July 21, 2022 Ford announces series of deals to accelerate EV push Ford said it has now sourced about 70% of the battery cell capacity it needs to achieve its annual production rate of more than 2 million by late 2026.
July 21, 2022 Lithium Americas breaks ground on lithium test facility in Nevada The Lithium Technical Development Center was built to demonstrate the chemical process designed for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt county.
July 21, 2022 Rio Tinto, Ford to develop battery, low-carbon materials supply chain The partnership will support the transition toward a net-zero future by supplying Ford with materials including lithium, low-carbon aluminum and copper.
July 21, 2022 Ford to buy lithium from ioneer for US EV battery plant ioneer will supply 7,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate annually for five years to BlueOvalSK, Ford's battery joint venture with SK Innovation.
July 21, 2022 Ford to buy cheaper CATL EV batteries to catch Tesla Ford said it also has agreed with CATL to explore using the Chinese company's batteries in Ford vehicles sold in the United States, Europe and China.
July 19, 2022 Allkem sees lower lithium ore output on labour crunch The miner expects to produce between 160,000 and 170,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate for the year ending June 2023.
July 19, 2022 Tesla’s Denholm says Australia is key to avoid EV battery crunch Tesla alone will need more than 3 terabyte hours of lithium-ion batteries by 2030, compared to the industry’s current global capacity of about 1 terabyte.
July 18, 2022 Solid-state EV batteries could cut carbon emissions further, says climate group Based on a comparison of one of the most promising solid-state batteries to lithium-ion technology and using sustainable lithium sources, a battery's carbon footprint could be cut by as much…
July 18, 2022 Chinese lithium giant pulls EVs deeper into forced labor glare Ganfeng’s Chairman earlier this year visited Xinjiang, where activists say Uyghurs and other Muslim citizens have been subjected to forced labor.
July 14, 2022 Lake Resources refutes short seller’s lithium tech allegations Company said short seller J Capital Research's report criticising partner Lilac Solutions Inc's extraction technology had "inaccurate assertions" and pertained to the wrong process.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
