Posco Chemical has succeeded in developing NCMA cathode materials, the company said on Monday.Client review has also been completed and the materials will begin to be massively produced soon at its factories at Gumi and Gwangyang, the company said.NCMA, or nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum, adds alum

Posco Chemical has begun the review to commence more investment into its anode material production plant, TheElec confirmed on Friday.The company is expected to wrap up the discussion and give the go-ahead to invest in adding new factory lines at anode-producing plant at Gwangyang in the third quart

LG Chem has become the second largest supplier of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in China, according to a local research firm.The South Korean battery giant moved 2087MWh of batteries used in EV from January to May, Battery China said.Local vendor CATL topped the list with 6178MWh while BYD placed

Swedish electric vehicle (EV) battery firm Northvolt will use equipment from a South Korean vendor for its new production line, TheElec confirmed Wednesday.South Korea-based Jeil Machine was producing the mixing equipment and will supply them to Northvolt beginning in the second half of the year, pe

EcoPro BM has approved the investment plan to build its new anode material factory, which is dedicated to supplying client SK Innovation for electric vehicle (EV) battery production, TheElec has confirmed Wednesday.The company’s board approved the motion to move forward with its 80 billion won inves

LG Electronics was using mostly Chinese companies for the majority of the batteries that powers its smartphones this year, TheElec confirmed Tuesday.It has used Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) and BYD before but has recently added Lishen Battery as a vendor, sources within the company said.China-ma

General motors will “work every closely” with Chinese battery maker CATL in the world’s second largest economy, according to reports.“We have already established a good working relationship and supply agreement with CATL,” said Julian Blissett, GM’s China president, as reported by Reuters. “We will

Hansol Chemical is planning to develop, produce and supply cathode materials for the first time, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Wednesday.The company will receive the necessary technologies from Samsung, the people said. Hansol will begin supplying the materials to Samsung SDI afterwar

SK Innovation is planning to apply high-speed and wide methods in its battery production, TheElec confirmed Tuesday.The goal is to increase productivity to reduce costs __ but some of its other competitors have applied similar methods but is having difficulty securing yield rate. Whether SK will suc

LG Chem is using NCM712 cathode material for its battery production in Poland, TheElec confirmed Monday.Use of NCM712, or nickel, cobalt and manganese in 7 to 1 to 2 ratio, will increase energy density of batteries which will increase travel distance per charge and lower the use of cobalt that will

Volkswagen has sent letters of intent (LOI) to Asian battery makers to buy batteries for use in its Modular Electric Drive (MEB) platform, TheElec confirmed Friday.The project is dubbed TR5 __ LG Chem, Samsung SDI, SK Innovation and CATL has all replied that they wish to participate, people with dir

Samsung SDI has put in capital into EcoPro EM, its joint venture with supplier EcoPro, TheElec confirmed Thursday.It signals that the South Korean battery giant will also likely begin construction of its cathode material plant, dubbed CAM6. Samsung and EcoPro are planning to put in 120 billion won i

Chinese material makers are expanding their production capacity for precursors used in the making of batteries for electric vehicles.The increase in production rate is to back the rise in volume for their South Korean cathode material making clients, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Wedn

A new silicon anode production technology that can improve performances of lithium-ion batteries dramatically has been developed by a South Korean company.LPN, which specializes in electronic materials, said it has developed a new production method for a nanosilicon-based high-capacity anode, Tuesda

High demand from electric vehicles will fuel the growth of 21700 lithium-ion batteries in 2020, according to market research firms.According to B3 and EV Volumes Friday, over 2 billion cells of 21700 batteries are expected to be shipped this year, a 25% increase from 2019.21700 batteries will accoun

Samsung SDI is seeing more of its rivals follow its footsteps in making batteries in the touted stacking process for prismatic car batteries.The battery-making affiliate of Samsung Electronics have been applying stacking method in its production process __ in which cathodes, anodes, separators and e

Chinese battery maker Svolt is planning to launch cobalt-free batteries in June, 2021, people familiar with matter told TheElec.The battery, to be used in electric vehicles, can travel 880 kilometers with one-charge and cost 15% less than predecessors, they said.It also had a maximum energy density

Sweden-based Northvolt is increasing its ties with South Korea battery-making equipment makers, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.The move marks a pivot away from China for the company, well known as a key partner to German auto-giant Volkswagen in batteries for electric vehicles, they sa

PNT has clinched deals from LG Chem and Samsung SDI to supply notching equipment used in battery production, sources told The Elec.Samsung SDI will use the company’s equipment at its Cheonan factory in South Korea and plant in Tianjin, China, they said.LG Chem will use PNT’s goods at its factories a

US-based Tesla will be manufacturing EVs using LFP batteries from China’s CATL, according to the battery maker during its annual IR conference call on May 13.The firm plans to begin supplying the batteries to Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory in the latter half of this year. This marks the first time for