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UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys

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The results suggest that a smaller, lighter rechargeable battery could be made with the new anode in the future. Since the 1990s, the primary anode for mass-produced rechargeable lithium-ion batteries has been a graphite powder coated on a copper foil. The research was published in the journal ACS Energy Letters. Earlier post.).

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Jülich, ORNL researchers advance high energy density iron-air batteries

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A deeper understanding of the charging and discharging reactions is viewed as the key for the further development of this type of rechargeable battery to market maturity. In addition, their main constituent—iron—is an abundant and therefore cheap material. 2017.10.023.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

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Dedicated city cars with cheap-feeling cabins, but rarer than a Pagani Zonda on our shores. A 2017 94Ah i3 with 300km range and 50,000km on the clock for $37,900 looks the better buy. 2021 Lexus UX300e – from $56,000 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge – from $62,000 2018 Jaguar I-Pace – from $65,100 (only 18,000km!)

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. Providing the recharging infrastructure will require roughly an additional $50 billion. Without further action by 2017, the energy-related infrastructure then in place would generate all the CO 2 emissions allowed in the 450 Scenario up to 2035. Click to enlarge.

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

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This is a Guinness World Record holder in its original form as the Delfast Prime, which was used for the record attempt in 2017 for the greatest distance traveled on an electric-motorized bicycle on a single charge. You won’t need to be recharging all the time, as this bike can go for 100 km on one charge. The Delfast Top 3.0

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning.

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