lithium batteries

VinFast, Toyota and more: North Carolina’s Battery Belt booms with new factories

Posted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Jan 18, 2024

North Carolina is becoming a leader in battery production, with at least four companies announcing plans for battery factories in central North Carolina.

Piedmont Lithium secures more time for mine application from NC

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 7, 2023

North Carolina regulators have granted Piedmont Lithium’s request for more time to complete the state’s review of the application to start a mine in Gaston County, Business North Carolina reports.

Governor, Treasury secretary check out NC clean energy efforts, Business NC reports

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 1, 2023

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited a Bessemer City plant on Thursday to talk about how federal money targeting clean-energy initiatives has boosted manufacturing while helping make America less reliant on foreign countries for energy.

Toyota, which is building huge battery plant in NC, is raising cash for EV investments

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 29, 2023

Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan’s top automaker said Wednesday. The company is building a huge EV battery plant in North Carolina’s Triad.

Charged up: Hundreds more lithium battery jobs coming to North Carolina

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 28, 2023

More new jobs related to lithium batteries needed for use in electric vehicles are coming to North Carolina, this time to Davidson County.

Ford scales back plans for EV battery plant in Michigan

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 22, 2023

Ford has restarted work on an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, but the plant will be smaller than was originally planned. Here’s what’s happening.

Toyota, which is building huge battery facility in NC, says best-selling Camry will be hybrid only

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 16, 2023

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in America, is going hybrid-only. The Camry is available in a hybrid version now, but the redesigned 2025 Camry will be offered only as a hybrid car combining a gasoline engine with electric motors. [The move comes as Toyota...

Battery manufacturer picks Morrisville for new ‘gigafactory,’ 200+ jobs

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 14, 2023

More clean energy jobs are coming to North Carolina. Forge Battery, part of Colorado-based Forge Nano, will build a production plant in Morrisville and hire more than 200 people while investing $142 million.