The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

The three companies are announcing the deals just as the Chinese government has begun to embrace battery swapping in a big way, like adopting a national standard for the tech in larger passenger vehicles. When they use lithium battery, you [have to] carry the lithium ion battery back home to charge, it’s unsafe.”.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Why it matters: Automakers are required by Chinese regulators to apply for registration before officially selling vehicles in the country, and the government ministrys post indicates that the debut of the first Xiaomi car is approaching. The images also show a couple of wheel options and a choice of yellow brake calipers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The gigafactory in question will pump out lithium-iron-phosphate cells, better known as LFP. While ONE has gained significant government backing, including $220 million in grants from the state of Michigan, the decision to build an LFP gigafactory isn’t without risk. As a result, U.S. While LFP was invented in the U.S.,

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TechNode

MARCH 15, 2024

Credit: MIIT/Xiaomi Xiaomi on Wednesday received Chinese government approval for a new variant of its first EV, the long-anticipated SU7, equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries sourced from CATL and roughly 110 kilograms heavier than the one powered by BYDs iron-based batteries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

Government & Regulation. The Everledger process is also being used for things like recovering rare earth minerals (cobalt, lithium) from batteries, in the sustainability space. 4 th Industrial Revolution. Asset Chains. Financial Services. Healthcare. Security & Identity. Technology & Platforms. The Innovation Economy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

The local governments and port managers at these smaller locations are, perhaps needless to say, enthusiastic about the idea of bringing in new and regular business. They ended up going with lithium iron phosphate, and building in both passive and active fire suppression measures.

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TechNode

MARCH 8, 2024

The good: reduced costs, innovation Among the key reasons for the price reductions is the plunging cost of raw materials for EV batteries, as the spot price of battery-grade lithium carbonate fell from more than RMB 500,000 ($69,450) per ton to just over RMB 100,000 throughout the last year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

In fact, in mid-March, the startup signed a partnership with Canadian Tire and the Ontario government, as part of a $3 million investment in an autonomous middle-mile trucking solution. Serinus is developing a warning system for detecting failure in lithium-ion batteries. Image Credits: NuPort Robotics Inc. Serinus Labs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Last year, China’s government introduced new regulations that require all new cars sold by 2035 to use “new energy” instead of fossil fuel. Yadea sold more than 10 million electric two-wheelers in 2020, but wanted an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, he added. Vehicle availability and pricing will be announced later.

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TechNode

JUNE 7, 2024

Nearly 30 Chinese major city and provincial governments have brought similar initiatives into their work plans for this year as of writing, according to public records. For that reason, governments are implementing highly stringent rules and safety standards for electric and autonomous aircraft.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It helps that our parent company also owns our battery supplier A123 Systems, but over the past few years we have also seen a substantial reduction in the cost of lithium ion batteries and other EV-related components including other items such as motors and generators,” Holland told The Verge in an email. Karma has denied both claims.)

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

Clean energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries contain critical minerals like nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper, and manganese, and concerns are growing over whether well have enough of these materials to meet near-term net-zero goals. Some companies have pitched deep-sea mining as a solution.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Governments around the world have started to set end dates on fossil fuel vehicles. “Too much money” might explain the size of some of these bets, but it doesn’t explain their existence. Rather, it’s more likely that VC and PE have sensed that the world is changing, and they’re adjusting their strategies accordingly.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Lithium ion battery failures were big again this past year. Lithium ion batteries will continue to power our mobile devices — and continue to catch fire now and then, but not that often. The migrant humanitarian crisis has been rocking governments and dominating NGO humanitarian work for the last two years. The effect?

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

By early 2019, though, the startup postponed a planned sports car that was based on the solid-state technology and pivoted to the Ocean, which uses a more common lithium-ion battery. We have hired a head of ESG, environmental and social governance, and he is really spearheading developing specific. Around that time, Fisker Inc.

