Here's a look at some of the biggest news in the battery space this week:
- A Stellantis-Samsung joint venture will bring a $2.5-billion battery plant to Kokomo, IN.
- Stellantis, Chrysler's parent company, also struck a deal to source lithium hydroxide for its EV batteries from California's Salton Sea Basin.
- A faulty battery pack caused a fire at a Rivian assembly plant in Normal, IL.
- EV sales jumped 70% from a year prior last month and nabbed a bigger share of the overall auto market.
- The UK's Faraday Institute is adding 16 seed projects to its battery research portfolio.
- Toyota's 2023 Carolla Hybrid has an upgraded Li-ion battery.
- Designing EV batteries for the Indian market requires special considerations.
- The US Postal service is trying out e-bikes equipped with 500 Wh batteries.
- Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing polymers that could make lithium batteries safer and more stable.
- ICC Compliance Center published a helpful guide to regulations governing ground shipments of lithium batteries in the US.
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