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Spain subsidises Stellantis and PowerCo battery plants
Car manufacturer Stellantis is still deciding whether to build a battery complex next to its car plant in Figuerelas near Zaragoza in Spain, in close cooperation with
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Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo gets serious about solid-state batteries
The VW battery subsidiary and QuantumScape know each other well.They have had a joint venture since mid-2018, which will now be replaced by the new agreement. At
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PowerCo: VW battery production on schedule
Pre-series production will begin this year before the first cells for series production roll off the production line in 2025. That is what Automobilwoche writes in an
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Volkswagen: PowerCo appoints new CTO from its own ranks
Soonho Ahn’s appointment was seen as an important symbol of PowerCo’s ambitions. The South Korean was poached directly from Apple, where he worked as the Global Head
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Volkswagen is putting stock market plans for PowerCo on hold
Volkswagen is said to have doubts about being able to implement its own battery production on the planned scale. This was reported by the news agency Bloomberg,
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PowerCo certifies QuantumScape’s “encouraging results” for solid-state cells
The US company QuantumScape recently reached a milestone that has now been confirmed by Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo: Its solid-state cell completed more than 1,000 charging cycles
- Exyte builds dry room in PowerCo battery factory Salzgitter
- PowerCo & Umicore’s joint venture opens for business
- MiKoBatt: PEM, PowerCo and Jagenberg research cell production
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VW subsidiary PowerCo presents battery dry coating process
Volkswagen’s PowerCo now officially confirmed its intention to industrialise dry coating for electric car batteries. The plan was leaked a few days ago. At a media round
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PowerCo to nearly double staff numbers
Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo is to employ almost twice as many people at the end of this year; up to 1,500 compared to the current 800. The
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VW subsidiary PowerCo is building a 90 GWh battery factory in Canada
Volkswagen has unveiled further details about its battery factory in St Thomas, Canada. It will be PowerCo’s largest cell factory to date, create 3,000 jobs, and produce
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VW subsidiary PowerCo to build EV ecosystem in Indonesia
Volkswagen wants to build an ecosystem for electric vehicle batteries in Indonesia together with partners through its subsidiary PowerCo. A partnership with several companies is apparently being
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PowerCo & Umicore receive regulatory approval for joint venture
PowerCo, a battery company from the Volkswagen Group, and the Belgian materials technology group Umicore have received all regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September
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PowerCo secures land for Volkswagen’s next battery factory
Volkswagen’s plans for a battery cell factory in Spain have entered the next phase by purchasing a plot of land. PowerCo, the Group’s battery division, has signed
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VW subsidiary PowerCo & Umicore launch battery joint venture
The Volkswagen Group’s new battery subsidiary PowerCo and the Belgian materials technology group Umicore have established a joint venture for cathode and prematerial production in Europe. From
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Volvo, Shanghai, EV Connect, BMW, Powerco.
Volvo supports CCS: Volvo gets behind the Charging Interface Initiative, joining Audi, BMW, Daimler, Opel, Porsche, VW, TÜV Süd, Mennekes and Phoenix Contact in their effort to
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QuantumScape starts building its B-samples and announces management change
The B-sample cell called QSE-5 is set to become QuantumScape’s first commercial product – with a capacity of 5 Ah and an energy density of over 800
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KIT opens world’s first ‘agile’ battery cell production facility
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has announced that the “world’s first agile battery cell production facility” is now operational on its premises. The facility is a robot-based,
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VW plants compete for 20,000-euro electric car
According to a German media report, three candidates have the best prospects in the internal competition. Der Spiegel writes (without providing further details about sources) that these
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Volkswagen to cut battery production plans in Salzgitter
A spokesperson from the works council confirmed that they were shown a slide at a staff meeting that showed plans for just one production line with a
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Northvolt factory in Canada could be delayed until 2028
The plan announced a year ago was for the Canadian Northvolt plant to start production in 2026. At the beginning of July this year, Northvolt then announced
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BASF pauses construction of battery recycling plant in Spain
“We have also decided to pause our large-scale metal refinery project for battery recycling at BASF’s Tarragona site in Spain. We are ready to start as soon
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Porsche considers acquiring a stake in Varta battery subsidiary V4Drive
Varta has officially announced that it is examining a possible majority investment in its subsidiary V4Drive, which was founded in 2022, with Porsche. Both parties have signed
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VW invests €120 billion in electrification and digitalisation
The Volkswagen Group will continue to make significant investments in its combustion vehicles. A third of the approximately 180 billion euros planned up to and including 2028
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Electric cars: Five lessons from the Motor Show in China
1 – Diversity of models and brands is both a blessing and a curse The first afternoon after touching down in Beijing was an electric mobility revelation.
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Hyundai Mobis starts building battery plant for VW in Spain
Last August, the supplier Hyundai Mobis announced a major order from Volkswagen for battery production in Spain. Now the ground-breaking ceremony for a new battery factory has
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Honda to build EVs and batteries in Canada
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli have suggested that the project is worth 14 to 15 billion Canadian dollars, which is about 10
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Germany, China and electric cars: no desire for a trade war
The MG4 is a prime example: A leasing rate of 159 euros for private customers in Germany without a down payment does not seem realistic. At least
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Batteries: What will the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act really achieve?
The initial situation is clear: batteries, produced as sustainably as possible, will be needed in all areas of life in the future. With the automotive industry traditionally