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Today’s Fortune Cobalt News
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| Click on blue article title to read full story. | | | | EVs | | | | Motor1.com UK - May 10, 2018 CATL will supply batteries for the firm's upcoming electric cars. Cobalt Initiative to combat the risks associated with battery production because of artisanalmining. However, it's not yet known whether Daimler's procurement executive, Sabine Angermann, said on Wednesday. has revealed that it has awarded a contract to China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) for the production and supply of electric cars…However, it's not yet known whether the agreement will be exclusively for cars produced in China for the East Asian market, or for all upcoming electric vehicles produced by the company…Daimler has previously said that by 2025, its electric cars would cost roughly the same as a more traditional combustion-engined cars. It plans to invest nearly nine billion pounds into its development of electric vehicles, which will see every car it sells have at least one electric option. | | Nikkei Asian Review - May 9, 2018 Deal smooths auto makers' entry into growing Chinese electric vehicle market Top Chinese automotive battery maker CATL will provide lithium-ion batteries to Nissan Motor and Renault, accelerating its push to expand business with global carmakers...Electric cars powered with batteries from government-designated manufacturers, which are mostly Chinese producers, will be given priority in receiving subsidies. Nissan decided to procure batteries from CATL as it seeks to balance cost and quality…Renault, which is part of a three-way alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, has also tapped CATL…CATL already supplies such European automakers as BMW and Volkswagen and hopes to leverage the Renault deal to further solidify its foothold in Europe…CATL aims to have battery output equivalent to 30 gigawatt-hours by the end of 2019, raising it to the equivalent of 50gwh by 2020 from 23gwh in 2017… Strengthening ties with CATL will likely be essential for carmakers as competition in the world's largest auto market heats up. | | PR Newswire - May 10, 2018 MCI J4500e reaches highway speed and reliability targets in test runs Signals MCI's leadership move into all-electric drawing on New Flyer expertise Motor Coach Industries (MCI), the U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. ("NFI Group"), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America MCI announced today that its all-electric J4500e prototype successfully completed its phase one testing. The coach ran flawlessly at both low and high speeds up to a sustained 70 mph on the highway…The all-electric J4500e coach is on schedule for January 2020 production and orders are being taken now…The electric architecture incorporated in the MCI J4500e…Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) battery at 450 kWh with high power plug-in battery charging to 100% in under three hours | | Mashable - May 10, 2018 Garbage trucks may soon be much quieter. Volvo introduced a new electric garbage truck design this week called the Volvo FE Electric. The... truck is built to optimize efficiency and quietly hauling away trash. The lithium-ion powered truck has a 125-mile range and is envisioned Volvo introduced a new electric garbage truck design this week called the Volvo FE Electric. The truck is built to optimize efficiency and quietly hauling away trash…The lithium-ion powered truck has a 125-mile range and is envisioned as the perfect trash compacting truck with no emissions…The Volvo FE Electric will be available in Europe in 2019 starting in Hamburg, Germany. | | Elektroniknet.de - May 11, 2018 Battery degradation is one of the major concerns of electric car owners and potential buyers. Data of 350 Teslas worldwide are very... New data on battery degradation in Tesla carsindicate that the batteries can retain some 90 percent of their capacity even after 300,000 km New data on battery degradation in Tesla cars indicate that the batteries can retain some 90 percent of their capacity even after 300,000 km. | | | | | | |