Metastable Materials Commissions Chemical Free Recycling Unit for Lithium Batteries Updated On Mon, Oct 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Metastable Materials, a Bengaluru-based company, has announced the commissioning of an urban mining operation outside of Bengaluru, Karnataka, to scale up its current capabilities in the battery (Chemical Free Recycling) recycling/urban mining space and thereby fuel the startup’s strategic business expansion. To support and manage the “waste-as-ore” concept-based recycling of hazardous end-of-life batteries and products, […] Read more
Canada’s Electrovaya to Build Lithium-Ion Gigafactory in New York State Updated On Thu, Oct 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Global lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing firm Electrovaya has announced that its first US-based gigafactory will come up in New York State for the production of cells and batteries. Electrovaya said that it will set up operations at a 137,000 square foot plant on a 52-acre campus near Jamestown, New York. Electrovaya informed that the […] Read more
China’s Ganfeng Lithium To Supply Battery Raw Materials to GAC AION Updated On Wed, Aug 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy China-based Ganfeng Lithium has announced that it has signed an agreement with China’s new EV-maker GAC AION for the development of battery raw materials and recycling of decommissioned new electric vehicle (NEV) batteries. The company said that it also work on recycling of decommissioned electric vehicle batteries. The company claims to be one of the […] Read more
New Material Pushes Sodium-Ion Batteries To Phase Out Costly Lithium Updated On Fri, Aug 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy The researchers from Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a material for sodium-ion batteries which offer an alternative to the increasingly expensive lithium-ion tech. In an official statement, the University said that the new material is a powder of sodium-vanadium phosphate fluoride with a particular crystal structure. It’s used in the battery cathode […] Read more
Toyota-Panasonic Battery JV to Buy Lithium From Nevada Mine of Ioneer Updated On Tue, Aug 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Japanese conglomerates Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp have announced that their joint battery venture will buy lithium from the Rhyolite Ridge mining project of ioneer Ltd. The resource will then be employed to manufacture electric vehicle batteries in the United States. The new entity is called Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES). Australia based […] Read more
Govt Mulls Law To Privatise Lithium Mining For Battery Production Updated On Fri, Jul 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Union Government may introduce a change in the law to permit private miners extraction of Lithium, a crucial component of batteries used in electric vehicles, without which, energy independence in green technologies is difficult to achieve. It is being said that the Modi government aims to change current laws during the current session of […] Read more
Ola Electric Announces Domestic Production of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Updated On Tue, Jul 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Ola Electric has announced that they have succeeded in making a Li-ion cell indigenously. An important development that will support the Indian EV industry as India doesn’t have much organization in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles. Bhavish Aggarwal, the CEO of Ola Electric, revealed the creation of the lithium-ion cell’s success on Twitter […] Read more
Zinc–air Battery Technology By IIT Madras Hopes to Challenge Lithium-Ion ones Updated On Fri, Jun 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Researchers at IIT Madras are in the process of developing a new kind of zinc – air battery technology for electric vehicles that can prove to be a strong alternative to lithium-ion ones. A key feature of the zinc – air battery is that it could be charged mechanically. However, actual details of the technology […] Read more
Indian Lithium-Ion And Materials Recycler Attero Plans Major Global Push Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy Attero, India’s largest & a leading global Li-Ion battery recycling company, has announced ambitious plans to expand its footprint across the Europe, US and Indonesia markets. With claims on some of the most efficient and patented processes for lithium ion battery recycling for precious metals, Attero claims to be the sole company to profitably recycle […] Read more
