Chile’s SQM anticipates stable lithium prices for the remainder of the year but is “optimistic about a positive trend starting in 2026”, according to CEO Ricardo Ramos. While it expects 2025 demand to ...

German OEM Volkswagen remains committed to selling down ownership in its Powerco EV battery subsidiary. But negative net cash flow that threatened the €2bn ($2.2bn) mark last year may curtail appetite ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was frank in admitting to analysts on the company's fourth quarter earnings call that the EV leader is "between two major growth waves". While appearing to dampen expectations for ...

Adoption rates of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode chemistry as an alternative to nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) in EV batteries will lag in Europe and the US compared to in China for the remainder ...

Oil major Shell shared some impressive numbers for its Chinese EV charging business at its annual capital markets day, as it looked to justify its investment in the business segment. Shell’s public ...

French automaker Renault has unveiled its new electric Renault 5 E-Tech, committing to producing the vehicle entirely in France from summer 2025. Vehicles and batteries will be assembled at its Douai ...

China’s BYD has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ayvens, the leasing and fleet management firm back by French bank Societe Generale, to try to improve its chances of taking a chunk out ...

US lithium miner and processor Albemarle has shifted some its conversion capacity at its Qinzhou plant in Guangxi, China away from producing lithium hydroxide to making lithium carbonate instead, ...

Two nascent lithium production schemes have hit material benchmarks, one in the US and one in the UK. While both remain in the early stages, the projects could provide the raw materials for ...

Indian OEM Tata Motors has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vertelo, a integrated fleet electrification platform, for the delivery of 2,000 of its fleet customer-focused EVs ...

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” So said Abraham Lincoln. Or maybe not. Whoever did say it was on to something, because technology has always shaped the way economies develop. In ...

South Korea’s LG Chem will begin mass production of precursor-free cathode materials in the first half of this year. The materials will be produced by directly calcinating custom-designed metals ...