Redwood Materials has signed a deal with Panasonic to supply its Kansas plant with cathode material and copper foil. General Motors has secured a raw materials supply deal with Vale Canada for the provision of nickel sulphate. EDF Renewables UK & Ireland has proposed the development of a 114MW battery energy storage system between Dunsten and Swainsthorpe in the UK. Gotion, subsidiary of the Chinese Gotion High-Tech is going to build Vietnam’s first LFP battery factory partnering with VinES, Vingroup’s energy storage-focused subsidiary. General Motors has said that it will reduce its battery production costs to $70/kWh by “mid to late decade” that will be helped in part through increased development at its plants in the US and…