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Renault-backed french battery maker Verkor said on Thursday that it secured "more than €2 billion" to build its Dunkirk gigafactory.

Verkor produces pouch and cylindrical battery modules for electric vehicles and energy-storage sites. The huge sum includes an €850 million Series C funding round as well as €600 million in loans from the EU's European Investment Bank, Verkor explained in a statement.

The US battery-materials company Ascend Elements has entered into a development partnership with Freudenberg e-Power Systems. This means that recycled battery materials could be used in heavy commercial vehicles and ships in the future. This is because, as part of the agreement, Ascend Elements will develop an NMC cathode material…

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., owners of Warrior Coal in Hopkins County, announced a partnership this week with Hopkinsville-based Ascend Elements, Inc., a manufacturer and recycler of sustainable, engineered battery materials

/PRNewswire/ -- Heavy-duty electric trucks, buses, and maritime vessels in North America and Europe may soon be powered by recycled battery materials. Ascend...

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Under the terms of the agreement, Ascend Elements will design a custom-engineered NMC cathode material to meet Freudenberg’s precise specifications

Lyten, a startup that aims to crank out lightweight, lithium-sulfur batteries for EVs, announced a $200 million round on Tuesday.

The gathering in Nairobi closed with calls for a global carbon tax and greater climate investment

Ascend Elements announced this week that it has raised $542 million in new investments, which brings the incoming Hopkinsville battery materials facility one step closer to being up and running.