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Lithium-ion battery pack sizes have increased 10 percent over the last five years, which could lead to battery supply shortages

August 14, 2023 -

In a recent report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) entitled "Electric Vehicle Outlook," analysts delved into three different range projections for EV battery demand and their implications for material supply. (Related: Car companies are expanding into the lithium mining business to secure their supplies for EV manufacturing.)

According to the results, BNEF's baseline projection envisions the stabilization of average EV ranges at approximately 250 to 310 ...

Subsidized Quebec EV battery plant triggers concerns of potential environmental impacts

25 days ago -

The agency examines the risk of wetland destruction and fish habitat harm. Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s previous endorsement of the Northvolt plant as "the world’s cleanest," concerns have been raised about the potential environmental impacts of the planned Northvolt project.

In a Dec. 15 note, the DFO indicated that it was waiting for a formal application from Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturing giant, under the Fisheries Act. The department also revealed ...

Arizona and Texas to become hubs for EV, battery and semiconductor companies

May 04, 2023 -

LG Energy Solution has announced a $5.5 billion battery manufacturing facility near Phoenix, while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is investing $40 billion to open the company's second chip plant in Arizona.

"We always had a technology-rich workforce, a lot of engineers here because of Raytheon, Honeywell, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin," said Steve Zylstra, CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, a statewide trade association for science ...

Dannar, BMW combine to launch a mobile power station carrying EV battery packs

October 20, 2023 -

In 2015, Dannar and BMW co-developed BMW i3 EV batteries, a "first-of-its-kind electric heavy-duty vehicle for infrastructure maintenance and disaster response," designed for road applications. By 2017, Dannar launched its Mobile Power Station off-road work vehicles equipped with BMW i3 EV batteries. (Related: Tesla to expand lithium refining capacity to meet growing demand for EV batteries.)

Dannar's Mobile Power Station, which allows owners to use the same vehicle ...

EVs on the verge of becoming UNINSURABLE due to HIGH COST of battery repairs

November 08, 2023 -

Jonathan Hewett, CEO of the motor insurer-funded automotive research firm Thatcham Research, issued this warning. According to him, the lack of "insight and understanding" about the cost of repairing damaged EV batteries leads to increased insurance premiums. In some cases, it has even led insurance providers to refuse whole vehicle coverage for EVs.

While EV owners are burdened with insurance costs, with some quotes exceeding £100 ($122.90) per week and reports of ...

Electric car EXPLODES on driveway and sets fire to family home after battery malfunction

September 27, 2023 -

The explosion occurred at around 9:51 p.m. on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 23, in the neighborhood of Cooks Acre, with county emergency services – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) – rushing to the family home after receiving reports that a car was on fire. Neighbors reported hearing screams and popping noises like fireworks going and seeing flashing lights when the incident occurred. (Related: Fatal prototype hybrid car explosion claims researcher's life and leaves ...

Tesla to expand battery plant in Nevada using equipment and tech from CCP-linked company

February 07, 2024 -

The automaker plans to purchase machinery from CATL and install it in Tesla's Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada. This new facility will be fully controlled by Tesla, which will cover 100 percent of the costs of the construction, and CATL personnel will allegedly be uninvolved other than helping set up the equipment.

The plant, which will make cells for Tesla's large-battery Megapack product, is part of a broader effort to onshore the supply chain for lithium-iron-phosphate ...

Massive explosion at EV battery warehouse in Uzbekistan kills 15-year-old boy, injures 163

October 01, 2023 -

Video and photos of the blast flooded social media showing a massive conflagration and a big mushroom cloud of smoke that was visible across Tashkent. The Inter Logistics LLC explosion reportedly occurred at 2.43 a.m. local time and likewise caused damage to hundreds of houses and other buildings over a vast area up to 20 miles away.

Conflicting reports are coming out about the exact cause of the explosion. Initial reports suggested a plane crash, which authorities in ...

Ford resumes Michigan EV battery plant but reduces production capacity by 40%, drops about 800 jobs

November 30, 2023 -

"We are pleased to confirm we are moving ahead with the Marshall project, consistent with the Ford+ plan for growth and value creation. We have been evaluating BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall," Ford said. "While we remain bullish on our long-term strategy for electric vehicles, we are re-timing and resizing some investments." The said project was paused two months ago, with Ford citing issues on the site's future economic viability as it was losing billions of dollars ...

EV supply chain problems drive GM to build “green” battery packs for electric cars BY HAND

August 04, 2023 -

General Motors (GM) is reportedly struggling with costs as it feverishly works to unleash more EVs while still maintaining some kind of profit.

According to reports, GM's adjusted pre-tax profit and margins in its key North American market fell from the first quarter despite an increase in revenue and per-vehicle transaction prices, resulting in shares declining by 1.7 percent in early trading.

GM's promise to shareholders and customers is that it will invest an ...

