Global Lithium Proposal 
TechNode
JANUARY 8, 2025
Beijing is planning to revise its rules controlling global access to battery manufacturing technologies in a tit-for-tat move after major Western economies including the European Union and the United States decided to impose punitive tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. The proposed measures are open to public review until Feb.
The Verge
JULY 31, 2020
Spartan, which was started by Apollo Global Management, is a “blank check company” or “special purpose acquisition company” — essentially an entity with no real business that gets listed on a stock exchange and then seeks out a company to merge with, thereby offering something of a shortcut around the traditional IPO process. Fisker Inc.
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The Verge
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The Tennessee plant will be a “mega campus” that houses a vehicle-production facility for Ford’s F-series pickup trucks and a battery assembly division, while the twin factories in Kentucky will manufacture lithium-ion batteries. This is show, not tell time”. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
In a 2017 paper , Laughlin proposed a system that used a thermal heat-pump tapping super-cold cryogenic storage fluids and superheated molten salt to store energy. Building on that initial design, engineers at Alphabet’s moonshot factory, X, began developing a modified version of the designs Laughlin proposed. ”
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
A global survey of automobile owners found three hurdles to overcome before consumers will widely embrace electric vehicles: 30-minute charging time. “Theoretically, solid state batteries (SSB) could deliver all three,” but for now, lithium-ion batteries are the go-to for most EVs (along with laptops and phones).
TechNode
MAY 20, 2024
Additionally, the Volkswagen-invested battery maker announced its participation in the global race to make all-solid-state batteries, as China looks to catch up with rivals in producing an alternative battery success story. The Biden Administration has said it would increase the tariff rate for Chinese non-EV lithium-ion batteries from 7.5%
TechCrunch
MAY 2, 2022
South 8 Technologies , a startup focused on electrolyte formulations for next-generation lithium batteries, raised $12 million in Series A round led by Anzu Partners with participation from LG Technology Ventures, Shell Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation. and Canada, has just raised a $43.5 Supply chain.
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