Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

The value of venture capital (VC) deals in advanced batteries shot up by 850% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021 with focus on lithium chemistries, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Big deals from VC investors are pushing forward the advanced batteries funding to a new high.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The BMW Group, Northvolt and Umicore have formed a joint technology consortium in order to work closely together on the continued development of a complete and sustainable value chain for battery cells for electrified vehicles in Europe. The chief objective is to make battery cells sustainable by establishing a closed life-cycle loop.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The BMW Group is supplying lithium-ion batteries from its Dingolfing plant to German company Torqeedo. The marine drive system manufacturer is using them for energy storage in its high-performance Deep Blue electric drive systems. kWh BMW i3 pack offered by Torqeedo has a usable capacity of 30.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

ONE battery company has tested a dual-chemistry battery that powered a BMW iX for 978 kilometers on a single charge. The post BMW iX With ONE Battery Pack Drives 978 Km On Single Charge appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Bosch is cooperating with BMW and Vattenfall to explore second-life applications for EV batteries. The partners have launched the Second Life Batteries alliance and are interconnecting used batteries from electric vehicles to form a large-scale energy storage system in Hamburg. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. The batteries—each with a capacity of 33 kWh—are equipped with a BMW-owned battery management system and are also used by the car manufacturer in the BMW i3.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It’s all about the batteries. Succeeding in the electric vehicle market in which there’s far more consumer demand for electric cars than there is supply often comes down to having enough batteries. The more batteries, the more sales, the better one looks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries (ASSB), closed $20 million in a Series A investment round. The company’s ultimate objective is to displace lithium-ion as the battery of choice for high performance, mobile power applications. Sanoh Industrial Co., Solvay Ventures, and A123 Systems. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

The key differentiator for the SuperBattery is Skeleton’s patented Curved Graphene carbon material, enabling the high power and long lifetime of ultracapacitors to be applied in a graphene battery. Enabling carbon-neutral electrification is a key priority for Marubeni Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch are testing the use of second-life EV batteries in a 2 MW, 2,800 kWh energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany, to keep the electricity grid stable. The electricity storage facility comprises 2,600 battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s the batteries, stupid. We could repeat that rephrased wisdom again and again until everybody understands how critical they are to not only our rEVolution but to the energy transition in general.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

can provide up to a half Megawatt of energy storage in its high-capacity BMW lithium-ion battery packs. An optional 60 kW Cummins tier four generator can also provide 600 kWh of continuous export power and battery recharging. to provide extended off-grid energy independence and energy resilience.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The focus of the 14 GWh plant is on the automated production and intelligent production of batteries. CATL develops battery systems for global customers in EV, HEV and PHEV applications; its sales of EV batteries amounted to 11.84

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The focus of the 14 GWh plant is on the automated production and intelligent production of batteries. CATL develops battery systems for global customers in EV, HEV and PHEV applications; its sales of EV batteries amounted to 11.84

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 22, 2021

CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery for electric vehicles . The Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the world’s largest electric car battery maker has unveiled a new battery that runs on the affordable and abundantly available sodium instead of lithium. CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EVE’s cylindrical batteries cover NCM and LFP material systems, with performance advantages such as high safety, long-endurance, long-cycle, and wide-temperature range. New Delhi: Greenfuel Energy Solutions , leading provider of clean mobility solutions and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) has partnered with EVE Energy Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

A multinational team including researchers from the BMW Group have optimized an ionic liquid electrolyte for Li-air batteries, which resulted in a stable electrode-electrolyte interface and a highly reversible charge-discharge cycling behavior in a test Li-air coin cell.

