Chinese battery equipment maker Lead said on Tuesday that it will be supplying Volkswagen.The turn-key deal will see Lead supply kits for electrode, assembly and formation processes for a capacity of 20GWh.The equipment will be installed next year at the factory in Salzgitter, Germany. Lead will hav

Samsung SDI was preparing a pilot line at its Cheonan plant in South Korea to test batteries it will be supplying to Tesla, TheElec has learned.The batteries are 4680 cylinder batteries (46mm diameter, 80mm length) and the South Korean battery firm will verify the technology within the year, sources

Chinese battery giant CATL unveiled its Gen 3 cell to pack (CTP) technology which it claims can offer electric vehicles with 1,000km traveling distance per change.CTP is the company’s key technology that allowed it to win Tesla’s battery orders for the Model 3.Conventional batteries in EVs are made

The electric vehicle (EV) battery joint venture between South Korean battery maker SK On and Ford has delayed its spending plan by around three months, TheElec has learned.Blue Oval SK was formed in May of last year and the pair had announced spending of US$11.4 billion from the venture to build bat

South Korean chemical firm SungEel HiTech had won LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI as customers for its battery recycling service, TheElec has learned.The chemical first was founded in 2000 and specializes in extracting materials for batteries from various products from electric vehicles to consum

Many of the battery equipment suppliers to Samsung SDI were taking part in the building of a pilot line being built by Norway’s Morrow Batteries, TheElec has learned.Morrow Batteries’ investors include Agdel Energy Venture, the subsidiary of Norway’s electric utility Statkraft, and Denmark’s pension

LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will spend 730 billion won at its Ochang facility to expand its cylinder battery production capacity.Out of the total, 580 billion won will be spent on its second factory at the facility for an additional annual capacity of 9GWh for 4680 (46mm diameters, 80m

Battery maker Samsung SDI has applied an upgraded production method at its second factory for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Goed, Hungary to increase efficiency.It is now applying in-line technology for its prismatic battery production __ which means the notching equipment and stacking equipmen

DI had acquired image processing inspection equipment firm Protech Corporation in March this year, TheElec has learned.The purchase follows the one it made in November when it bought machine vision battery inspection equipment maker Vtensystem for 6 billion won.Protech was founded in 2000 and develo

Battery production equipment makers Mplus and Lead were competing to win the latest order for assembly equipment by battery maker Northvolt, TheElec has learned.Jeil M&S is supplying Northvolt with mixing equipment, while electrode equipment is provided by CIS and Hirano Tecseed.Sejong Technology is

Some of the employees at Hanwha Corp had been sued by their former employer over alleged technology leak, TheElec has learned.Around ten employees of the Hanwha’s battery equipment business unit had been sued for allegedly leaking design drawings that they took from their former company, people fami

Samsung is planning to use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its Galaxy A and M series of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant has been using batteries made by its compatriot since 2019.It used them for the now discontinued Galaxy Note series and currently uses them fo

Japan’s Asahi Kasei was considering building a battery separator factory abroad, TheElec has learned.The company was considering Europe or North America, people familiar with the matter said.If Asahi Kasei decides to build a factory in North America, it will be the first separator maker to do so. So

Samsung SDI was currently testing multiple versions of 4680 cylinder batteries which it started developing for customer Tesla, TheElec has learned.It is testing at least two versions of the batteries, including one that follows the original specification announced by the US electric vehicle (EV) gia

Ultium Cells, the joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors, is expected to manufacture its first batch of batteries soon.Its first factory at Lordstown, Ohio, will activate its first two production lines soon, people familiar with the matter said.The company will place orders for

South Korean battery equipment makers Mplus and Hana Technology were competing fiercely to win orders from Blue Oval SK, the battery-making joint venture between SK On and Ford.Those from SK On and Ford are planning visit their suppliers starting this week to check their technologies and equipment p

Posco Chemical is planning to expand its battery cathode production in China through its joint venture with Huayou Cobalt, TheElec has learned.ZPHE, the pair’s battery cathode joint venture, has begun the second phase of its investment, people familiar with the matter said.It is one of the two ventu

More electric vehicle (EV) makers are expected to adopt cylinder batteries that were once thought of as old news.Cylinder batteries were once used mostly in notebooks and handsets but were steadily replaced by prismatic and pouch batteries on those devices.But thanks to Tesla’s wide adoption of cyli

Chinese battery equipment maker Lead Intelligent said on Tuesday that it has signed a supply contract with France’s Automotive Cell Company (ACC).ACC is a joint venture between Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, and SAFT, a subsidiary of French energy firm Total.ACC’s battery factory

Blue Oval SK, the battery-making joint venture between SK On and Ford, has sent out letters of intent (LOT) to its suppliers to begin construction of its first factory in the US, TheElec has learned.The orders will be for the factory in Tennessee, which is planned to have 17 manufacturing lines with