NAGOYA, Japan—Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest $3.4 billion in the United States over the next decade to support its electric vehicle production efforts. The initiative includes construction of a new battery factory that will start production in 2025.
ANN ARBOR, MI—Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a method for predicting how changes to manufacturing processes and materials can impact battery life.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. is investing more than $11 billion to create two huge new electric vehicle manufacturing complexes in Kentucky and Tennessee.
LAKE ORION, MI—Production of 2022 Chevy Bolt passenger cars and sport-utility vehicles at the General Motors plant here will cease for at least the next two weeks. GM is investigating possible lithium-ion battery defects that increase the risk of fire and led to its global recall of the Bolt late last month.
LEICESTER, England—Engineers at the Faraday Institution and the University of Leicester have developed a new method to recycle electric vehicle batteries using ultrasonic technology.
CAMBRIDGE, England—During the next decade, solid-state batteries will become an appealing alternative to lithium-ion technology for electric vehicle manufacturers.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Engineers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a structural battery that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor and load-bearing material.
