Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2023

Germany-based Liacon, one of Europe’s largest battery manufacturers, has released a new, more versatile lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery that can replace all Group 31 lead-acid units. Group 31 batteries are one of the highest selling in the market. Lead acid batteries typically get 200-400 cycles before they fail.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Nyobolt, the developer of ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery technology ( earlier post ) has partnered with UK designer Callum to showcase its advanced battery technology in an Elise-inspired electric sports car that can charge in six minutes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

Researchers from Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology have significantly enhanced the performance of titanium niobium oxides for lithium-ion batteries. Due to its high security and capacity, titanium niobium oxide (TNO) has gained much attention as anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Dürr is positioning itself in the growing Li-ion battery market as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems. Dürr Megtec is part of the Clean Technology Systems division.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough , one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery, died on 25 June at age 100. Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. His first was lithium cobalt oxide. Nobel Laureate John B.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022 (using 2022 constant dollars). The decline in cost is due to improvements in battery technologies and chemistries, and an increase in manufacturing volume.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Orion Engineered Carbons offers sustainable and highly conductive carbon black solutions for lithium-ion batteries. The post Orion Engineered Carbons: Premium carbon black grades for lithium-ion batteries appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

The model predicts lithium-ion batteries to be the cheapest technology in the coming decades. We have found that lithium-ion batteries are following in the footsteps of crystalline silicon solar panels. Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) developed a model to determine the lifetime costs (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Researchers from Renmin University and Tsinghua University in China have developed a novel shape-memorized current collector (SMCC), which can successfully brake battery thermal runaway at the battery internal overheating status. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters. 2c03645.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego, with their colleagues at other institutions, have developed a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. volts versus a Li/Li + reference electrode. other intercalation anode candidates (Li 3 VO 4 and LiV 0.5 —Liu et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Using a microscopic method for measuring electrical potential, a team of scientists at Sandia National Laboratories may have discovered how to identify rate-limiting processes in solid-state batteries. Solid-state batteries employ solid electrolytes instead of electrochemical gels and liquids and generally power small electronics.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. It was manufactured in small volumes by Exxon, appeared at an electric vehicle show in Chicago in 1977, and served briefly as a coin cell battery. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Since its commissioning earlier this year, the Demo Plant has verified a 163% increase in actual leach processing capacity over the 500 kg/day planned capacity and 99% leach extraction efficiency of lithium-ion battery cathode waste material using RecycLiCo’s patented closed-loop process.

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Electrek

MARCH 27, 2023

Winnebago Industries is in the process of acquiring lithium-ion solutions provider Lithionics Battery to implement the sustainable energy solutions provider’s technology and engineering capabilities to aid in its growing focus on electric RVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

Stellantis’s Jeep brand is introducing the battery-electric Jeep Avenger ( earlier post ) in Europe. The vehicle has been raised from ground to maximize clearance with the lowest point as the engine shield, where there are 209 mm at the suspension level and up to 223 mm at the battery plate level.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Lyten , an advanced materials company, introduced its LytCell EV lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery platform. The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. No conflict minerals.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

After four years of design, modeling and simulation, a team of 25 people comprising CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft engineers and researchers unveiled an innovative prototype of an energy storage battery that integrates the inverter and charger functions. It also frees up room in the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

MAHLE engineers have developed a bio-inspired structure for cooling channels in a battery cooling plate that significantly improves the thermodynamic performance and structural-mechanical properties of the cooling plate. The battery can be reliably and homogeneously kept within the necessary temperature window.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a solvent that results in a more environmentally friendly process to recover valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries; supports a stable domestic supply chain for new batteries; and keeps old ones out of landfills. —Bai et al. Jafta, Kelsey M.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage. —Sebastian et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

Cornell researchers led by Lynden Archer, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering and the James A. Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. They also have a very long cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2021

Sakuú Corporation, an additive manufacturing technology company, announced the start of its solid-state battery ( earlier post ) pilot line and learning center. MWh per year of solid-state batteries and in the future will also serve as a customer learning center for its advanced additive manufacturing platform. Sakuú’s pilot line.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

Amprius Technologies, a provider of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells with the Si-Nanowire platform ( earlier post ) is using Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions brand Koura’s Silatronix OS3 electrolyte material in commercial lithium-ion batteries. —Ronnie Tao, Vice President of Business Development for Amprius.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2023

Toyota’s portfolio approach to providing customers with carbon-reducing options reached another milestone with a new flexible engine line at Toyota Kentucky. engines for hybrid Toyota and Lexus products, with the ability to increase hybrid volume as needed to meet customer demand. The new line will supply 2.4L turbo and 2.5L

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials has achieved another milestone in its demo plant testing efforts, successfully producing bulk quantities of battery-grade lithium carbonate from an industrial feed of cathode scrap.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Sakuú , developer of the first 3D-printed solid-state battery ( earlier post ), has opened a multi-faceted engineering hub for its battery platform printing initiatives in Silicon Valley. Sakuú’s new facility is 79,000 square feet and will be used as the company’s flagship engineering hub.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Rechargeable magnesium and calcium metal batteries (RMBs and RCBs) are promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries because of the high crustal abundance and capacity of magnesium and calcium. This work provides a versatile electrolyte design strategy for divalent metal batteries. —Hou et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2020

and Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery Co., will begin studying joint development of next-generation vehicle batteries for Nissan’s e-POWER vehicles. The two companies will also discuss the development of an efficient production system to ensure stable supply capacity for jointly developed batteries. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Here is the list of the top 10 lithium-ion battery manufacturers in India Exide Industries Limited: One of the leading battery manufacturers in India, Exide has also ventured into lithium-ion battery production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

Eight German partners are collaborating in a project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, to develop new technologies and components that can be used to produce lithium-ion batteries more efficiently and in a way that conserves resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems), a developer of high-performance hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications ( earlier post ), unveiled Apollo, a 107 Ah Li-Metal battery that is the largest in the world and is targeted at the automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2023

A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yan Wang has developed a solvent-free process to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrodes that are greener, cheaper, and charge faster than electrodes currently on the market. —Liu et al. Wang, the WPI William B. Resources Liu, Yangtao et al. 2023.04.006

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Ascend Elements has begun construction of its largest electric vehicle battery recycling and engineered materials manufacturing facility. The facility will help meet North America’s growing demand for lithium-ion battery materials, specifically engineered precursor (pCAM) and battery-ready cathode active materials (CAM).

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Teslarati

JUNE 11, 2021

Among the many changes that Tesla implemented in the new Model S Plaid, a new, 12-volt lithium-ion battery is one of the most subtle yet significant improvements the company made to its flagship sedan. The new, smaller, more compact 12v battery actually holds several advantages over the previously used battery that Tesla used.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

A consortium of seven UK-based organizations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. Johnson Matthey – a global leader in sustainable technologies and the UK’s leading battery materials business.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Redwood) will collaborate to create a supply chain to recycle Volkswagen and Audi electric vehicle batteries in the United States, with the goal of providing accessible and more sustainable electric mobility for American drivers. Key to the collaboration is a holistic approach to the battery lifecycle. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

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