At the beginning of the year, EVgo announced that it was going to step up on charging reliability. As most EV drivers know, non-Tesla charging can be pretty hit and miss right now. The chances of actually getting stranded are still very low, but things like low speeds, having to switch stalls, and other more minor headaches are pretty common. So, a number of the larger charging providers announced this year that they’re taking solid steps to improve.
Charlotte-based Albemarle Corp. is taking steps to make its planned lithium mine in Kings Mountain climate-friendly.
Under an agreement signed Wednesday, Albemarle will buy battery-powered mining equipment from heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar. In return, Albemarle will become the main supplier of lithium to Caterpillar for electric vehicle batteries.
Stellantis, the automaker behind Chrysler and Alfa Romeo among others, is buying almost a fifth of Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSXV: LIT) for $90 million.
The deal with the holder of four early-stage exploration projects includes a seven-year offtake agreement for up to 15,000 tonnes of lithium annually based on market prices, the companies said in a news release on Wednesday. Stellantis gets a seat on the lithium company’s board.
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Monday all its new European models will be fully electric and it plans to sell only electric vehicles (EVs) on the continent by 2030, joining a growing number of carmakers shifting to electric by the end of the decade.
"There is no turning back now," Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida said in a statement.
E&E NEWS PM | Electric vehicles totaled 9.1 percent of auto sales nationwide in the second quarter, up nearly 38 percent from the same period in 2022, according to new data released Monday by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
Over the first six months of the year, EV market share rose 2.6 percentage points compared with the first half of 2022, while internal combustion engine vehicle sales fell by 4.1 percentage points, the trade group’s data shows.
In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $47.7 million in funding for 16 research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects across 13 states to advance clean hydrogen technologies. The selected projects aim to lower technology costs, enhance hydrogen infrastructure, and improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cells—supporting DOE’s efforts to reduce costs and enable commercial-scale deployment of clean hydrogen, which is a versatile energy resource that can be produced with zero or near-zero emissions....Read More
Close to six months after announcing a massive order from GM’s BrightDrop, logistics and vehicle rental specialist Ryder is deploying its first batch of electric vans across the US. The deployment kicks off Ryder’s process in adding 4,000 BrightDrop EVs to its fleet over the next two years.
Electric vehicles, you might have heard, have a mineral problem.
Beneath the floor of an EV sits a 900-pound battery filled with minerals extracted from around the world. Millions of tons of lithium, cobalt, bauxite and other minerals are mined, processed, shipped and refined — sometimes leaving a trail of human rights and environmental abuses.
BEIJING, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) said it has opened its largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station worldwide in Shenzhen, China.
The station, located adjacent to Shenzhen airport, features 258 charging points, as well as solar panels with an annual generation capacity of 300,000 kilowatt-hours, Shell said.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) has announced the selection of eight projects, which have been awarded a combined total of $2 million, to drive innovation in lithium-ion battery (LIB) rejuvenation, recycling, and reuse administered through the ReCell Center located at Argonne National Laboratory.
