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AIST team demonstrates metal-free graphene nanosheets as viable cathode catalysts for Li-air batteries

Green Car Congress

Structure of the rechargeable Li-air battery based on GNSs as an air electrode. AIST earlier developed a new type of Li-air battery with a hybrid electrolyte designed to overcome that problem. Eunjoo Yoo, Haoshen Zhou (2011)> Li-Air Rechargeable Battery Based on Metal-free Graphene Nanosheet Catalysts. Credit: ACS, Yoo and Zhou.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Here’s a snippet from the article: A top Nissan official in the U.S. He said Toyota’s 2010 Prius hybrid electric gets about 10 miles range on pure battery, while the planned Chevy Volt will get 40. By Mike Pare for the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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Researchers at Japans AIST Propose a Rechargeable Ni-Li Battery with Hybrid Electrolyte; Ultrahigh Theoretical Energy Density Plus High Power Potential

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Here, we proposed integrating a nickel hydroxide electrode working in an aqueous solution as the cathode and a Li metal working in an organic electrolyte as the anode by a LISICON film to fabricate a rechargeable Ni-Li battery. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja906529g. The proposed Ni-Li battery offers both a high cell voltage (3.49

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

Video: Toyota: Dead by 2030 Toyota's Hybrids and Hydrogen car distraction tactics Toyota, as you know, is the world's largest car manufacturer. Let’s be honest, hybrids were never going to be a long term solution to stop our dependency on fossil fuels. Read the article till the end. That is absolute nonsense.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Cars That Think

The articles are based on scores of interviews I conducted with managers and engineers in the auto and energy industries, as well as policy experts, academic researchers, market analysts, historians, and EV owners. Going to scale means not only manufacturing millions of EVs per year but supporting them from recharging to repair.

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3 Scenarios That Would Make An EV Ineligible For the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Adoption

In my previous article, Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives , I outlined and analyzed 13 proposed changes to IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit). In this brief article I will share the 3 scenarios that lead to an EV being completely disqualified from any available tax credit amount.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities.