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E-bike battery fires prompt call for better regulation
A charity says batteries for e-bikes should require third-party approval before being sold in the UK. More »
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VW to deepen alliances with battery suppliers for electric push
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will create joint ventures and help finance battery production to persuade skeptical cell suppliers to back its aggressive push for mass producing electric vehicles, board member Stefan Sommer told Reuters. V... More »
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China scraps list of recommended auto battery suppliers: ministry
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China has scrapped its list of recommended battery suppliers, the industry ministry said on Monday, a decision foreign companies said could open up the world’s biggest market for electric vehicle batteries. China, the world’s largest ... More »
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Panasonic to consider more investment in Tesla’s Gigafactory if…
OSAKA (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp would consider further investment in Tesla Inc’s so-called Gigafactory if requested by the U.S. electric vehicle maker, an executive at the Japanese conglomerate said on Monday. The investment would come on top of the $1.6 bill... More »
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China puts responsibility for battery recycling on makers of…
FILE PHOTO: Batteries for electric vehicles are manufactured at a factory in Dongguan, China on September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will make manufacturers of electric vehicles (EV) responsible for setting up facilities ... More »
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Bracing for EV shift, NGK Spark Plug ignites all solid-state battery q
Hideaki Hikosaka, a member of NGK Spark Plug’s solid-state battery R&D team, shows a prototype of its all solid-state battery under development during an interview with Reuters in Nagoya, Japan December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Naomi Tajitsu NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) –... More »
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Shell and carmakers aim to go the distance with highway charging
FILE PHOTO: The charging plug of an electric Volkswagen Passat car is pictured at charging station at a VW dealer in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has partnered with top carm... More »
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Finnish nickel producer aims to tap electric vehicle boom
Finland's Terrafame nickel mine is planning to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020, the company said on Friday. More »
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China`s recyclers eye looming electric vehicle battery mountain
After years of dismantling discarded televisions and laptops, a Shanghai recycling plant is readying itself for a new wave of waste: piles of exhausted batteries from the surge of electric vehicles hitting China's streets. More »
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Battery startup taps carbon in race to replace lithium-ion cells
In an auto industry race to develop electric vehicle batteries that charge faster and are cheaper and safer than lithium-ion cells, startup Zap&Go will do all that with its carbon-ion alternative 'within a few years', a company executive said. More »
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Stop-start cars push battery metal lead into investors` focus
FILE PHOTO: Traffic backs-up going south into Mexico in the border town of San Ysidro, California. September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Investors are starting to focus on lead due to the large amounts of the metal in batteries used in increasingly popular sto... More »
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South Korea to strengthen battery safety rules after Note 7 fires
FILE PHOTO – An exchanged Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 is seen at company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea said on Monday it will strengthen lithium-ion battery safety requirements and con... More »
Power surge: Chinese electric car battery maker charges for global market
A worker stands outside a factory of Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) in Ningde, Zhejiang province, China, December 16, 2016. Picture taken December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jake Spring A dusty village on the outskirts of Ningde, a third-tier city in China’... More »
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St. Jude warns of heart-device battery issue linked to two deaths
St. Jude Medical Inc warned on Tuesday that some of its implanted heart devices are at risk of premature battery depletion, a condition it said has been linked to two patient deaths and could require the replacement of some devices. More »
