German OEM Volkswagen remains committed to selling down ownership in its Powerco EV battery subsidiary. But negative net cash flow that threatened the €2bn ($2.2bn) mark last year may curtail appetite ...

Researchers from the UK, France, and China have revealed findings about a new process for sustainable lithium extraction, which they say could help to solve ESG issues around existing production of ...

Chile’s SQM anticipates stable lithium prices for the remainder of the year but is “optimistic about a positive trend starting in 2026”, according to CEO Ricardo Ramos. While it expects 2025 demand to ...

The majority of production from the Mount Holland, WA lithium mine will ultimately go to the integrated refinery its joint venture (JV) owners are developing at Kwinana. But, despite the processing ...

BP is both, at least for now, a player in the EV ecosystem and, as a producer of crude and a refiner and distributor of liquid motor fuels, a firm with something to lose from mass EV adoption. So it ...

US lithium miner and processor Albemarle has shifted some its conversion capacity at its Qinzhou plant in Guangxi, China away from producing lithium hydroxide to making lithium carbonate instead, ...

US automaker GM continues to hail the efficiency and low cost of its Wuling joint venture (JV) with China’s Saic and Guangxi Auto. But it is still noticeably reluctant to commit to bringing its BEVs ...

The Australian state of Western Australia (WA) has authorised a A$15mn ($9.3mn) grant to the midstream demonstration plant project at miner Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora lithium operation in WA’s ...

Chinese OEM Xpeng is set to add three new countries to the growing roster of places where its vehicles are sold by early next year. And that will take the firm to a total of 28 markets, almost halfway ...

Ceer, the Saudi Arabian EV joint venture (JV) between the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund the PIF and Taiwanese electronics heavyweight Foxconn, has signed a deal with Croatia’s Rimac for the supply ...

US commercial EV pure play start-up Bollinger Motors, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Mullen Automotive, has made its first customer delivery on the West Coast. The firm has dispatched sending three ...

Denmark’s Monta, a charging operating platform, has inaugurated a new US headquarters in Miami, FL, ahead of bringing its EV charging software to market in the country. The firm aims to welcome 30 ...