UK startup Altilium bags £18.5m to build Britain’s first commercial EV battery refinery

In short: Altilium, a UK clean technology company, has secured £18.5 million in grant funding from the government’s DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund to build ACT3, the country’s first commercial refinery for recovering critical minerals from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. Located in Plymouth, Devon, the facility will process 24,000 EV batteries a year using Altilium’s proprietary EcoCathode™ process…Continue Reading

20+-seo-checklist-for-blog-posts:-read-before-publishing

You wrote a fantastic blog. What’s next? Publishing blogs without optimizing them for SEO is like starting a shop without any direction.  In today’s crowded world, writing great content isn’t enough. You need to rank it on Google and attract readers. This can be done by implementing an SEO checklistContinue Reading

viscotec-introduces-viscotreat-i-slurry-feeding-and-conditioning-system-for-lithium-ion-battery-electrode-coating

ViscoTec has introduced ViscoTreat-I Slurry, a preparation and feeding system for battery electrode coating that combines material buffering, conditioning and pulsation-free delivery in a single mobile unit aimed at small-scale series production. In lithium-ion battery manufacturing, electrode coating slurry (a mixture of powdered active material, conductive carbon black and binder)Continue Reading

pionix’s-new-virtual-charger-park-offers-ev-charging-infrastructure-testing-with-true-digital-twins

Pionix, a provider of open-source EV charging software, has launched a new cloud-native software platform that enables charge point operators and charging management providers to create digital twins of charging stations and EVs for load testing and real-world scenario validation. Pionix’s Virtual Charger Park (VCP) enables technicians to instantly spinContinue Reading

Tesla stock shaky after new model denial

Well, that didn’t take long. Tesla China denied a report this week that said the electric vehicle company is developing a new, smaller SUV model to be produced at its Shanghai factory. Tesla China says “market information claiming that Tesla is developing a new, smaller, and cheaper electric SUV is …Continue Reading

‘Space worms’ are en route to the International Space Station

Nematodes measure only one millimeter in length. Credit: Univerity of Exeter Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Artemis II astronauts were back on Earth for less than a day before worms took their place in space. The space worms launched from Cape Canaveral, FloridaContinue Reading