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Silver Cadillac Lyriq EV rolls off a General Motors assembly line in Tennessee.

Graphite demand outpaces EV sales

Every electric vehicle rolling off an assembly line increases the demand for graphite by an average of around 160 pounds. With more than 30 million EVs expected to hit global highways each year by 2030... — Updated 9/19/2023 Full story

 
Golden Gate Bridge disappears into low clouds over San Francisco Bay.

Bridging the US battery supply chain chasm

There is nearly a $1 trillion chasm between where the United States' lithium battery supply chain is today and where it needs to be by 2035 in order to build the envisioned green energy future where... — Updated 9/11/2023 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Metals
Region of Becancour, Quebec, that will become Lithium Battery Valley.

Ford joins Quebec Lithium Battery Valley

Collaborative investment of C$1.2 billion into future battery cathode facility. Coming out of the region that will hold one of the more prominent footholds for battery-related industries, Ford Motor... — Updated 8/22/2023

 
 By K. Warner    Tech Bytes
Artist depiction of the BlueOval City EV battery, recycling, and assembly plant.

Historic $9 billion DOE loan to BlueOval

Loan will support the building of 3 Ford-SK battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee. In another sweeping step in support of the transportation industry's e-mobility transition and domestic infrastructure... — Updated 7/4/2023

 
 By K. Warner    Tech Metals
Piles of white lithium reflect off the water at mining operation in Argentina.

Automakers develop own supply lines

Back in 1908, when Ford Motor Company first started cranking out the Model T, the innovative automaker championed new materials, new engineering designs, and new manufacturing practices. More than a... — Updated 6/20/2023

 
 By K. Warner    Tech Metals
Ford Lightning electric truck under bright lights for final inspection.

Ford strengthens battery partnerships

Ford Motor Company has stepped up critical metals acquisition, forging still more relationships with the likes of battery metal miners and developers and bringing the automotive manufacturer closer to its... — Updated 6/13/2023

 
Cat 785 mining haul truck dumping material at a mine site.

Autonomous trucks at ioneer lithium mine

Enormous 140-metric-ton autonomous Cat trucks loaded with lithium-boron ore will be driving themselves around on the very first day of operations at ioneer Ltd.'s Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada. Slated... — Updated 4/16/2023 Full story

 
Yellow Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition with Nite Pony package.

Ford calls for US mine permitting reform

The Inflation Reduction Act offers American car buyers a $7,500 tax credit for buying a new electric vehicle, as long as the ingredients in the battery of that automobile are mostly produced domestically,... — Updated 4/16/2023 Full story

 
 By K. Warner    Tech Metals

EV tax credit timeline may be too short

American electric vehicle manufacturers are under pressure from the massive federal legislation aimed at creating a robust domestic value chain for several key battery minerals and rare earths. These... — Updated 3/28/2023 Full story

 
Golden Gate Bridge disappears into low clouds over San Francisco Bay.

Bridge to the US lithium battery future

Li-Bridge alliance unveils blueprint to build resilient US lithium battery supply chain. A wide chasm lies between where the United States is today and securing the lithium battery mineral resources and... — Updated 2/21/2023 Full story

 
White hill of lithium-boron in the southwest Nevada desert.

DOE commits $700M for Rhyolite Ridge

Conditional loan signals a major step forward for ioneer's planned lithium-boron mine in Nevada. As part of the Biden administration's ongoing effort to support projects that will provide a domestic... — Updated 1/21/2023

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
Desktop Metal Production System class metal 3D printer for industrial scale.

Desktop Metal receives $9M printer order

One of several frontrunners in the race for additive manufacturing prevalence, Desktop Metal Inc. has garnered a $9 million order from a major German automaker for its binder jet 3D metal printing systems... — Updated 11/29/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
A phone app that shows a diamond being tracked by Everledger technology.

Everledger, Ford battery passport pilot

To encourage greater transparency in the inevitable battery-powered world, Ford Motor Company has partnered with Everledger to deliver the world's first passport pilot for the responsible recycling of... — Updated 11/14/2022

 

Unlikely Critical Minerals Alliances 2022

Coming together to build North America's clean energy and e-mobility future The shift away from the fossil fuels that powered the Industrial Revolution and transported humankind through the 20th century,... — Updated 9/13/2022 Full story

 
Infotainment and navigation system interface in a Tesla Model X EV.

Minerals critical to the EV Revolution

Electric Vehicles require six times the minerals than their fossil fuel forebearers With even the most basic models boasting sophisticated driver-assist, navigation, infotainment, diagnostics, and other ad... — Updated 9/13/2022 Full story

 
Massive graphite in core from drilling at the Graphite Creek deposit in Alaska.

More graphite needed for EVs – a lot more

By 2030, batteries will likely need more than 5x all the graphite mined in 2021 While shortages of the lithium and nickel needed for electric vehicle batteries has dominated news headlines over the past... — Updated 9/12/2022 Full story

 
Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup under bright lights at the Rouge EV Center.

The ABCs of securing metals for Ford EVs

Looking to secure the materials required for the lithium batteries that will deliver power to more than 2 million electric vehicles per year by 2026, Ford Motor Company is adding the clout of its Blue... — Updated 8/2/2022

 
Solid Power’s initial silicon lithium cells to be tested for Ford and BMW EVs.

Critical step for Solid Power EV cells

With the ability to charge faster, store more energy, and be less likely to catch fire than their liquid lithium-ion battery counterparts, solid-state lithium batteries are considered by many in the... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
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Ford and Volkswagen strengthen e-mobility

Car titans Volkswagen Group and Ford Motor Company have expanded their e-mobility partnership with Ford planning to produce another electric model for the European market based on Volkswagen's modular elec... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
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Stealthy solid state battery partnership

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corp. have partnered with Factorial Energy Inc., a solid-state battery manufacturer, to test the Massachusetts-based battery maker's novel technology in Hyundai electric... — Updated 7/12/2022

 
Statevolt's proposed lithium-ion battery factory near California's Salton Sea.

SoCal EV battery gigafactory unveiled

Lars Carlstrom, who has already founded two companies building lithium-ion battery gigafactories in Europe, has launched a third enterprise that plans to build a 54-gigawatt-hour battery facility in Southe... — Updated 4/26/2022 Full story

 
 By A.J. Roan    Tech Bytes
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ZETA presents EV to gas numbers analysis

A recent analysis by the Zero Emission Transportation Association found that electric vehicle drivers save upwards of $10,000 in operating costs when compared to similar internal combustion engine cars,... — Updated 3/29/2022 Full story

 
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EV cart ahead of critical minerals horse

Does the United States' electric vehicle ambitions put the cart before the horse? Or, more precisely, place the EVs ahead of the raw material supply chains needed to build them? The Biden administration... — Updated 11/23/2021 Full story

 
First Cobalt Electra Battery Materials eco-park battery park Ontario Canada

Evolution of Electra Battery Materials

The ambitious 2035 target for a complete transition to electric vehicle sales set by most global automakers hinges on establishing reliable and responsible supply chains for the batteries that will power... — Updated 11/9/2021 Full story

 
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Building a US critical minerals strategy

A heavy reliance on imports for a long list of minerals and metals critical to American supply chains could be a stumbling block for the Biden administration's ambitious "Build Back Better" agenda. "From... — Updated 9/8/2021 Full story

 

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