Listen to "AAH #665 - Why the UAW Strike Is About to Get a Lot Worse" on Spreaker. LIVE Thursdays at 3 PM ET! TOPICS: - Why Shawn Fain won't take yes for an answer - Could the strike last until Christmas? - How the automakers will retaliate PANEL: Laurie Harbour, CEO, Harbour Results Kalea Hall, Reporter, The Detroit News Sam Fiorani, VP, AutoForecast … [Read more...] about AAH #665 – Why the UAW Strike Is About to Get a Lot Worse
A Pathway Out of Battery Production Hell – The Battery Show 2023
Everyone in the US seems to be struggling to ramp up new battery plants. What the US needs to do, says Mark Willey, is put more R&D effort into battery process technology, not just battery chemistry. He says there are good lessons from the semiconductor industry that points the way out of production hell. Mark is the Senior VP of Customer Success at Voltaiq, and he explains how … [Read more...] about A Pathway Out of Battery Production Hell – The Battery Show 2023
Slashing EV Battery Weight In Half – The Battery Show 2023
EV batteries are heavy. Too heavy. But Factorial Energy says that it’s semi-solid state batteries are so energy dense that automakers can use batteries that are half as big and half as heavy. Better still, they can be made with 80-85% of the existing manufacturing equipment to make today’s lithium batteries. JJ Livingston, VP of sales for Factorial, talks about the progress … [Read more...] about Slashing EV Battery Weight In Half – The Battery Show 2023
Breakthrough Process Converts Wood Waste to Graphite – The Battery Show 2023
What if you could make all the graphite needed for batteries from waste wood products? NanoTerraTech is making battery-grade graphite using raw materials that normally get burned or used for mulch. So not only does it have a cost advantage, it has a zero net carbon process. Scott Farnham, the CTO of the company, talks about why automakers are so interested in their technology. … [Read more...] about Breakthrough Process Converts Wood Waste to Graphite – The Battery Show 2023
AAH #664 – D-Day: The UAW Strike Is On!
LIVE Thursdays at 3 PM ET! TOPICS: - UAW's strike strategy - What both sides want - Does the UAW see the Big Picture? - How GM, Ford And Stellantis will respond PANEL: Marick Masters, Professor, Wayne State University Jeff Gilbert, Reporter, WWJ Newsradio 950 Gary Vasilash, on Automotive John McElroy, Autoline.tv Follow us on social media: Thanks to our … [Read more...] about AAH #664 – D-Day: The UAW Strike Is On!
