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Closing the loop: battery recycling picking up momentum in Europe

A speedy build-up of capacity and knowledge to recycle of lithium-based batteries has been identified as one of the remain challenges for the European battery industry by the European Battery Alliance. Earlier this year, we reported on some battery recycling initiatives taking place, contributing to securing access to valuable raw materials while also building more […]

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Large scale training programme unfolds for Hungarian battery industry

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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between EIT InnoEnergy and the Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Technology on 29 November 2021 to reskill and upskill thousands of workers for the Hungarian battery and electro-mobility industries in the coming years. Hungary, which is the 10th largest exporter of electric batteries in the world and has significant

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Digitalisation as a driver for innovations along the battery value chain

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Yesterday, EBA250 organised a well-attended webinar on Digitalisation as a Driver for Innovations along the Battery Value Chain. Speakers included representatives from the European Commission, the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), Batteries Europe as well as industrial stakeholders developing new solutions in this area. The interventions most certainly confirmed the statement made by Ursula von der

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Electric Vehicles are more affordable than ever across Europe

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LeasePlan has recently released the 2021 Car Cost Index. Results prove again that EVs already have a Total Cost of Ownership lower than ICEs in most European markets, not least in some of the largest ones. One of the top critical barriers for adoption of EVs has always been the cost. An updated study from

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Fast charging an electric car does not damage the battery

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One more reasons not to buy an EV have been debunked! The uncertainety around the potential degradation of batteries caused by fast charging has been a reason given to shy away from buying an electric vehicle. Up until recently, there has been very few long term “real life” studies showing the effects of different charging

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Lithium from geothermal brines: a less conventional lithium resource with additional benefits

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Batteries are without a doubt a cornerstone in the energy transition. The development of sustainable and transparent supply chains for the battery industry is therefore of highest priority. And with the surge in demand for batteries, new sources for battery raw materials need to be developed. Lithium, for example, will remain the main building block

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Northvolt invests $750 million to establish world’s first R&D campus covering the entire battery ecosystem

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Northvolt today announced it is expanding Northvolt Labs in Västerås, Sweden, into a fully-integrated ecosystem for catalyzing technological advances in the emerging European battery industry. With the establishment of a fully integrated European battery industry comes the need to also build industry relevant research to complement the good academic research already exsisting. The new customer

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Daimler joins Stellantis and TotalEnergies in ACC venture to expand European battery network

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Daimler announced last week that they will become an equal shareholder in Automotive Cells Company (ACC), along with Stellantis and TotalEnergies. This is another confirmation that European companies are aligning in strategic alliances along the battery value chain and that the strategic plan for Europe outlined by the European Battery Alliance is delivering. ACC was

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No rest for the European battery industry over summer – welcome back to a fully charged autumn!

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EBA250 welcomes you back after the summer break. While we hope you enjoyed some days off relaxing and charging your batteries, Europe continued its path towards electrification and building its own battery ecosystem. Here is a short selection of what has happened over the past few weeks with relevance to the European battery industry. Policy

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EBA250 Summer highlights

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Before logging off for the summer break, we would like to come back on some recent activities and progress that took place during the first half of 2021. 2021 opened with a new milestone for the European Battery Alliance (EBA). In January, the European Commission approved indeed a €2.9 billion state aid for a second

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