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Teslarati

MAY 4, 2021

The battle lines for the next generation of EV batteries are being drawn. While EV leader Tesla is going all-in on its custom 4680 cells, rivals such as Ford and BMW seem to be betting on a technology that remains elusive until today—solid-state batteries. The scalability of its production remains to be proven as well. . .”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing about €19 million (US$24 million) to a new €36-million ($US46 million), 3-year, public-private research project to improve further the safety of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW unveiled the first i8 Roadster, along with the 2019 i8 Coupe. Optimized BMW eDrive technology delivers more power—total output increased to 369 hp (+12 hp)—and a refined high-voltage battery with increased capacity and range. Optimized BMW eDrive technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 20, 2021

BMW Group has set a goal of reducing its CO2 emissions by over 200 million tonnes by the year 2030. Earlier this month the company announced this goal at its Annual General Meeting. This equals well over 20 times the annual CO2 emissions of a city with over a million inhabitants, such as Munich, the […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

BMW will stage the world premiere of the BMW ActiveE at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. Based on the current BMW 1 Series Coupé, the BMW ActiveE is the second electric test vehicle to be created by the BMW Group. This recuperation of energy can increase the range by up to 20%. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Solid Power will have prototype solid state batteries available for testing next year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

SB LiMotive, the Samsung SDI-Bosch Li-ion 50:50 joint venture formed in 2008 ( earlier post ) has been working on developing automotive lithium-ion energy-storage systems, including various sizes of cell, entire battery systems, and battery management systems, as well as its production capacity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It’s the largest EV battery producer in the world. The Chinese company supplies everyone from Tesla to Ford to Volkswagen to BMW, […]. Today … well … few outside of EV enthusiast circles have heard of CATL, but a large portion of EV enthusiasts are familiar with CATL.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

SB LiMotive, the 50:50 Li-ion joint venture between Samsung SDI and Bosch ( earlier post ), has struck a 10-year exclusive lithium-ion battery supply deal with Delphi of the United States. SB LiMotive plans to start production in 2011 at a plant under construction in Ulsan, South Korea. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, has outlined its new organizational structure and strategic focus as a member of the Wanxiang Group, which acquired nearly all of A123’s businesses last January. Bud Collins remains president of A123 Energy Solutions.

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Li-ion Hybrid Batteries Battery 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

BMW ActiveE. The BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ) will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011 for $499 per month for 24 months with a down payment $2,250. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 2, 2021

DeepGreen has written an open letter to various brands, such as BMW, Google, Samsung SDI, and Volvo. Before I dive in and share the open letter, I want to re-share what DeepGreen is: a deep-sea mining company that has a vision of a zero-carbon, circular economy with goals to source metals with the least environmental […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems LLC, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Wanxiang America Corporation, has acquired substantially all of the non-government business assets of bankrupt A123 Systems, Inc. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive. Lead-Acid Replacement.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Gasteiger, Chair of Technical Electrochemistry, Technische Universität München; and Dr. Jens-Peter Suchsland, SolviCore GmbH, delve into the technological barriers for all-electric vehicles—battery-electric or PEM fuel cell vehicles. wind and solar). —Gröger et al. using a 24 kW charging station and within ≈12 min. kgH 2 /min.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Electric car prices, iconic electrified vehicles chauffeuring VIPs in Versailles, battery research, more sustainable battery components, and more — see the latest EV news below. Electric Car & SUV News The wait is finally over! Start of ID.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Although NiMH is still the dominant battery in the high-voltage hybrid market, Li-ion technology started to take market share around 2009 and is expected to continually increase its share with time. According to the report’s baseline estimate, the global Li-ion xEV business will reach $3.8 billion in 2015 and $9.2 Source: AAB.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 14, 2021

Recently, DeepGreen penned an open letter to BMW, Volvo, Google, and other brands about the importance of seafloor minerals and approached extraction cautiously with an exacting commitment to science-based impact analysis and environmental protection. I also interviewed DeepGreen’s CEO, Gerard Barron, via email last year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2012

Johnson Controls’ Meadowbrook facility, which received a $299-million grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, produces complete Lithium-ion battery cells and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. Johnson Controls has supply contracts with Daimler, BMW, BAIC, Geely and Odyne.

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