Battery Production

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PowerCo and US-based battery developer QuantumScape have entered into an agreement to industrialize QuantumScapeʼs lithium metal solid-state battery technology.

Porsche is negotiating a majority stake in Vartaʼs electric vehicle battery subsidiary V4Drive Battery GmbH. A non-binding term sheet has already been signed.

South Koreaʼs Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) have opened the first electric vehicle (EV) battery cell production plant in Indonesia.

Chinese company HYNN will be collaborating with the PEM Chair of RWTH Aachen University and its spin-off company “PEM Motion” in the area of lithium-ion batteries.

Amplify Cell Technologies has broken ground on its battery manufacturing facility in Mississippi. Production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells is planned to begin in 2027.

The Slovakian government has signed an investment agreement with Gotion InoBat Batteries, including the provision of a more than 100-hectare construction site for the planned gigafactory.

German auto maker BMW has obviously canceled a billion-dollar order with Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt due to delays in the production of prismatic cells.

Gotion High-tech from China plans to build the first gigafactory for electric vehicles in Morocco. The projectʼs total value is estimated at 1.2 billion euros.