Rice University now offers “Afrochemistry” course taught by woke DEI professor who claims chemistry works differently when you’re Black

January 19, 2024 -

Writing for PJ Media, Stephen Green expounded on this "one-of-a-kind" course offering from the institution. According to the course description on Rice's website, Afrochemistry students will "apply chemical tools and analysis to understand Black life in the U.S." and "implement African American sensibilities to analyze chemistry." Its ultimate goal is to address "inequities in chemistry and chemical education."

"This course will be accessible to students from a variety ...

Proposed CCP-controlled battery plant in Michigan constitutes a significant THREAT to the environment and national security

July 20, 2023 -

This is according to radio talk show host Justin Barclay of WOOD Radio in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who noted how many people in the state are very much concerned with a factory built by a company controlled by the CCP being set up on their backyard.

"People are not just concerned about the national security issues here in this country," commented Barclay. "[The CCP] is setting up spying locations in places like Cuba. They may even have a spying location or some sort of outpost ...

Apartment owners in Australia propose NEW RULES for storing electric bikes and scooters following wave of BATTERY FIRES

February 20, 2024 -

The OCN – which unites owners' corporations for apartments in the Land Down Under – analyzed recent cases of lithium-ion battery fires caused by electric scooters, bicycles and skateboards. It found that cheap and damaged mobility devices from disreputable manufacturers are to blame.

Emma Sutcliffe, CEO of battery fire research company EV Fire Safe, backed OCN's findings. According to her, personal mobility devices with lithium batteries commonly have quality issues, ...

U.K. government warns Brits to stock up on battery-powered radios and flashlights to prepare for coming catastrophes

December 07, 2023 -

This is according to U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden, who said that Brits need to be more “personally resilient” and less reliant on electronic devices and those that are connected to the internet. The message came during his first annual statement on “risk and resilience,” in which he emphasized that risks are “evolving faster than ever,” citing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, extreme weather conditions like flooding, misuse of technologies like artificial intelligence, ...

Canada and Japan sign electric vehicle battery supply chain agreement to strengthen their position in the EV market

September 27, 2023 -

The deal was finalized during a state visit of Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was accompanied by representatives from the Japanese industry group the Battery Association for Supply Chain. On Sept. 21, Nishimura and his Canadian counterparts signed a "memorandum of cooperation" with Canadian companies on the matter.

Japanese and Canadian corporations also signed separate joint ventures providing for greater collaboration between ...

SUPPLY CHAIN WARNING: China flexes world domination muscle, restricts mineral exports vital for semiconductors and EV battery production

July 13, 2023 -

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the party's decision to restrict the West's access to the said crucial metals demonstrated CCP's willingness to use its dominant control over mineral resources to disrupt Western supply chains. Neither gallium nor germanium is traded in large quantities and both are important to particular industries, especially the production of semiconductors that are often designed in and for use in the U.S. even if made in Taiwan and South Korea....

Ford pauses construction of $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Michigan amid scrutiny over CCP involvement with the project

September 27, 2023 -

Ford announced plans to construct the 950-acre BlueOval Battery Park in the small town of Marshall, Michigan, around 90 miles west of Detroit, on Feb. 13 and promised that the project would bring 2,500 jobs to the town of under 7,000 residents. But a statement from Ford spokesperson T.R. Reid has put all of this work on hold.

"We are pausing work and limiting spending on construction on the Marshall project until we're confident about our ability to competitively operate ...

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told Titan submersible in 2021 to GO TO SLEEP after battery died at ocean bottom

July 09, 2023 -

It was the year 2021 when this occurred, and passenger Jaden Pawn who was aboard the Titan on that expedition recalls when OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told everyone on the trip to just "go to sleep" after the vessel's battery went "kaput."

Just two hours into that expedition, the Titan's battery simply died. And Rush told Pan and the others that they needed to go back to the surface upon reaching two football fields' distance from the Titanic wreckage.

"At first ...

Report: Staff at EV battery maker Gotion made to pledge allegiance to ChiCom Party, wear Chinese Red Army uniforms during company trips

September 05, 2023 -

The Daily Caller first broke the news, citing several reports and footage posted on the Chinese battery manufacturer’s website. It zoomed in on company field trips held back in July and August 2021 by Gotion's parent firm, Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co., based in China's eastern Anhui province.

Gotion High-Tech employs 923 CCP members, including its CEO Li Zhen. Li also serves as the party secretary for the firm's CCP committee.

The July 2021 two-day field ...

New $4B Panasonic electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Kansas requires so much power that the facility will need its own COAL plant to run

September 26, 2023 -

In accordance with the Biden regime's ongoing efforts to force all Americans into an EV, Panasonic has built a $4 billion EV battery factory in the small Kansas City exurb of De Soto.

Local media reports state that the factory will require anywhere from 200 to 250 megawatts of electricity to function. This is roughly the amount of power needed to keep the lights on in a small city.

On track to receive a whopping $6.8 billion from fake president Joe Biden's Inflation ...