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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cobalt
    Electric vehicles overtake phones as top source of cobalt demand

    Rare metal’s price surges on supply concerns and proliferation of battery-powered cars

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Northvolt and Norsk Hydro to expand battery recycling JV in Europe

    Scandinavian groups scouring locations in big vehicle markets such as Germany and France

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Car bosses warn of supply chain threat to electric vehicle rollout

    Tesla and VW lower delivery expectations because of chip shortages and raw material costs

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    InterviewElectric vehicles
    Elon Musk speaks to the FT

    Chief executive of Tesla and Space-X gives exclusive interview at Future of the Car conference

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Stellantis
    Stellantis chief warns of battery shortages as carmakers switch to electric

    Carlos Tavares says supply challenges will feed into bigger problem of keeping electric vehicles affordable

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Powering electric cars: the race to mine lithium in America’s backyard

    The experience of one mining company in rural North Carolina suggests the road ahead will be hard to navigate

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Commodity trader Trafigura backs UK lithium refinery project

    Green Lithium eyes battery market dominated by China as demand grows with electric vehicle sales

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    CATL
    Shares of Tesla’s battery maker plunge after net profit slides

    Contemporary Amperex Technology hit by China’s Covid lockdowns

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Commodities
    Europe faces critical shortage of metals needed for clean energy

    Supply challenges come as EU seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian imports

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    LG Energy signs $9bn EV supply chain deal in Indonesia

    Electric vehicle battery maker leads consortium in mining-to-manufacturing push to reduce reliance on China

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    InterviewPanasonic Corp
    Panasonic bets on bigger electric vehicle battery to wean itself off Tesla

    CEO Yuki Kusumi says Japanese conglomerate will prioritise device after strategic shake-up

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Electric vehicle targets ‘impossible’ without changes to lithium pipeline

    West has been ‘slow’ to challenge China’s dominance of supply chains, says Australian producer

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Surging price of battery materials complicates carmakers’ electric plans

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to halt slide in cost of manufacturing batteries

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Energy sector
    Biden to use Korean war-era powers to boost EV battery mineral supply

    Defense Production Act would increase domestic availability of materials such as nickel and cobalt

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    LexElectric vehicles
    Lithium/EVs: fears of a battery shortage will power up prices Premium content

    A lithium supply deficit is expected to persist for at least the next few years

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
    Jaguar Land Rover talks with Envision pave way for UK gigafactory

    Redcar in Teesside considered for possible battery plant to supply Range Rover and Land Rover models

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    The Commodities NoteCobalt
    Ethics of cobalt mining must be taken seriously by traders

    Buyers need to create common standards and metrics to govern extraction process

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Ford plans Turkey battery plant as all vans to go green by 2035

    US group promises seven new electric vehicles for Europe starting from next year

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    The Top LineJune Yoon
    Swap or supercharge: picking a winner in the electric car range race

    If battery swapping is to become a widely used alternative to charging, standardisation would surely make sense

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Inside BusinessJune Yoon
    Tesla’s reverse on battery cells signals shift for electric vehicles

    Carmaker switches to older but cheaper technology as raw material costs surge

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Britishvolt wins further Glencore backing in latest funding round

    Miner and commodity trader to invest £40mn in UK battery start-up at a valuation of more than £774mn

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    Energy grid tech is on the charge

    Spiralling demand for renewable energy generation presents an investment opportunity

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    John Dizard
    Lithium price squeeze adds to cost of the energy transition

    Panic buying is driving up the cost of raw materials used to make batteries for electric vehicles and mobile devices

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Special ReportCircular Economy
    Carmakers shift gear on using recycled materials

    Focus shifts to carbon emissions during manufacturing — before a car makes its first trip

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Glencore plans UK recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries

    Waste from Britishvolt’s gigafactory in Blyth to be processed at Kent facility to tap rise of electric cars

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