batteries

The recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, aims to create a genuine circular economy. According to the German group, valuable and scarce raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt can be recovered – in a way which is suitable for use in new batteries for future all-electric Mercedes-...

Northvolt points out that "Ett Expansion AB is one of over 20 different entities within the Northvolt Group and the application for bankruptcy does not relate to any of the other legal entities in the wider Northvolt Group".

The so-called Bologna Battery Management Unit is developed and certified as a safety component out of context according to ISO26262 standards. "Our innovative BMS technology will play a pivotal role in driving sustainability and efficiency in the transportation industry", commented Uwe Wiedemann, Ma...

Northvolt announced that about 1,600 jobs will be cut in Sweden alone, split across Skellefteå (1,000 positions), Västerås (400 positions) and Stockholm (200 positions). All redundancies are subject to ongoing union negotiations, as officially announced. "The decisions are necessary to adjust for cu...

"We don't know if this will bring any change to the production start/serial production, but the aim is to time the ramp-up of production with the demand of battery-electric applications and not build up a much larger operation than the market", said an internal source quoted by Reuters.

The participation of primary Chinese battery maker CATL at IAA was long-awaited, as CATL is one of the giants in the automotive battery business. In Hannover, the Chinese company launched its groundbreaking TECTRANS battery system, revolutionizing the commercial transportation sector. In particular,...