Articles Tagged with ''battery manufacturing''

WASHINGTON—Solar, wind and other types of clean energy manufacturing has become an important part of the U.S. industrial economy, according to the American Clean Power Association.

Here’s a look at the top five assembly articles from the past week.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Anthro Energy and EnPower Inc. have signed a master memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and scale domestic lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing for defense, robotics and autonomous systems applications. 

LANSING, MI—A Michigan battery factory once meant for General Motors’ electric vehicles has a new partner: Tesla.

WINDSOR, Ontario—NextStar Energy has opened a 4.23 million-square-foot battery manufacturing facility in Windsor, marking a major expansion of electric vehicle supply chain capacity in North America.

RESTON, VA—The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Products with nonremovable batteries are the target of a new state recycling fee structure in California that expands the state’s electronic waste program, targeting everything from power tools with embedded batteries to video game consoles.

LUOYANG, China—CATL has become the first battery manufacturer to deploy humanoid robots at scale on the assembly line, replacing humans in critical tasks.

SALCHING, Germany—BMW and Encory have opened a new facility here to recycle batteries from electric vehicles.