The two companies will cooperate to jointly offer electric buses and other transport services to interested municipalities in areas where Enel or BYD are present; Energy storage projects will focus on residential, commercial and industrial applications based on BYD’s lithium batteries. The agreement... Read More

XINING - China's electric car maker BYD on Thursday signed a framework agreement to take part in lithium resource mining in Salt Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province. BYD signed the deal with the Qinghai Salk Lake Industry Group Co. Ltd. at the ongoing Qinghai Investment Trade Talk on Green ... Read More

Under the framework of the ‘China-Germany Traction Battery Recycling Memorandum’, the two nations will extend their existing co-operation in the world of NEVs, ‘closing the loop in industrial ecology’ as EVs enter a new stage in their product lifecycle according to Zhang Junyi, a partner with Munich... Read More

Saft, world leader in the design and manufacture of high-tech batteries for industry, has just inaugurated its brand new advanced technology facility in Zhuhai, China to meet the ever-increasing market demand in Asia. Commenting on this announcement, Ghislain Lescuyer, Chairman of the Management ... Read More

This week, Industry Outlook asks Patrick Donovan about lithium-ion batteries and their potential use in the data center. Patrick is a Senior Research Analyst for the Data Center Science Center at Schneider Electric. He has over 20 years of experience developing and supporting critical power and ... Read More

China’s lithium-ion battery market is booming thanks to government support for electric vehicles, according to a new report from CCM (a major market analysis firm for the country’s chemicals, agriculture, food, and life sciences, markets). The report revealed that in May 2016 alone, around RMB2.6 ... Read More

Tesla Motors is approaching LG Chem, Samsung SDI and SK Innovation as part of its strategy to diversify its battery-sourcing channels beyond Japan's Panasonic. LG Chem is expected to win the Tesla business thanks to its output commitment, good pricing and on-time delivery. A solid partnership with ... Read More

France-based energy major Total has filed a friendly tender offer on all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of advanced battery maker Saft with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers, AMF). The proposed offer will target all of Saft’s issued and ... Read More

As people have become increasingly concerned about environmental problems, the electric bicycle, or e-bike, market is rapidly growing. In particular, Samsung SDI is maintaining the number one spot in the e-bike lithium battery market with its small but long lasting battery technology. According to ... Read More

A study conducted at Bar-Ilan University in Israel showed that the addition of TUBALL single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) into lead acid batteries can increase the batteries’ cycle life fourfold and double capacity at high rates. This groundbreaking research result is set to significantly expand ... Read More