Tag: Batteries
Start-up Vaeridion builds small aircraft with batteries
Munich Two Munich start-up entrepreneurs want to build climate-friendly small aircraft. So far, Ivor van Dartel (38) and Sebastian Seemann (39) have kept the plans of their start-up Vaeridion secret.…
Congo & Zambia want supply chain in Africa
Zurich At the threshold of electromobility, an African country is moving into the focus of car manufacturers: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s largest producer of…
Swiss start-up Energy Vault is shaking up the battery storage market
Zurich The fact that a new era is beginning at Energy Vault after the IPO is not hidden to anyone at the company’s location in Arbedo-Castione in Ticino. Company boss…
Electric G-Class with new battery technology
Mercedes Benz G Class The off-road vehicle, mostly found in the city and often made even more powerful and environmentally harmful by factory tuner AMG, is to be electrified thanks…
Carmaker wants to make lithium supply more sustainable
Electric car from BMW The Munich-based carmaker wants to be ahead of the competition when it comes to new technologies by investing in start-ups. (Photo: Reuters) Munich It is a…
Mexico: National pride in climate protection – government relies on fossil power
lithium plant Mexico is so far a minor player in the lithium market – in Argentina, the proven quantities of the raw material are around 19 million tons. (Photo: Reuters)…
The battery strategies of the German car manufacturers
Electric car from Mercedes The German car manufacturers are pursuing quite different strategies for the procurement of the central batteries. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Munich A new technology should make the…
Porsche investment in Group14: New material for batteries
Sports sedan Taycan With new battery materials, Porsche could increase the range and charging speed of its car batteries. Stuttgart, Dusseldorf For new, high-performance batteries, Porsche is again allowed to…
Porsche investment in Group14: New material for batteries
Sports sedan Taycan With new battery materials, Porsche could increase the range and charging speed of its car batteries. Stuttgart, Dusseldorf For new, high-performance batteries, Porsche is again allowed to…
Deutsche Bank advises strategic raw material reserves
Aluminum ingot from Russia Germany is also dependent on imports from Russia and China for many raw metals. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Zurich According to Deutsche Bank, Germany and other European…
High raw material prices threaten the boom in electric cars
Munich, Zurich For Yann Vincent, head of the Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the matter is quite simple. By the end of the decade, more than two thirds of new cars…
Development of lithium production is progressing slowly in Europe
Zurich, Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Rome The price of lithium, the key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, has been skyrocketing for months. According to data from the analysis company…
More and more car manufacturers are stocking up on battery metals
Battery cell production at VW in Salzgitter With the turn to electric cars, the capacities for cell production and with them the demand for raw materials for them are growing…
Honda plans billion offensive in electric cars
Tokyo Honda is known for special ways. This is already evident in the boardroom, which literally takes up an entire floor. The board members do not sit in their own…
Car manufacturer wants to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030
Munich It was a signal of departure. A few days before he officially took office as CEO of Mercedes-Benz almost three years ago, Ola Källenius announced that he wanted to…
Tesla founder explained: How long is the life of electric car batteries?
The radical change in the automotive industry continues at full speed. After the success of companies such as Tesla, which produces electric cars in recent years, companies that have been…
‘Estimated’ Lifespan of Electric Vehicle Batteries Announced
Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has announced the estimated lifespan that electric vehicles’ batteries currently have. Straubel said he believes the batteries will last for 15 years, depending on usage. While…
How the countries use the raw materials
Copper mine in Chile As the world’s largest copper producer, the country should benefit from a boom in demand for battery metals. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Santiago, Johannesburg, New Delhi The…
Expensive nickel puts electrification at risk
Production of the VW ID.4 The raw materials for electric cars are becoming scarcer and more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising raw material prices worry the car manufacturers.…
Expensive nickel puts electrification at risk
Production of the VW ID.4 The raw materials for electric cars are becoming scarcer and more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising raw material prices worry the car manufacturers.…