■ Joint Development Agreement with Urbix aims to make anode materials tailored for SK On batteries ■ SK On seeks to gain foothold in U.S. anode material supply chain amid diversification efforts   SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, announced today it has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with U.S. graphite ...

  In a report released in December last year, IHS Market, an U.K. based research company, predicted global sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) and other EVs this year will be about 3.94 million units, an approximately 70% increase compared to the sales of 2020. The competition to be the first to switch to 100% ...