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Nissan chief to lead new UK battery centre

The boss of Nissan batteries in the UK, Jeff Pratt, is to head a new national centre supporting government plans to develop next-generation battery systems for the automotive sector.

Pratt (pictured) will take up the post of MD at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC)— part of the UK government’s Faraday Institution— next month.

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CATL clinches EV battery deal with Renault

Chinese lithium battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is to supply batteries for Renault’s Kangoo ZE electric vehicle range, BBB has confirmed.

And Renault’s EV “alliance” partner, Nissan, has told BBB it will also use Chinese-made batteries for its first mass-produced Sylphy Zero Emission EVfor China— although it declined to name the supplier.

Nissan plant ‘offers energy storage from battery recycling’

Nissan has opened an electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Japan which will also provide energy storage systems for the area.

The plant in Namie will be run by 4R Energy, a joint venture between Nissan and the Sumitomo Corporation.

Nissan in Thailand battery production talks

Just months after selling its Japan-based electric vehicles batteries business to China, Nissan is in talks with Thailand’s government about starting battery production there, BBB has confirmed.

Nissan regional senior vice-president Yutaka Sanada said during a Nissan conference in Thailand the country’s military government is “keen to support investment” in batteries and EV production, a Nissan spokesperson said.

Nissan-Eaton battery storage push in UK

Nissan has launched a second-life EV battery storage venture, Nissan Energy Solar, targeting UK homes.

The new business, announced on 18 January, will offer a solar plus storage system jointly developed with Eaton.

China names new base for Nissan batteries

Zhenjiang in China is to be the new headquarters and production base for the now Chinese-owned Nissan electric vehicles batteries business, state media has reported.

The new Nissan batteries complex will be set up in the Zhenjiang New District in Jiangsu Province at a cost of around CNY12.5 billion ($1.9bn), according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.

China’s Camel to join Nissan battery buyout deal

Camel Group has become the latest Chinese battery maker set to invest in the takeover of Nissan’s battery business led by private equity firm GSR Capital Advisors.

The announcement came after Zhejiang Unifull Industrial Fibre said it too would invest as a partner in the buyout deal.

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Chinese firm joins Nissan battery buyout deal

A Chinese lithium battery manufacturer is chipping in up to $100 million to join the takeover of Nissan’s battery business by Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital Advisors.

Zhejiang Unifull Industrial Fibre said in a stock exchange filing it had signed a framework agreement with GSR Capital to become a partner in funding the Nissan deal, which Nissan confirmed earlier this month.

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Japanese sell battery businesses to China

Nissan has sold its battery business to GSR Capital, a Chinese private equity firm.

Nissan said it will first take full control of the Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), by acquiring the rest of 49% shares from NEC, to pave the way for the GSR deal.

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