Charged

APRIL 28, 2023

The company has deployed more than 150 vehicles with fleets across North America. Motiv worked with Nidec to design and patent a six-phase motor and motor controller that it says produces more torque than comparable legacy ICE components. Now the company has announced its next-generation electric trucks for medium-duty fleets.

Batteries 126

Batteries Patents Electricity North America 126

Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

Batteries 52

Batteries North America Sustainability Recycling 52

Charged

JULY 30, 2024

Austin Elements will produce battery-grade lithium carbonate and iron phosphate from black mass, including “dirty” black mass, which contains high amounts of aluminum and copper. The company’s low-carbon processes recover valuable minerals from various sources, including LFP and NCM lithium-ion batteries and manufacturing scrap.

Recycling 52

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 52

Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This situation may change soon, as a series of key patents held by Chinese firms are soon to expire. We are leading a $20m Series A in Mitra Chem, which is taking a fresh approach to lithium-ion battery production and doing it domestically in the U.S.

Startups 126

Startups Batteries North America Patents 126

Charged

MAY 21, 2021

Using its patented Spoke & Hub Technologies at facilities in the US, Li-Cycle will transform Ultium’s battery manufacturing scrap into new battery-grade materials, including lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate, helping to close the battery supply chain loop and enable sustainable production of new EV batteries.

Recycling 92

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 92

Charged

JULY 1, 2024

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) is considered a safer and longer-lasting cathode material compared to NMC chemistries, but in the past, its lower cell-level energy density made it less attractive for EVs. It turns out the process and equipment we use to make DRX is shared with other cathode materials like lithium iron phosphate.

Batteries 119

Batteries Technology Lithium Patents 119

Charged

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tesla has reportedly been contacting Model 3 reservation holders in the US, and offering the option of choosing Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cells instead of the usual Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) cells. Is this confirmation that the Asia/Europe LFP Model 3 is coming to North America?

Batteries 115

Batteries North America Patents Europe 115

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources. The company was also named to HolonIQ’s list of the 200 most promising climatetech startups from North America.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries.

Startups 98

Startups Plastics Innovation North America 98

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In broad terms, the LEEF approach, which is patent-pending, utilises a so-called Rydberg matter ultra-dense lithium ammonia liquid metal fuel that when triggered with an electrical arc results in fusion occurring.

Startups 64

Startups Technology Blockchain Lithium 64

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations.

Startups 97

Startups Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 97

Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Li-Metal , a Canada-based developer of lithium metal technologies, has completed a concept study for a commercial North American lithium metal production facility with an annual capacity of up to 1,000 tonnes. Li-Metal expects its plant to require approximately 5,600 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year.

Lithium 118

Lithium North America Patents Batteries 118

Greentown Labs

MARCH 3, 2020

On the topic of partners, Reichert introduced a new Terawatt-level partner , Keolis North America. Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is developing advanced battery management systems for lithium ion battery consumer electronics, automotive, and storage markets.

Transportation 78

Transportation Startups Electric vehicle Logistics 78

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Skeleton Technologies also develops and produces a patented raw material called “Curved Graphene”, which the company states significantly improves battery performance while avoiding reliance on toxic metals. Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor Tesla will provide a system of Tesla Megapack 2XL lithium-ion batteries.

Energy 115

Energy Energy Packaging Batteries 115

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. Its patented solution provides point-to-multi-point, non-line-of-sight, and affordable high-speed communications in difficult terrain that other technologies can’t reach.

Carbon-neutral 81

Carbon-neutral Startups Sustainability Technology 81

Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

We come from the lithium industry,” Kochhar told Charged. “We We used to work for companies that produced lithium chemicals that go into cathodes, cells and, ultimately, battery packs. And we’d be asked as lithium consultants and experts to look into these looming questions: “How environmentally friendly are batteries?

Batteries 132

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 132

Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a reminder, NanoGraf developed a silicon-based anode battery material that enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to run longer and charge faster than traditional lithium-ion batteries on the market. During my MBA, MITO’s original technology was sitting on the shelf, patent-pending, and still in development.

Innovation 52

Innovation Startups Technology Climate change 52