Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery? By Christmas, he had developed a battery with a titanium-disulfide cathode and a liquid electrolyte that used lithium ions. But he found no takers.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough , one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery, died on 25 June at age 100. He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991. His first was lithium cobalt oxide. It was terrible.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Ability to implement measures that will better-allow use of metallic lithium. In the new paper submitted to AIChE Journal , they validated their concept using lithium iron phosphate chemistry. Since then, definitive data has been collected that validates increased power output and recharging capabilities. —Suppes et al.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Rumors of the New Shelby Aero EV Foxit’s eSlick Reader Mac Book Mini LG GD910 3G Watch Advertisement Recent Comments moshbrian on Wear Ur World with the New Sixth Sense That is freakin awesome weather it is for the head. » moshbrian on Handy Dandy New Desk Lamp unless your like me and have a shortage of outlets. Yeah, right.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

There are companies that are reinventing the lead-acid battery to make it more competitive with lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride in terms of storage capacity versus weight, durability, and cold weather performance. In the U.S. Firefly Energy is the most prominent of these companies. — jerryd 7. Next: a carbon tax.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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