{"id":157761,"date":"2023-02-11T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T04:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/a-vital-ev-battery-nickel-product-will-be-made-in-the-us-for-the-first-time"},"modified":"2023-02-11T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T04:09:24","slug":"a-vital-ev-battery-nickel-product-will-be-made-in-the-us-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/a-vital-ev-battery-nickel-product-will-be-made-in-the-us-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"A vital EV battery nickel product will be made in the US for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-vital-ev-battery-nickel-product-will-be-made-in-the-us-for-the-first-time3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The metals refining company behind the new development claims to also be eco-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), a nickel product vital to EV battery development, is going to be produced in the U.S. for the first time by Massachusetts metals refining company Nth Cycle, <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/02\/02\/ev-battery-nickel-product-nth-cycle\/\">according to a report<\/a> by *electrek* published on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Megan O\u2019Connor, cofounder and CEO of Nth Cycle, said about the development: \u201cWe can economically and efficiently solve a key supply chain challenge for EV OEMs and battery manufacturers by offering MHP produced from our unique electro-extraction platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as we continue to decarbonize the grid and electrify transportation, it\u2019s more important than ever that our refining processes are environmentally sound and labor practices are safe. Our MHP product ensures both,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>## The Inflation Reduction Act<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the U.S. has the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which offers a $7,500 tax credit to electric vehicles. However, to qualify, a proportion of the electric car\u2019s battery minerals must be extracted or processed in either the U.S. or its free-trade partner countries.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, most MHP has been produced in Indonesia, which isn\u2019t a U.S. free trade partner, making the source of the product IRA ineligible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/a-vital-ev-battery-nickel-product-will-be-made-in-the-us-for-the-first-time\">Continue reading \u201cA vital EV battery nickel product will be made in the US for the first time\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The metals refining company behind the new development claims to also be eco-friendly. Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), a nickel product vital to EV battery development, is going to be produced in the U.S. for the first time by Massachusetts metals refining company Nth Cycle, according to a report by *electrek* published on Thursday. Megan O\u2019Connor, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}