Tesla is best known for its electric cars – and with that, comes excellent knowledge on making batteries. Its Powerwall 2 is the perfect example, achieving the rare feat of a 100% usable capacity. That means you can use all 13.5 kilowatt hours (kWh) of the Powerwall 2''s available power, which in situations where you need to use the entire …
Two of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of mass-EV adoption are cost and energy density. Addressing both concerns, on Thursday GM announced it''s hard at work on a …
GM Plans Biggest Manufacturing Investment Ever In Its Home
$2.6 billion investment by GM and LG Energy Solution''s Ultium Cells joint venture to build its third U.S. battery cell production plant in Lansing. More than 1,700 new jobs will be created when ...
The $2.3B Ultium Cells LLC battery plant in Tennessee will create 1,300 new jobs and supply batteries for GM''s future Ultium-powered electric vehicles. Tennessee The new $2.3 billion Ultium Cells LLC battery plant will create 1,300 new jobs and supply Ultium battery cells to GM''s Spring Hill Manufacturing assembly plant, which will build the Cadillac LYRIQ .
LG Energy Solution Vs. Tesla Powerwall (Which battery is best …
Tesla Powerwall Tesla inc. is a US-based electric car manufacturer founded by Elon Musk in 2003. The company builds advanced electric cars and produces lithium batteries through its subsidiary Tesla Energy. Since 2015, it has commercialized the Tesla Powerwall, a plug-and-play domestic Energy Storage Solution (ESS). ...
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About GM''s Ultium …
GM is working with SolidEnergy (see our first story on that company from 2016) on semi-solid-state batteries that are expected to have twice the energy density of today''s pouch cells at 40% ...
Department of Energy Releases Proposed Interpretive Guidance …
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a notice of its proposed guidance and a request for public comment on its proposed interpretation of the statutory definition of "foreign entity of concern" (FEOC) in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which is designed to limit the participation of FEOCs within …
Electric car sales neared 14 million in 2023, 95% of which were in China, Europe and the United States. Almost 14 million new electric cars1 were registered globally in 2023, bringing their total number on the roads to 40 million, closely tracking the sales forecast from the 2023 edition of the Global EV Outlook (GEVO-2023). Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5 …
Next-Generation Chevy Bolt EV To Use LFP Battery Cells
It''s unclear at the moment where GM will source the new LFP batteries. GM currently produces NCMA-based batteries at the Ultium Cells plant in Ohio, operated under a joint venture with LG Energy ...
General Motors'' New Energy Ecosystem Will Give Customers …
DETROIT – General Motors today announced the introduction of Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, create a holistic ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy. GM Energy''s connected product and service offerings …
GM and Lithium Americas to Develop U.S.-Sourced Lithium ...
DETROIT AND VANCOUVER – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC and NYSE: LAC) announced today they will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third largest in the world. Under the agreement, GM will make a …
GM''s key to EV production and profits rest on ramp-up of new battery …
GM''s joint-venture battery plant in Tennessee quietly started what is expected to be mass production of battery cells, critical to GM''s EV expansion.
• GM''s new Ultium batteries are expected to have some of the highest nickel and lowest cobalt content in a large format pouch cell. • GM''s industry-first almost completely wireless battery management system reduces the physical wires between battery modules by up to 90 percent for production electric vehicles.
Ultium Energy Recovery Can Help GM EVs Charge and Accelerate Faster and Drive Farther
Today, GM announced a feature standard in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform''s energy recovery system, this waste energy can increase a vehicle''s range, reduce battery energy needed for heating, increase charging speed and even enable sportier driving.
Let''s Not Lie: GM''s New Ultium Battery Isn''t Better Than Tesla''s
Ultium energy options range from 50 to 200 kWh, which could enable a GM-estimated range up to 400 miles or more on a full charge with 0 to 60 mph acceleration as low as 3 seconds.
Here''s An Exceedingly Nerdy Explanation of GM''s Ultium Battery …
GM''s Ultium battery system underpins almost all of its electric vehicles in North America, but how does it actually work? Speaking of these cells, 24 are stuffed into each of the Lyriq''s modules ...
