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Friday, 21 February, 2020

Monday, 17 February, 2020

Renewable energy

US solar industry powers ahead as investors back batteries

Fund managers and energy-hungry tech companies bankroll ‘solar-plus-storage’ projects

Saturday, 15 February, 2020

LexWaste management & recycling

Electric vehicles: battery overload Premium

To avoid old batteries ending up in landfill sites, recycling on a huge scale will be necessary

Friday, 7 February, 2020

German economy

German carmakers can fend off China, says Berlin

Economy minister believes electric vehicle buyers will pay more for domestic ‘quality’

Tuesday, 4 February, 2020

Panasonic Corp

Panasonic’s joint venture with Tesla turns first profit

Shares in Japanese group rise 10% on signs of payoff for its $1.6bn investment in US ‘gigafactory’

Friday, 24 January, 2020

AnalysisFT Alphaville

The electric vehicle carbon emissions debate

It’s not as clear cut as you may think.

Sunday, 19 January, 2020

Electric vehicles

Electric car boom drives GKN-Delta link-up

Partnership will enable automotive component supplier to offer more scalable systems

Friday, 17 January, 2020

Volkswagen AG

VW close to buying large stake in Chinese battery company

Carmaker in talks over Guoxuan deal as it seeks more control over electric supply chain

Wednesday, 15 January, 2020

Tesla Inc

Tesla in talks to buy cobalt from Glencore

Electric carmaker seeks to secure supplies of battery metal for Shanghai factory

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Wednesday, 15 January, 2020

Analysis

Lithium swings reverberate through supply chains

Price of key ingredient in electric car batteries slides after subsidy cut and production surge

Wednesday, 8 January, 2020

Livent Inc.

Lithium producer Livent falls 12% after guidance cut

Company warns market conditions remain ‘challenging’

Monday, 6 January, 2020

AnalysisPortugal

‘Lithium fever’ grips Portugal as mining project raises hackles

Protesters clash with developer over whether plan will hurt or help the environment

Monday, 30 December, 2019

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

SQM’s lithium mine suffers setback after ruling

Chilean group aims to increase production to meet demand for electric car batteries

Monday, 30 December, 2019

Panasonic Corp

Panasonic says Tesla gigafactory plant labour shortages resolved

Joint venture electric battery project in Nevada had suffered from lack of engineers

Monday, 9 December, 2019

European Union

EU unveils €3bn research fund to develop batteries

Seven member states to invest in the project which is set to run until 2031

Wednesday, 4 December, 2019

Glencore

Glencore in new cobalt supply deal with South Korean battery maker

SK Innovation signs six-year deal to source inputs for electric vehicle battery production

Monday, 2 December, 2019

FT SeriesEurope First: the race to compete

Europe First: how Brussels is retooling industrial policy

FT series: the push to develop a batteries industry for electric vehicles reflects a big change in EU thinking

Tuesday, 26 November, 2019

Battery maker Northvolt scales up factory ambitions

Swedish group triples planned number of plants as part of European expansion drive

Thursday, 21 November, 2019

Lithium producer SQM earnings fall by 30% in the third quarter

Tuesday, 19 November, 2019

Tesla set to make world’s biggest battery even bigger

Operators look to help stabilise Australia’s fragile power grid

Sunday, 17 November, 2019

Nick Butler

There’s a big change in electricity beyond energy transition

Production and distribution is being disrupted in what is becoming a buyer’s market

Tuesday, 12 November, 2019

Pallinghurst and Traxys to invest $2bn in battery materials

Thursday, 7 November, 2019

Special ReportEnergy Efficiency

Father-and-son scientists aim to slash car recharge times

‘Rice on a mesh’ boffins forge ahead with AI

Wednesday, 6 November, 2019

AnalysisElectric vehicles

Number 214 to Highgate leads UK’s electric bus charge

British companies use Chinese technology to power up in new age of public transport

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019

Rio Tinto PLC

Rio Tinto has ‘eureka moment’ with US lithium discovery

Miner says it has found critical material for electric vehicle batteries while looking for gold

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