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Moscow launches its 500th electric bus; largest electric bus fleet in Europe

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Moscow, Russia has launched its 500 th electric bus—a KAMAZ 6282 electric bus. The KAMAZ 6282 uses lithium-titanate batteries, and has a range of 70 km on one charge. The electric bus is charged in 6-12 minutes with ultrafast charging stations using a half-pantograph. The maximum speed is 75 km/h.

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Pure electricity and hydrogen energy may become the mainstream of new energy in the future

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In the e-ATA Hydrogen, Karsan combines a 250 kW electric drive with a 70 kW fuel cell and a 30 kWh battery. As a comparison: Solaris offers its Urbino 12 Hydrogen 350km of range and a comparable tank size. The e-ATA Hydrogen is a 12-meter bus that can carry up to 95 passengers (40 seats) and has a range of more than 500 kilometers.

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Proterra boosts capacity of Catalyst XR battery pack 28% to 330 kWh with new design, same volume as predecessor

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Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra announced a new battery pack design for the Proterra Catalyst XR transit vehicle at the American Public Transportation Association Bus and Paratransit Conference (APTA). Proterra offers both extended-range (XR) and fast-charge (FC) versions of its electric bus, using different battery technologies.

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Penn State team devises solution for fast charging of Li-ion batteries at cold temperatures

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Fundamentally, lithium plating is affected by the rate of ion conduction and diffusion in the electrolyte, lithium diffusion in graphite particles, and reaction kinetics at graphite surfaces. Key parameters governing these processes all follow the Arrhenius law and drop substantially with temperature. —Yang et al.

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