Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. Its versatility has found broad application in hybrid electric vehicles, automated guided vehicles and energy storage systems for rolling stock.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Panasonic Energy signed a long-term supply agreement with H&T Recharge for lithium-ion battery cans in North America. H&T Recharge is a battery component manufacturer supplying cylindrical batteries for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Panasonic Energy is investing $4 billion into its plant in Kansas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2017

University of Sydney team advances rechargeable zinc-air batteries with bimetallic oxide–graphene hybrid electrocatalyst. Cheaper to produce than lithium-ion batteries, they can also store more energy (theoretically five times more than that of lithium-ion batteries), are much safer, and are more environmentally friendly.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2017

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $55 million of Fiscal Year 2017 funds ( FTA-2017-003-TPM-LowNo ) for the purchase or lease of low- or no-emission vehicles as well as related equipment or facilities (Low-No). million is available under the Continuing Resolution that expires on 28 April 28 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Beginning in 2017, Siemens employees at as many as 100 of the company's locations in Germany will be able to recharge their electric vehicles free of charge. To reduce their carbon footprint, the charging points will supply electricity only from renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2015

SolidEnergy , an MIT spin-out commercializing solid electrolyte technology enabling the use of lithium metal anodes for high energy density rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), says that in 2016, it and its battery manufacturing partners will release a 2 Ah commercial battery for the smartphone and wearable market. 2011.03.001.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

New Flyer previously reported the order for five forty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses in September 2017. New Flyer of America Inc. congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2016

Soaring prices for and profits from LiPF 6 —lithium hexafluorophosphate, the dominant Li-salt used in electrolytes in commercial rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) based on a graphite anode and a 3–4 V cathode material—has encouraged enterprises in China to expand LiPF 6 production while also attracting new players.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2017

ZAF Energy Systems Inc. ( ZAF ) has opened a new production facility in Joplin, Missouri, dedicated to manufacturing its initial line of rechargeable nickel zinc (NiZn) batteries. ZAF’s NiZn batteries have potential uses in a wide range of applications including: automotive, heavy trucking, remote telecom, renewable energy, and marine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

ZAF Energy Systems Inc. ( ZAF ), developer of a rechargeable Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery, announced that it is in field testing with a leading US manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, and defense vehicles. —Dave Wilkins, Chief Strategy Officer of ZAF Energy Systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

compound annual growth rate (CAGR), increasing from 49,000 units in 2017 to 115,000 units in 2020. In addition, BorgWarner’s 48-volt high efficiency motor/generators provide higher system efficiency and improved energy recovery capability to meet increasing power demands. Christopher P.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

Umicore will invest €300 million (US$328 million) between 2017 and 2019 to further increase its production of NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) cathode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. It comprises three main business groups: Catalysis, Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Life-cycle-analysis relative to current graphite production and recycling methods indicate that flash recycling can significantly reduce the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission while turning anode recycling into an economically advantageous process. —Chen et al. Salvatierra, R. Kittrell, C., Beckham, J. Savas, P.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Exceeding its initial program targets, the plug-in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid ( earlier post ) has earned an electric-mode fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid also excelled on two other fronts. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Seven-Eleven and Toyota entered into a basic agreement in August 2017 regarding considerations toward energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission reduction in store distribution and operation. The Seven & i Group is currently addressing five key issues, one of them being non-wasteful usage of products, ingredients and energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

In a new study published in the journal Nano Energy, researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provide in-depth insight into the electrochemically induced surface reaction processes on iron anodes in concentrated alkaline electrolyte in iron-air batteries. —Weinrich et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Proving its reliability every day on the streets of dozens of European cities in 17 states across the continent, this particular model won in 2017 the “Bus of the Year 2017” title. The 12-meter Urbino electric will be equipped with batteries of the Solaris High Energy type with a total capacity of more than 240 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

Now, Shanghai Energy , the largest supplier in the country, will build the largest production base, strengthening China’s leading role in the new energy industry. Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes. Shanghai Energy is now running 6 production lines.

