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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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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. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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CATL Could Be Tesla's Secret Weapon For Its $25,000 EV

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"Westernization" of Chinese battery tech is one way foreign battery companies can still cash in on America's new appetite for cheap EVs

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Beijing show: Breakthrough Chinese LFP battery can add 600km of range in just 10 minutes

EV Central

Chinese battery-making giant CATL has launched its new Shenxing Plus battery at the Beijing motor show claiming it’s capable of adding as much as 600km of range after a short 10-minute charge and delivering a driving range of more than 1000km. READ MORE: Battery revolution!

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Tesla & CATL deemed the Power Couple to Recharge the US EV Market: Morgan Stanley

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In addition, the United States has an under-supply of affordable EVs and cheap batteries for electric vehicles. Meanwhile, China has an oversupply of affordable EVs and cells in the battery market. Even Europe is leaning towards domestically sourcing and supplying battery cells for electric vehicles.

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Comment on NIO says Abu Dhabi investment took just 3 weeks from talk to deal by Augustus Meyer

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Simple solution: Make battery swapping tech "Open Source" for other NEV producers. Why did Mr. Li not buy these cheap shares by himself, to show confidence in NIO ? Old time small investors, who believed in NIOs general concept, are deprived of their money. Great idea; terrible execution.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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As EV production and, with it, battery production accelerate over the next decade, so too will the demand for rigorous EV battery testing. But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat.