last year in the batteries of all newly sold passenger EVs combined, a 40% increase over 2022. Europe and the Americas made up 40% of the global total with…
Adamas Intelligence: US Nickel Consumption in EV Batteries Jumped 50% Year-On-Year Jan-Nov 2023
According to data from Adamas Intelligence, through the first 11 months of 2023 a total of 253,648 tonnes of nickel were deployed onto roads in the batteries of all newly sold passenger EVs worldwide—a 40% increase over the same period of 2022. Through the first 11 months of last year,…
New Toyota Yaris Offers Additional, More Powerful Hybrid Electric Powertrain: Hybrid 130
Toyota has updated the latest generation of its Yaris with an additional, more powerful new hybrid electric powertrain; significant new and enhanced safety and driver assistance features; and all-new driver’s instrumentation and multimedia system that exploit the potential of digital technology. The new Yaris offers customers the option of a…
Graphene Is Set To Disrupt the EV Battery Market
Graphene looks set to disrupt the EV batteries market by the mid-2030s, according to a new AI forecasting platform using patent data.
Explainer: Competing Battery Technologies for Future Electric Vehicles
A GlobalData guide to competing EV powertrain technologies
How China’s EV Battery Tech Is Cementing It as the Auto Industry Leader
China is already a dominant force in the EV industry, and its work on solid-state batteries will strengthen its position.
Batteries: The Leading Companies in Thin-Film Batteries Revealed
GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in thin-film batteries for the automotive industry.
Benchmark: Li-ion Battery Boom Driving Fluorspar Demand
Fluorspar demand from the lithium-ion battery sector is expected to exceed 1.6 million tonnes by 2030, representing a significant portion of the overall market, according to Benchmark’s new Fluorspar Market Outlook. This mineral, primarily composed of calcium fluoride (CaF2), holds potential beyond its traditional uses in refrigerants, steelmaking and aluminum…
Lithium Leader Albemarle Cutting Capex and Jobs in 2024 To Adjust to Market Conditions
Leading supplier of lithium and lithium derivatives Albemarle is cutting its planned capex in 2024 from approximately $2.1 billion in 2023 to the range of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion as the company adjusts to changing end-market conditions, particularly in the lithium value chain. Morgan Stanley’s “Best of Lithium Index” shows…
Project SiKuBa Developing Safer Plastic Battery Housings
A research consortium including Farasis Energy, Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG (supplier of energy storage systems) and the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI is working to make plastic-based battery housings safer by means of virtual design and thus increase the safety of electric vehicles. Farasis, a developer…