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Innovation News Network

AUGUST 19, 2022

Dr Tim Nordh, CTO of Altris AB, explains how the company is driving a greener future with its offering of sustainable cathode and electrolyte materials for rechargeable sodium batteries. The company carries […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

The latest Porsche plug-in hybrid includes the third new hybrid powertrain from Porsche since 2017. The excess energy is channeled into the battery for later use. The packaging size of this battery pack is the same as the battery used in the previous Cayenne S E-Hybrid, but it has improved energy density.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved a first-in-the-nation energy efficiency standard that will reduce wasted energy by battery chargers commonly used to power cell phones, laptop computers, power tools, and other devices. Energy consumed to charge batteries is increasing in California.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Licerion, a product of Sion Power’s technical collaboration with BASF ( earlier post ), is a comprehensive battery system that significantly enhances the energy and cycle life of rechargeable batteries using a physically protected metallic lithium anode. Sion’s roadmap to high energy density batteries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2018

With the partnership, about 35% of the fleet serving the brewery will consist of clean energy-powered vehicles, no longer emitting more than 30.4K The model will be 100% recharged with electric power from clean sources such as wind and solar. Between 2014 and 2017, the company has already reduced its index by 33.9%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

PEV Sales in China by segment: 2012-2017. Pike projects the PEV market in China will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60% from 2012 to 2017, surpassing 152,000 units sold annually by 2017. China’s Energy Saving and. Recharging infrastructure and vehicle and technical standards are lacking.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

The electric power in those batteries will be recharged by means of depot charging stations of the plug-in type and by means of pantographs. The vehicles for operator MZA feature an SiC voltage converter for the traction motor, which will additionally help to reduce energy consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

Growth in the consumption of lithium accelerated in 2017 by more than 10% on 2016 levels to reach 211,000t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE), according to a new report by Roskill. Automotive applications were the largest market for Li-ion batteries in 2017, with Chinese sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) increasing by around 20% y-o-y.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

ABB has received another major order from energy supplier EnBW for the expansion of the charging column network on German highways. By the end of 2017, ABB will have delivered an additional 117 50 kW rapid-charging columns at the locations of service station operator Tank & Rast.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

—Rio Tinto Energy & Minerals Chief Executive Bold Baatar. In March 2017, Rio Tinto upgraded the Jadar mineral resources in accordance with international standards—JORC—to 136 million tonnes. Total equivalent borate product resources are 21 Mt B 2 O 3 and equivalent lithium product resourcesare 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

The Xcelsior CHARGE H2 also features regenerative braking while decelerating, which recharges the batteries and reduces energy consumption for extending range. It introduced its next-generation battery-electric bus, the Xcelsior CHARGE in 2017. The only tailpipe output is clean water vapor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2018

The second is the impacts of changes to the electricity sector on the environmental burdens of producing and recharging future EVs. Life cycle climate change contribution of current (production year 2017) and future (production year 2040) electric vehicles per kilometer driven.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The two-dimensional materials derived from magnesium diboride (MgB 2 ) were first reported by researchers in Japan in 2017. Such an easy-to-handle setup opens up possibilities for HB sheets to be utilized as highly efficient hydrogen carriers, which are expected to become increasingly in demand as a clean energy source in the coming decades.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Energy and power for Niro EV comes from a liquid-cooled 64 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery packaged under the floor of the vehicle to allow for minimal passenger space intrusion. Drivers can choose from four regen braking levels (0 to 3) depending on how aggressive drivers want the regen effort and energy efficiency (range) needs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a result of discussions that began in May 2017, eleven companies in Japan have signed an agreement to form a new company in the spring of 2018 aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen recharging stations (HRS) for fuel cell vehicles (FCV). JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation; Idemitsu Kosan Co., Honda Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

In addition, electric cars transporting attendees around Davos will be able to recharge their batteries at eight newly installed ABB fast-charging stations. The all-electric TOSA e-bus at Davos received the prestigious Watt d’Or 2018 in the energy efficient mobility category from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

While the use of shared e-scooters generates few direct environmental impacts, their green credentials can be questioned by the substantial negative impacts associated to their materials, their manufacturing and their frequent collection for recharging purposes. The share of renewable energy used for transport in the EU rose from 7.4%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

Lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries are among the nost energy-dense electrochemical platforms for mobile energy storage, and are thus considered promising for electrified transportation. Archer (2017) “Designer interphases for the lithium-oxygen electrochemical cell” Science Advances Vol. —Choudhury et al. Zachman, Lena F.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2018

As a result of this initiative, more than 10,000 electric cars were sold in 2017, a 67% increase over 2016. Since the Drive Clean Rebate was announced in March of 2017, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which administers the initiative, has approved more than $7.5 New York City. Western NY.

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