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DuPont and VCs see lithium mining as a critical investment for the electric future

TechCrunch

One of the key target resources is lithium, a critical component for smartphones, electric vehicle batteries and nearly every other electric tool of modern convenience and industrial import. Other solutions to the lithium problem are attracting investor attention, too.

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The most innovative companies in automotive for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Of course, digital and connected features are becoming crucial to the user experience, and Nvidia , Qualcomm , and LG Electronics are racing to develop the computing power for faster processing and seamless service. The companys largest-ever laboratory investment puts performance and safety testing under one roof.

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Vanadium ion battery startup Standard Energy raises $8.9M Series C from SoftBank Ventures Asia

TechCrunch

Standard Energy , a vanadium ion battery developer, announced today it has raised a $8.9 The South Korea-based company says its batteries’ advantages over lithium ion include less risk of ignition and the ease of sourcing vanadium. VIB cannot be as compact as lithium ion. million Series C from SoftBank Ventures Asia.

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GM aims to make its electric vehicles go farther and cost less with new battery partnership

The Verge

General Motors announced a new joint venture with SolidEnergy Systems, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is focused on improving the energy density in lithium-ion batteries. The two companies plan on building a test facility in Woburn, Massachusetts, for a high-capacity preproduction battery by 2023.

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Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

Minerva Lithium. The open source dynamic runtime code analysis tool, which the startup claims is the first of its kind, was built on the simple idea that developers should be able to see the behavior of software as they write it so they can prevent problems when the software runs. Minerva Lithium. Intropic Materials.

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GM, Hyundai, and Honda backed battery startup signs joint development agreement with investor

TechNode

SES, a battery startup supported by General Motors, Hyundai, and Honda, has entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) with one of its major investors to create prototype lithium-metal batteries labeled as B-Sample. This move aims to promote the adoption of this emerging technology in electric vehicles. TechNode reporting]

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Watch Joby Aviation’s electric air taxi complete a 150-mile flight

The Verge

The team developing Joby’s energy system is led by Jon Wagner, head of powertrain and electronics, who previously led battery engineering at Tesla. To weigh it out: jet fuel gives us about 43 times more energy than a battery that’s just as heavy. It helps that Joby is starting small with a five-seater vehicle.

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