Due to the pandemic crisis, European automotive production units have gradually come to a halt dismissing or laying-off workers. In these challenging times DRIVES and ALBATTS blueprint projects jointly decided to invite inactive or laid-off employees to devote their time to education! This is an interface to free online courses selected by DRIVES and ALBATTS […]
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Transport&Environment shows in a recent report that electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe emit on average nearly 3 times less CO2 than equivalent conventional cars. This assessment is based on a online tool, published alongside the report, that compares thoroughly the life-cycle performance of these different vehicles. Going into more details, no matter what the vehicle
Europe’s energy transition relies on creating a local, competitive and sustainable battery value supply chain to decarbonise its transport, power and industrial sectors. As battery volumes are forecasted to grow exponentially, reducing their manufacturing footprint is crucial. Circularity of the European lithium-ion battery industry is therefore high on the agenda, and flourishing. Various collaborations across
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The leitmotif for building a competitive battery cell production in Europe has always been clear. Success can only be achieved with combined public-private efforts, initiatives and alliances along the value chain. Looking at the recent announcements, one could see evidence that the European industrial battery strategy is bearing fruits. A number of European sub-suppliers that
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Recently published articles prove that the Li-ion battery powered transport sector continues to attract and sustain innovation, entrepreneurs and risk capital. The initiatives comes in various shapes and forms, as illustrated by these two exciting examples: Lilium – a German aviation company created in 2015 well on the way to launch a five seat all
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The European Battery Alliance (EBA), launched by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič in October 2017, intends to engage the European industry in seizing the opportunity brought by batteries – a core technology for enabling the energy transition. Whereas it could still be premature to assert that this political impulsion will effectively be translated into long-term socio-economic benefits
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The European large-scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ presents the long-term research roadmap that outlines the actions needed to invent the sustainable batteries of the future. The transformation to a climate-neutral society requires fundamental changes in the way we generate and use energy. Batteries are a key enabler to reach this goal, if they can be
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Li-Cycle Corp., a North-America-based lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, announced that it has recently completed its first shipment of commercially recycled battery material. The first batch of recycled materials has been extracted at Li-Cycle’s facility in Ontario, Canada, and prepared for re-delivery. The materials are metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium – an excellent
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The LiPLANET project lays the foundation of the European network of research pilot lines for the production of battery cells. As part of the Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission is funding the LiPLANET project over the next two years to establish the lithium battery cell research pilot line network. The eight consortium partners are
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According to the auto industry federation ACEA, sales of electric cars increased by 81% in Europe in the final quarter of 2019. Electric cars – which include battery electrics and plug-in hybrids – accounted for 4.4% of total new car sales in the period. Read the article on Transport & Environment website.
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