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Vattenfall contracts with BMW for up to 1,000 new 33 kWh Li-ion batteries this year for storage projects in wind farms

Green Car Congress

Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. The batteries—each with a capacity of 33 kWh—are equipped with a BMW-owned battery management system and are also used by the car manufacturer in the BMW i3. With a capacity of 3.2 Earlier post.).

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Siemens developing inductive charging system for plug-in vehicles with BMW; testing in Berlin in June 2011

Green Car Congress

At Hannover Messe 2011, Siemens presented a development project for inductive charging (“Contactless Charging of Battery-Electric Vehicles”), developed in cooperation with BMW. The charging station is connected to the public grid by a primary coil that is completely underground. microteslas.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Nissan and Renault have now promised tens of thousands of EVs on three continents by 2011. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. Conclusions. slow charge.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

Green Car Congress

Axion has been working with BMW since 2009, and is currently in vehicle testing. In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5 The residential cube is an example of the smaller units, the first of which was completed in June of 2011. Thelen (2011) Energy Savings, a. —Tom Granville. Micro-hybrid testing against VRLA.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium. This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. It’s part of our circular business model which we adopted 23 years ago.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium. This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. It’s part of our circular business model which we adopted 23 years ago.