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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Johnson Matthey PLC
    Johnson Matthey sells bulk of battery material unit for £50mn

    Deal with Australia’s EV Metals comes as UK chemicals group lays out plans for £150mn of annual cost savings

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Stellantis and Samsung to build $2.5bn battery factory in Indiana

    Carmaker and tech company team up to accelerate shift to electrical vehicles

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Batteries
    ABB and Siemens back Norwegian battery start-up

    European industrial heavyweights lead €100mn funding round in Morrow Batteries

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Lex
    China electric vehicles: fresh grants would provide a welcome recharge Premium content

    Extension of subsidies likely to boost foreign automakers as well as homegrown manufacturers

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Britishvolt
    Monaco shipping group takes stake in battery start-up Britishvolt

    Scorpio investment a sign of manufacturers looking beyond car industry into new markets

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cobalt
    Electric vehicles overtake phones as top source of cobalt demand

    Rare metal’s price surges on supply concerns and proliferation of battery-powered cars

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Unilever and Sanofi pile on pressure over 2035 EU petrol ban

    Cross-section of companies want to ‘ensure laggards don’t delay the market shift’

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Israeli electric vehicle group REE to build $15mn UK factory

    Site in Coventry will produce up to 10,000 vehicle bases a year

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Batteries
    Northvolt and Norsk Hydro to expand battery recycling JV in Europe

    Scandinavian groups scouring locations in big vehicle markets such as Germany and France

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Car bosses warn of supply chain threat to electric vehicle rollout

    Tesla and VW lower delivery expectations because of chip shortages and raw material costs

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Transport6 min
    Are electric air taxis and commuter planes really getting closer? | FT Rethink

    The FT’s Charlotte Middlehurst reports that there are still major hurdles to overcome to get manned electric vertical take-off and landing craft airborne

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Electric vehicle maker Arrival turns back on Russia despite founder’s links

    UK-based group set up by former Russian deputy minister shuts operations in country over Ukraine war

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: China’s lockdowns mean fewer cars for the world Premium content

    Disruption in manufacturing hubs has reduced output and caused logistics woes for carmakers

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Interview
    Elon Musk speaks to the FT

    Chief executive of Tesla and Space-X gives exclusive interview at Future of the Car conference

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Stellantis
    Stellantis chief warns of battery shortages as carmakers switch to electric

    Carlos Tavares says supply challenges will feed into bigger problem of keeping electric vehicles affordable

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Powering electric cars: the race to mine lithium in America’s backyard

    The experience of one mining company in rural North Carolina suggests the road ahead will be hard to navigate

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    LexToyota Motor Corp
    Toyota/India: emissions-cutting and sales goals have aligned Premium content

    The carmaker has trailed peers in the move to battery electric vehicles while India, too, wants to make up for lost time

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Commodity trader Trafigura backs UK lithium refinery project

    Green Lithium eyes battery market dominated by China as demand grows with electric vehicle sales

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Industrial metals
    Vale strikes nickel supply deal with Tesla

    Miner to provide Elon Musk’s carmaker with metal from its Canadian operations

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    CATL
    Shares of Tesla’s battery maker plunge after net profit slides

    Contemporary Amperex Technology hit by China’s Covid lockdowns

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    FT Magazine
    How Rivian’s CEO became the anti-Elon

    The electric truckmaker’s RJ Scaringe isn’t using Musk’s playbook in his battle with Ford and Tesla

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    Carmakers embrace greener vision in wake of Dieselgate

    The emissions scandal has prompted soul-searching in the industry

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    VW sells out of electric cars in Europe and US

    World’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer hit by supply chain bottlenecks

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    LexNikola Corp
    Nikola: fallen Spac darling now dependent on rescue capital Premium content

    With financing markets no longer lenient, any interim capital needs come with painful terms

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Elon Musk
    Musk wins SolarCity case but fails to escape SEC ‘funding secured’ deal

    Tesla chief gets a mixed bag of legal decisions on his past dealings

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