Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

Saft has introduced its Xcelion 6T battery for powering military vehicles. The Xcelion 6T is a lithium-ion (Li-ion) drop-in replacement for lead-acid batteries that provides equivalent power of two lead-acid batteries at a quarter of the weight and half the volume. Saft Xcelion 6T.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Johnson Controls is supplying the Lithium-ion battery pack for the Hybrid Range Rover ( earlier post ), announced in 2013. Production of the cells and complete battery systems is underway at Johnson Controls’ manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan. Cutaway of the Li-ion battery pack for the Range Rover.

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MAY 28, 2015

Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. Mainstream Engineering Corporation. Earlier post.) Select SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Axeon will provide Li-ion packs to power two vehicles in this year’s 60-mile RAC (Royal Automobile Club) Future Car Challenge : the Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid advanced research project and Emerald Automotive’s t-001 range-extended electric van. The battery powers a 69 kW motor, which sits alongside a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

energy batteries. ion batteries is approximately four times too high on a kWh basis; current batteries are two to three times too heavy and large, and high? energy batteries struggle to meet PEV cycle and calendar life requirements; and. ion batteries are not intrinsically tolerant to abusive conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

Rolls-Royce is launching a lithium-ion based energy storage system for ships. Illustration of a ship system setup with batteries. SAVe Energy can be applied to several areas including peak shaving, spinning reserve and battery-powered vessels. This example shows a hybrid system for a tugboat. Source: Rolls Royce.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Group14, a provider of silicon-carbon composite materials ( earlier post ) and China-based Li-ion battery maker Farasis Energy ( earlier post ) reported a 25% boost in energy density for EV batteries made with Group14’s silicon-carbon anode material. The battery EV cell will have a volumetric energy density of 750 Wh/l.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

The P40-24 enables Valence to offer a “right-sized” battery pack for applications that require high discharge currents for short durations of time, as often seen in stationary requirements such as uninterruptible power systems (UPS) for data centers. Paul Krueger, Senior Director of Engineering. Batteries'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ener1 has signed up two new customers for its Li-ion batteries: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Toro. Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea will receive Li-ion battery packs for electric buses; the packs are similar configurations as packs currently in operation in California with AC Transit.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Under the MOU, the two companies will collaborate on research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cell technologies. liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. The companies also have agreed to identify and discuss other possible collaborative projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a new lithium/polysulfide (Li/PS) semi-liquid (flow) battery for large-scale energy storage, with lithium polysulfide (Li 2 S 8 ) in ether solvent as a catholyte and metallic lithium as an anode.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

Researchers have developed a new high-performance anode structure for lithium-ion batteries based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials. Produced via large-scale hierarchical bottom-up assembly, the material contains rigid and robust silicon spheres with irregular channels for rapid access of Li ions into the particle bulk.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Li-ion system developer Quallion unveiled its Li-ion-powered Anti-Idling HVAC solution designed for Class 6-8 trucks. The Panda Fuel Cell/Battery vehicle participated at the Challenge Bibendum 2010 in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. Poster of the HVAC system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2011

exhibited five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including three trucks all based on the Atlas 24 model equipped with Nissan LEAF components and other EV-related technologies at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show: the e-NT400 Atlas Concept; the Atlas F24 Refrigerator Van by Li-ion Battery; and the Atlas F24 Power Supply Truck.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Researchers at Penn State, with a colleague from EC Power, have devised a new control strategy that can rapidly restore EV battery power and permit full regeneration while driving at temperatures as low as −40 °C. The strategy involves heating the battery internally during regenerative braking and rest periods of driving.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

ion batteries provide a pathway for efficient use of renewable-sourced electricity in the transportation sector, but it is possible that fundamental physical limitations may prevent pure Li-ion-based BEVs from ever delivering the freedom of providing long trips, with intermittent quick refills, that consumers currently receive from their cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Stanford University scientists have identified a new solid-state Li-ion electrolyte predicted to exhibit simultaneously fast ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability, low cost, and low mass density. sulfur (Li?B?S) 1 in Li 5 B 7 S 13 and 80 (?56, 1 in Li 9 B 19 S 33. V for Li 5 B 7 S 13 , 0.16

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

According to a new report from Pike Research, a rapidly growing global market for electrified vehicles—particularly plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles—will create a Li-ion transportation battery industry with nearly $8 billion in sales worldwide by 2015, up from $878 million in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

HELLA will conduct real-world vehicle tests to evaluate NiZn’s ability in meeting the high-power requirements of 48-volt mild hybrid systems, while substantially reducing overall system complexity and cost. Nickel-zinc batteries are chemically very similar to nickel-cadmium, NiCd. Marc Nalbach of HELLA. Source: PowerGenix.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

kWh lithium-ion battery pack (from the Jetta Hybrid), which stores the kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking; assists in the starting phase of the fuel cell; and adds a dynamic boost to the maximum acceleration of the Golf SportWagen. The fuel cell and battery power an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2015

According to the report, Winterkorn said that the technology’s potential to boost the range of battery-powered vehicles is compelling and tests are progressing. The All-Electron Battery stores energy by moving electrons, rather than ions, and uses electron/hole redox instead of capacitive polarization of a double-layer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

Lithium-ion batteries with a total capacity of up to about 243 kWh provide the power for the eCitaro. The batteries are divided between as many as ten modules, each supplying around 25 kWh. The engineers have therefore put a considerable amount of thought into the issue of thermal management. million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. System power (hp).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo refuse truck with Li-ion compactor. Current trash compactors on garbage collection trucks run on power from the truck’s engine. has worked on developing electric-powered trash compactors for its trucks for the past few years. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

The Swift Plug-in Hybrid is a series hybrid compact passenger car with a 0.66L engine that’s used for electricity generation in a powertrain based on that of an electric vehicle (EV). The plug-in is powered by a 55 kW, 180 N·m AC synchronous motor and a 2.66 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Swift PHEV. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Rather than a diesel engine, the ferry is equipped with electric motors to drive the ship’s two screws. These motors are powered by a Li-ion battery weighing 10 metric tons. In normal conditions, operating at a speed of 10 knots, battery power of 400 kW (536 hp) will suffice.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. — