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  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Hyundai Motor rolls out world’s costliest electric vehicle recall

    Move to replace fire-prone batteries will cost South Korean carmaker about $900m

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Korean battery group slapped with US import ban

    ITC ruling against SK Innovation in trade secrets case could hit Ford and VW electric vehicle plans

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    John Gapper
    Electric vehicles need to arrive as fast as vaccines

    Promising innovations in battery technology have to be mass produced to change driving habits

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    QuantumScape: can battery pioneer live up to the hype?

    Breakthrough lifted group to $50bn valuation, but stock has fallen almost 60 per cent since peak

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    Car manufacturing hit by global semiconductor shortage

    Volkswagen, Daimler, GM and Renault vie with consumer electronics groups for scarce chips

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla’s German gigafactory held up by sand lizards

    Court halts work cutting down trees because of conservation fears for the protected species

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    LexElectric vehicles
    Tesla: feel the force Premium

    Opposing a future of clean energy is a gloomy status for rival carmakers

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
    Panasonic needs to be bolder under new chief to restore confidence

    Management is still grasping for core strategy at sprawling Japanese conglomerate

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    UK manufacturing
    UK’s first gigafactory to provide £2.6bn boost for ‘red wall’ town

    Battery production centre to create thousands of jobs and boost prospects of homegrown electric car industry

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  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    EU set to introduce recycling targets for battery makers

    Electric car makers will have to abide by tougher environmental standards

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    News in-depthIndustrial metals
    Lithium market recharges as electric vehicle sales rise

    Value of battery material is steadying after 3-year downturn, helping related shares to rally

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Trafigura
    Trafigura signs cobalt deal with DRC

    Commodity trader to help improve conditions at informal mining sites in return for supplies

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Battery life: the race to find a storage solution for a green energy future

    Billions are being invested in storage technologies essential to speeding up the replacement of fossil fuels by renewables

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Tesla supplier Panasonic to make big battery bet in Europe

    Japanese group plans to set up its first plant in Norway with Equinor and Norsk Hydro

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Electric vehicles
    LG Chem hit by GM recall of Bolt electric vehicles

    Shares in world’s largest EV battery maker fall 4% on reliability concerns

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    M&G to invest £150m in UK battery start-up Zenobe

    Deal aimed at accelerating supply for electric buses and energy storage

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Special ReportEnergy Efficiency
    Start-ups aim to unlock full potential of ‘green’ tech

    Thermal storage and battery performance are among those areas of technology attracting funding

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    Panasonic Corp
    Panasonic plays down fears over Tesla’s battery ambitions

    Group bets that carmaker will rely on its technology after moving production in-house

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Tesla and French energy group to build new Australia mega battery

    Carmaker partners with Neoen on second lithium-ion facility to support shift to renewables

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    The Commodities NoteAlexander Landia
    Big Oil well placed to accelerate transition to electric vehicles

    The ability to manage flexibility in the energy system presents an opportunity for majors

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    LexTesla Inc
    Tesla/lithium: metal guru Premium

    The world’s most valuable carmaker has little use for conventional wisdom

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla’s move into mining aimed at energising battery supply chain

    Elon Musk’s lithium plan seen more as ploy to ramp up output than competitive threat

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    The paradox of lithium pricing in the Tesla era

    The metal vital to battery production will play a key role in the renewables drive but demand has yet to match up

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    The Commodities NoteRare earths
    The world must counter China’s dominance of rare earths

    Country has grip on swath of minerals crucial to future key industries

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Electric vehicles
    Musk and Tesla shock Panasonic investors with battery ambitions

    Electric vehicle maker plans in-house production to outstrip its supply from Japanese partner

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