PLANO, TX—Toyota plans to build a new billion-dollar battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. as the Japanese automaker ramps up development and production of the key components needed for hybrid and electric vehicles.
BUCKEYE, AZ—Kore Power Inc. is building a $500 million assembly plant here to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicle charging stations, microgrids, utilities and other applications.
LEICESTER, England—Engineers at the Faraday Institution and the University of Leicester have developed a new method to recycle electric vehicle batteries using ultrasonic technology.
Engineers at Clemson University are developing next-generation batteries that charge faster, last longer and can be scaled to fit a variety of vehicle classes. The Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) is working on the project with Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc.
