VFBATTERY REPORT

Notable Events

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Battery Report 2024, page 19: Notable Events
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Notable Events December

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns earlier than expected due to falling U.S. sales without naming a successor.

Stellantis and CATL to invest $4.3B to build an LFP plant in Spain.

WEEK 1 BYD launches sodium-ion BESS battery based on the companyʼs Long Blade Battery technology.

Source: Volta Foundationʼs This Week in Batteries Newsletter

WEEK 2

GM sells its stake in a battery plant in Lansing, Michigan to its JV partner LGES at the same they extend technology partnership.

WEEK 3

Coreshell launched commercial scale 60 Ah battery cells; employs low-cost metallurgical silicon in combination with lithium iron phosphate LFP) cathodes.

Hyundai announces the production of solid state batteries by the end of 2025 and is planning mass production by 2030.

WEEK 4 The U.S. DOE announces a $7B conditional commitment to StarPlus Energy, a JV between FCA and Stellantis, to build a battery factory in Indiana.

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