Mercedes-Stellantis combine halts work at gigafactory sites, considers switch to LFP cells

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Carmakers Mercedes and Stellantis have halted construction of their joint venture EV battery factories and are taking a relook at their EV battery plans. Reports say the two partne...

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Stellantis JV to launch Leapmotor EVs in nine European countries from September

Stellantis announced a joint venture with the Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor to retail EVs outside China. The venture, dubbed Leapmotor International, will be headquart...

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Stellantis evaluates building Leapmotor EVs at Mirafiori complex in Italy

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Carmaker Stellantis could build up to 150,000 low-cost electric vehicles (EVs) at the company's Mirafiori complex in Turin from 2026 or 2027, news reports say. The company is repor...

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Stellantis to invest €103 mn to support new EV platform

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Stellantis announced it would invest €103 million to increase production capacity of electric drive modules (EDMs) at its Szentgotthard plant, Hungary. The new capacity is expected...

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Stellantis reveals 'STLA Large' BEV platform targeting 800 km range

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Stellantis has revealed the second of the four global BEV platforms planned for its future vehicle line-up, as part of its €50 billion investment over the next decade tow...

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ACC, Circulor tie-up for supply chain, emissions mapping ahead of European battery passport rules

Battery manufacturing company Automotive Cells Co (ACC) and UK startup Circulor announced a partnership to verify the green credentials of raw materials that ACC uses to manufactur...

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Stellantis Ventures invests in Tiamat for sodium-ion battery technology

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The corporate venture fund of automaker Stellantis has recently made a strategic investment on a France-based company 'Tiamat' that is developing and commercializing sodi...

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Stellantis opens Circular Economy Hub to recycle and reuse old EVs, batteries

Stellantis' Circular Economy Hub entailed an investment of €40 million. Image: Stellantis

Stellantis, the world's fourth largest automaker, has officially opened its SUSTAINera Circular Economy Hub at the Mirafiori Complex in Turin, Italy, months after opening a battery...

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Stellantis, CATL sign agreement over LFP batteries, explore joint venture

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Stellantis has signed a preliminary agreement with CATL to source battery cells and modules for its electric vehicles in Europe from the Chinese EV battery company. Under the agree...

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Daily Shorts: Stellantis buys into Leapmotor, Australian state pumps $630 million more into RE

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Stellantis announced it would buy 21 percent in Chinese EV company Leapmotor for $1.6 billion. In addition, the two companies have formed a joint venture that will hold exclusive r...

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Daily Shorts: Lexus EV with 1,000 km range, Japan and Denmark tie up on offshore wind, and more

Toyota today unveiled a Lexus concept car with almost twice the driving range of conventional EVs. The LF-ZC concept car, based on advanced battery technology that Toyota has been ...

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Daily Shorts: UK gets a £10 bn clean energy investor, Banga wants harmful subsidies slashed, and more

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Japan's Marubeni Corp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK government to invest 10 billion pounds ($12.3 billion) in clean energy projects over the next decade. T...

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Stellantis, Samsung SDI confirm second battery gigafactory in Indiana

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As part of the StarPlus Energy joint venture, Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI have announced that Kokomo, Indiana, has again been chosen for the second battery manuf...

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Daily Shorts: Lyten raises $200 in Series B, Amazon buys credits for direct air capture

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Battery startup Lyten, Inc, announced it had raised $200 million in funding aimed at helping it scale up manufacturing and commercialize its first three product lines: Lithium-Sulf...

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Stellantis opens its first EV battery technology center in Italy

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Stellantis has recently inaugurated its first Battery Technology Center at the Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy. The company has invested about €40 million to this ...

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Daily Shorts: UK eases onshore wind norms, Stellantis says its cars can switch to e-fuels

The UK government has eased approvals for onshore wind projects in England supported by the local population. The proposals also aim to incentivise locals by offering them cheaper ...

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Daily Roundup: Opel plans EV at half the average price, Petrobras eyes biofuel refinery in Brazil

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Stellantis-owned marque Opel plans to offer an EV for about €25,000 from around 2026, the company's CEO Florian Huettl said. That's less than half the current average price for an ...

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Stellantis bolsters electric future with $100M investment in CTR

Leading multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. has announced an investment of more than $100 million in battery-grade lithium producer, Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings (CTR)...

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IBIS research project unveils breakthrough battery for auto and stationary storage applications

Intelligent Battery Integrated System (IBIS) a joint corporate and academic research project by CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft unveiled ...

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Stellantis, Samsung SDI seal the deal for a second gigafactory in the U.S.

Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct second battery manufacturing facility in the United ...

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Canada's sweeteners out: C$15 bn for Stellantis-LG Energy battery plant

Mark Stewart, Chief Operating Officer for Stellantis for North America (left), with Dong-Myung Kim, President of LG Energy's Advanced Automotive Battery Division. Image: LGES

A day after Stellantis-LG Energy Solution announced they would resume construction of their battery plant in Canada, the increased incentives awarded for the project became known. ...

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Stellantis, LG Energy resume Canada battery plant after receiving sweeteners

A Stellantis-LG Energy Solution combine that is setting up a battery plant in Canada announced it would resume construction after the country increased subsidies for the project. T...

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Stellantis, Kuniko strike deal on long-term supply of nickel sulphate, cobalt sulphate

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Automotive group Stellantis N.V. and European battery minerals firm Kuniko Ltd have recently announced the signing of a binding offtake term sheet agreement securing...

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ACC's first battery gigafactory in France to be operational by end of 2023

Battery firm Automotive Cells Company (ACC) recently inaugurated its first gigafactory in Billy-Berclau Douvrin in France for manufacturing battery packs for el...

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Stellantis-Foxconn JV 'SiliconAuto' to make semiconductors for automotive industry

Stellantis N.V. and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) have announced the creation of SiliconAuto - a 50:50 joint venture dedicated to designing and supplying state-of-th...

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Macron to meet Musk again as France pushes for Tesla gigafactory

Tesla considered France for its European gigafactory, seen here, before settling on Germany. Image: Tesla

France's President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk for the second time in a month on Friday, as he looks to promote the country for Tesla investments. "I'm going int...

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Stellantis, Hype deploy 50 PRM hydrogen fuelcell taxis in Paris

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Car maker Stellantis and hydrogen mobility firm Hype have recently announced their partnership for the supply and operation of hydrogen-powered vehicles, starting with a first...

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Stellantis invests in Lyten’s lithium-sulfur EV battery technology

Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis N.V. announced that it has invested in California-based material innovations company, Lyten Inc. (Lyten) to speed up t...

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Stellantis to invest $155 million for North American Electrification goals

Stellantis has announced that it will invest a total of $155 million in three facilities located in Kokomo, Indiana, US to produce new electric drive modules (EDM) that w...

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Factorial previewed 100 Amp-Hour Solid State Battery Cell at CES 2023

US-based advanced battery firm Factorial Inc. has revealed its first 100 Amp-Hour (Ah) battery cell, which was previewed at CES 2023 in the Stellantis exhibition spa...

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