EV Manufacturing News – Page 15
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NewsFisker and Magna finalise manufacturing agreement
Along with the previously signed agreements on electric vehicle platform sharing and ADAS package, this finalises the framework established between the two companies beginning in 2020
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NewsFord to build all-electric LCV at Craiova
Following a $300m investment the new all-electric model is planned to launch in 2024 with Craiova following the Ford Cologne Electrified Vehicle Centre in Germany and Ford Otosan’s Kocaeli plant in Turkey to build all-electric vehicles
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NewsHino Motors and REE Automotive sign business alliance agreement
The two companies say they will collaborate on developing next-generation commercial mobility solutions by combining Hino’s knowledge and technologies as a commercial vehicle manufacturer with REE’s proprietary EV technologies
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NewsLG Energy Solution and General Motors JV to build a second battery cell plant in the US
The facility new will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee and construction will begin immediately, with the plant scheduled to open in 2023. Once operational, it will supply Ultium battery cells to GM’s Spring Hill assembly plant
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NewsVW Braunschweig expands production of battery systems
Once the phased expansion project is complete and the site is fully ramped up, it will have the capacity to produce up to 500,000 batteries a year for models based on the MEB platform
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NewsFord Dagenham to continue supplying engines for Transit vans made in Turkey
Ford has decided to keep its last European diesel engine plant in Dagenham, UK, open to supply the Turkish Ford Otosan plant in Kocaeli that builds the Transit and Transit Custom.
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NewsRenault joins Veolia and Solvay in closed-loop battery recycling project
Together with power provider Veolia and chemicals company Solvay, Renault is setting up a trial plant in France to recycle batteries from electric vehicles (EVs). The plant will be able to extract and purify end-of-life EV battery metals.
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NewsVW to have 240 GWh of battery plants in Europe by 2030
Volkswagen Group plans to significantly increase battery cell production capacity and reshape the EV battery supply chain in Europe, with plans to have six ‘gigafactories’ by the end of the decade – including an expansion of its partnership with Sweden’s Northvolt.
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WebinarWatch recording: Smart manufacturing strategies to improve EV battery manufacturing quality
This webinar focused on managing quality issues that can arise in the production of EV battery packs
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NewsSVOLT expands production capacities in China
The company set to invest in two new 20 GWh factories at Suining, in the Sichuan province and Huzhou in the Zhejiang province
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NewsMagna’s new US facility to build EV battery enclosures
The new Magna Electric Vehicle Structures plant will be built in St. Clair, Michigan
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NewsHyundai breaks ground on first overseas fuel cell plant
HTWO Guangzhou, aims to produce 6,500 fuel cell systems per year, increasing capacity in line with market demand
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NewsFord Europe invests $1 billion in Cologne for EV production
After JLR, Ford has also announced that all its vehicles for sale in Europe will be pure-electric by 2030. It is investing $1 billion in its Cologne (Köln) plant to make that a reality. This move will be supported by the sharing of the VW Group’s MEB electric vehicle platform.
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NewsBMW to construct new US training centre at Spartanburg
The OEM has broken ground on the new 67,000 sq. ft. building at its South Carolina manufacturing site
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NewsUltium Cells completes steel building structure
The joint venture between General Motors and LG Chem has taken another step towards start of production of Ultium battery cells with the completion of the steel work for the new manufacturing facility at Lordstown, Ohio
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NewsJaguar Land Rover reimagines its electric future
Jaguar will be a purely electric vehicle (EV) maker by the middle of this decade, with its partner Land Rover adding six pure electric variants over the next five years as it aims to power 60% of its products with “zero-tailpipe powertrains” by 2030. The first pure-electric Land Rover will go on sale in 2024 and diesel models will be phased out in 2026.
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NewsREE Automotive opens UK engineering centre
The new facility will accelerate engineering design, validation, verification and testing as the company prepares for mass production
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NewsVolvo Ghent to triple electric production capacity
The increased manufacturing capacity is to meet fast-growing demand for its Recharge line-up, says Volvo
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NewsVW Dresden ends production of the e-Golf2
The production area of the Transparent Factory will be now be reconfigured to start production of the first ID.3 models at the end of January
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VoiceSustainable approach to electrode coatings
Two-sided coating processes offer economic and ecological advancements in battery electrode manufacturing