CAMBRIDGE, MA—The cost of lithium-ion battery technology will continue to drop in the the future, claims a recent analysis conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
QUEBEC, Canada—Lion Electric, which manufactures all-electric trucks and buses, recently announced its plans to build a battery manufacturing plant and innovation center here.
ST. CLAIR, MI—Magna International Inc. has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility here that will assemble battery enclosures for the new GMC Hummer EV.
CLARKSVILLE, TN—Microvast Inc. plans to build a new factory here. The $220 million facility will assemble lithium-ion battery cells, modules and packs.
AUBURN HILLS, MI—Continental Structural Plastics has developed a patent-pending clip system that replaces the need for bolts to join the top and bottom of an electric vehicle battery case.
MLADA BOLESLAV, Czech Republic—Skoda Auto, a leading European car manufacturer, recently produced its 100,000th battery for plug-in hybrid models at its flagship factory here.
Many automotive engineers have nightmares about noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) issues. Ironically, one of those pests, vibration, is widely used to assemble many types of plastic auto parts.