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TechNode

APRIL 8, 2025

Also, guidelines published by the Chinese government last September suggested there should be at least 10 seconds between a car issuing a warning and the driver taking back control. #2 The average response time to an imminent alert was 2.3 However, both BYD and CATL supply battery cells only and it is Xiaomi that assembles them into packs. #5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Bhattacharya’s experience in the EV space is expansive, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. The support and knowledge of this investor group will catalyze BasiGo in its mission to make East Africa a leader in inclusive, sustainable bus transport,” he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Bhattacharya is not new to the field of electric vehicles, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. Nairobi’s transportation sector is evolving rapidly, and we look forward to partnering with the government and relevant agencies to grow the infrastructure for electrified public transit.”.

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TechNode

MAY 20, 2024

The prismatic rectangular batteries will be available to customers for various battery chemistries including NCM and cheaper lithium iron phosphate (LFP). The Biden Administration has said it would increase the tariff rate for Chinese non-EV lithium-ion batteries from 7.5% to 25% in 2026.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Instead, e-scooters can only be legally ridden as part of government-backed rental pilots. The government of Saudi Arabia , which is connected to the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund that owns 61% of Lucid Group , agreed to buy 100,000 of the automaker’s electric vehicles over the next decade. and Canada, has just raised a $43.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

But the humble lithium-ion battery powering these cars and trucks leads a difficult life. Moussouris, who runs consultancy firm Luta Security, now advises companies and governments on how to talk to hackers and what they need to do to build and improve their vulnerability disclosure programs. Image Credits: Ureeka.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

While the federal government’s top auto safety regulator says it is looking into the gaming-while-driving feature, I am less than confident anything will come of it. ” “The government should get out of the way and not impede progress.” ” — Aria Alamalhodaei. Gig economy.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

But we’re just getting to the point now where battery technology, lithium-ion technology, is power-dense enough for us to see it starting to creep into our portfolio. They’re just not solved by anything that’s on the roadmap today, from a lithium-ion perspective, anyway. You’ve got to be interested in EVS right now.”.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Musks role at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is the latest example of raising the stakes, Niedermeyer says. But they had the idea that using lithium-ion batteries could make electric cars viable. As with Trump, being part of the government could also help keep Musk out of legal trouble.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

To continue its expansion into the government sector and beyond, in January, Budderfly secured $400 million in debt financing from Nuveen and Vantage Infrastructure, bringing its total financing to nearly $1 billion. Read more about Infinitum , honored as No. 19 on Fast Companys list of the Worlds 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 18, 2025

He has weighed in on elections in Germany on behalf of a far-right party, sparred with the government of his native South Africa, and called for the removal of the president of Ukraine , not to mention the two-month siege he has waged against Americas federal bureaucracy. He is, in his own words, kind of pro-China.

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Recode by Vox

APRIL 22, 2025

Theyre big, high-capacity lithium-ion workhorses designed to power multiple devices and appliances in the event of a power outage. The $6,000 Copper Charlie is an electric induction range with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery inside thats programmed to charge when electricity is cheapest.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

and around the world as the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has drawn heavy criticism for going after federal workers. Tesla shares have plunged more than 40% since peaking in mid-December as a protest movement against the EV company has erupted in the U.S. The stock was up about 2% on Thursday. The cost impact is not trivial.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

Workers produce consumer lithium battery products in Hai’an, Jiangsu province, China, on March 4, 2025. government has supported the globalization of the economy with free trade agreements. In other countries, governments have been instrumental in funding and building manufacturing hubs. But since the 1980s, the U.S.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He wants the federal government to swap all the combustion-engine vehicles in its fleet with electric ones. One of Biden’s goals is to create 1 million new jobs in the auto sector and to “position America to be the global leader in the manufacture of electric vehicles and their input materials and parts.”

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Democrats letter also asked for responses to questions about the legal basis for the action and for information about the involvement of individuals associated with Elon Musks so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Tesla, Musks electric vehicle company, currently has the largest network of fast chargers in the country.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 15, 2025

It sounds like a dystopian sci-fi movie, but this potentially catastrophic scenario began this week for the United States, when Xi Jinpings government issued an immediate suspension of rare earth mineral and magnet exports , retaliating against President Trumps trade policies. China decides who gets whatand when.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

Critical minerals America’s transition to clean energy requires a robust domestic supply of critical minerals, with lithium playing a central role in our energy future. possesses significant lithium reserves, particularly in Nevada, California, Texas, and Arkansas, that remain largely untapped. businesses.

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