Panasonic has reportedly delayed its plan to ramp up production at its new battery factory in Kansas due to low demand from Tesla, its primary customer. Since 2022, Panasonic has planned to build a new battery cell factory in Kansas. The Japanese manufacturer had become a major player in batteries for electric vehicles through its … Continue reading “Panasonic reportedly delays production ramp at US battery factory due to low Tesla demand”
Photo: T1 Energy After scrapping plans to build a $2.6 billion battery energy storage system factory in Georgia, FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) has rebranded itself as T1 Energy (NYSE: TE). FREYR turned T1 Energy also has a new strategy: It says it’s committed to “becoming a vertically integrated US solar + battery storage leader from … Continue reading “FREYR rebrands after killing its $2.6B Georgia battery factory plans”
$7.5B loan would help scale up battery production in Indiana Aiming for 67 gigawatt-hours of annual capacity there DOE loan comes from same program that supported Tesla The Department of Energy on Monday said it is prepared to loan up to $7.5 billion to Stellantis and Samsung SDI for battery production in Indiana. The conditional … Continue reading “Biden admin loans Stellantis and Samsung $7B for Indiana battery factory”
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla increasing its sale incentives, a potential new EV credit in California, Rivian’s new factory gets funded, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by Huffy Bicycles, a household name in micromobility. For a limited … Continue reading “Podcast: Tesla sale incentives intensify, new California EV credit?, Rivian’s new factory, and more”
Earlier today, global mining giant Fortescue announced plans to begin operations at its new Detroit factory with the production of HV marine batteries that will be used initially by EVOA to power a range of luxury marine vessels, wake boats, and tenders — and they’ve come to Quick Charge to tell us all about it! … Continue reading “First product from new Fortescue Detroit factory: marine batteries [Quick Charge]”
Tesla Semi electric trucks were spotted in numbers coming out of its pilot factory for the first time. What’s happening? Even though Tesla Semi officially went into production in late 2022, almost two years ago, there’s still a very limited population on the roads. Electrek first reported on Tesla’s plan to build the electric truck … Continue reading “Tesla Semi trucks were spotted in numbers coming out of the factory”
Tesla has unveiled a render of its upcoming ‘Semi Factory’ to build electric semi trucks next to Gigafactory Texas in Nevada. The Tesla Semi program has seen some significant delays – even since it has officially entered production. It was first unveiled in 2017, and it was supposed to come to market in 2020, but … Continue reading “Tesla unveils render of upcoming Semi Factory to build electric trucks”
Vinfast delayed U.S. production of its EVs by three years Vinfast lowered volume targets for 2024 Vinfast has fallen behind sales targets despite pivoting its sales model Vinfast on Saturday announced that its North Carolina factory would be delayed, while also lowering its 2024 annual delivery target. In a press release discussing its second-quarter financial … Continue reading “Vinfast delays US factory as issues mount”
With the foundation of the Audi FAW NEV Company, Audi has set the course for made-in-China production of models based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) technology platform for the Chinese market. Work has now begun on the new production site in the northern Chinese metropolis of Changchun. With construction set to finish by the … Continue reading “Cornerstone laid in Changchun: Audi FAW NEV Company uilds smart factory for e-models”