AC vs. DC solar battery coupling: What you need to know
A solar panel''s efficiency measures its ability to convert sunlight into solar energy, and a solar inverter''s efficiency measures how well it converts this solar energy into usable AC electricity. For batteries, it''s a bit more complex. Most solar batteries are rated on roundtrip efficiency, which measures how much electricity is lost when you charge and …
GM reveals new EV platform and ''Ultium'' battery to help hunt Tesla
The new EV architecture will go on to underpin an array of cars. General Motors Taking energy stored in those battery packs is a range of electric motors developed in house by General Motors ...
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GM Accelerates its Drive to Lead the EV Industry with $7 Billion Investment in Michigan, Creating 4,000 New …
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced today an investment of more than $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites, creating 4,000 new jobs and retaining 1,000, and significantly increasing battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity. ...
Ultium Cells Spring Hill Hits Key Targ... | Ultium Cells LLC
Ultium Cells is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution that will mass-produce Ultium battery cells to advance the push for a zero-emissions, all-electric future. Ultium Cells will provide battery cell capacity to support GM''s North American electric vehicle assembly capacity of more than 1 million units by mid …
GM, BYD And Tesla: Strategy Comparison In China EV Market
China''s passenger vehicle market is large and varied. Click here to read about GM, BYD and Tesla''s strategies in the China EV market. Analyst''s Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar ...
GM, BYD And Tesla: Strategy Comparison In China EV Market
The Hongguang, depending on the model, actually has 3 batteries: a standard 12V one, an LFP battery and an NMC battery. With competitive sourcing in mind, these come from 5 different suppliers.
General Motors'' New Energy Ecosystem Will Give Customers Control of Their Energy …
General Motors today announced the introduction of Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, create a holistic ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy.
How Ford, GM, and Tesla are building better EV batteries
While these batteries can''t pack in quite as much energy as other lithium-ion batteries, they allow automakers to build more batteries for less money and, thus, …
GM reveals more technical details of its Ultium battery packs
EV Engineering News GM reveals more technical details of its Ultium battery packs Posted July 12, 2021 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Tech. GM has big plans to release as many as 30 new EV models by 2025—the company claims that, by 2035, its only ICE vehicles will be heavy-duty trucks.
To contribute to a better planet and scale its future EV portfolio at a rapid pace, GM revealed an all-new modular platform and Ultium batteries during a week-long event at the GM …
Policy developments – Global EV Outlook 2023 – Analysis
Several of the policies announced in 2022 and early 2023 relate to the development of EV manufacturing in addition to EV deployment. In China, the largest market for electric cars, supporting EV manufacturers and companies through direct incentives along EV supply chains to ramp up domestic production is not a new phenomenon. ...
New US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and solar …
The battery of a BYD Seagull electric vehicle is shown under the hood of the car at the Caresoft Global facility Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Livonia, Mich. Caresoft President Terry Woychowski, a former engineer at General Motors, said the Seagull represents a "clarion call" for the U.S. auto industry. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
GM Working on Lithium-Metal Batteries, Could Achieve 600 Miles …
The new batteries, technically not solid-state because SolidEnergy uses liquid electrolytes, will have twice the energy density and reduce cost by 60 percent, …
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General Motors Launches New GM Energy Business Unit To …
General Motors is launching the new GM Energy business unit to better enable the electric vehicle ... GM will also be offering home battery systems based on its Ultium cells so even if a vehicle ...
Trends in the electric vehicle industry – Global EV Outlook 2024
In China, since the end of 2022, greater competition among front-runners has led electric car prices to fall quickly. The price of compact electric cars and SUVs dropped by up to 10% in 2023 relative to 2022. In the first quarter of 2024, Tesla once again slashed prices, by up to 6% or CNY 15 000 for its Models 3 and Y, forcing competitors to follow by squeezing …
GM reveals new EV platform and ''Ultium'' battery to help hunt Tesla
Powering this massive EV push is GM''s new Ultima battery technology. With a unique chemistry and a special design, they promise greater energy density, easier packaging and lower cost.
GM builds new center to unlock cheaper, longer-range batteries
The Ultium batteries will use less of the rare earth material cobalt and feature a single common cell design that can be configured more efficiently for higher …
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GM reveals more technical details of its Ultium battery packs
GM has big plans to release as many as 30 new EV models by 2025—the company claims that, by 2035, its only ICE vehicles will be heavy-duty trucks. The new Ultium battery system is at the heart of GM''s electrification strategy. GM says the Ultium system delivers a pack-level cost close to the magic number... Read more »
