SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. has been in talks with General Motors Co. for a potential business collaboration, although no details have materialized yet, its chief said Wednesday. Choi Yoon-ho, president and CEO of the South Korean battery maker, made the comments after media speculation that the company will build a [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co., a leading South Korean manufacturer of secondary battery materials, said Wednesday it is showcasing a full lineup of its cathode and anode products and related technologies at an international battery show this week. POSCO Chemical will present high-nickel cathodes, a key component that determines the power [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co., a major South Korean battery maker, said Tuesday it will showcase two electric vehicle (EV) models made by BMW and Volvo with its nickel-rich batteries at this week’s battery show. On display at InterBattery 2023, due to kick off Wednesday at an exhibition center in southern [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. said Thursday it will showcase electric vehicles made by Ford Motor Co. and Lucid Air that use its batteries at an upcoming battery show next week, among other exhibits on its new battery service businesses. Ford Mustang Mach-E crossover SUV, a popular Ford EV model [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – SK On Co. said Thursday it plans to unveil its first prismatic cell at an upcoming battery exhibition next week, along with a set of other latest products, in a move to diversify the portfolio to meet growing demand for a wider range of cell types. The prismatic cell mockup will [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean battery industry is making strides in developing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, with SK On Co. set to unveil a prototype at the Interbattery exhibition later this month and LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) is also expanding its LFP battery product portfolio. SK On will be the [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery producer SK On Co. said Sunday U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the construction site of its new production line in Kentucky earlier this week. Buttigieg visited the 6.28 million-square-meter site of the manufacturing campus, named BlueOval SK Battery Park, on Friday, and met officials to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States is a boon unseen before for related industries, and SK Signet Inc. is at full throttle to seize on the momentum with its advanced charging technology, its CEO has said. The unit under South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Holdings Inc., South Korea’s top steelmaker, said Friday it has signed a preliminary deal with a Chinese firm for the production of nickel in Indonesia. Under the deal with Chinese resource trading and mining firm Ningbo Liqin, POSCO will build a plant to produce 120,000 tons of mixed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s top battery maker, said Wednesday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Ford Motor Co. and Turkey’s Koc Holding A.S. to push for a joint venture to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Turkey. The announcement came two weeks after [...]