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European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

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The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million The project will result in a unique battery system that features superior energy density, low cost, increased cycles and reduced critical materials. Useful cycle life of >2000. >4.5V

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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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Lakh (US$10,000) (All India – Ex-showroom), for the first 10,000 customers (of which 2000 will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV). We believe ‘now’ is the right time to fast forward the ongoing revolution towards the future of mobility by introducing vehicles that will encourage rapid adoption of EVs.

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New stable Fe3O4/C composite material for conversion electrode in solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Fe 3 O 4 , also known as magnetite, is a low cost, environmentally benign metal oxide that can undertake a reversible conversion reaction with Li + ions … which results in a theoretical capacity of 924 mAhg ?1 The Fe 3 O 4 /C electrodes are characterized by galvanostatic cycling experiments using currents as high as 2000 mA g ?1

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Delphi develops new high-pressure common rail systems for heavy-duty and light-duty engines; Euro VI and beyond

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Delphi presented the work in a technical paper “Development of High-Pressure Common Rail Systems Incorporating Advanced Electronic Control Strategies for Future Heavy-Duty Vehicles,” at the 33 rd Vienna Motor Symposium last week. for a 2000 bar increase, while also providing selectable displacement functionality. Resources.

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GKN Driveline Continues Rapid Growth in China; Developing Driveline Systems for EVs and Hybrids for the China Market

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GKN Driveline continues its rapid growth in China with plans for a 12 th manufacturing facility; expansion of an existing research center; and the introduction of new low-cost and electric-hybrid technologies for the China market. Magirius also announced the expansion of GKN’s Shanghai Technical Centre originally established in 2000.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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Further analysis is required to understand this future demand and the scale of response required (in terms of infrastructure, energy, skills, planning etc). There are a range of barriers to investment in public charging that need to be systematically addressed to enable private sector investment to meet future demand.

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IEA: Petrochemicals set to be the largest driver of world oil demand

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The Future of Petrochemicals is part of a new IEA series focusing on “blind spots” of the global energy system—issues that are critical to the evolution of the energy sector but that receive less attention than they deserve. —Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director. Meanwhile, the Middle East remains the lowest?

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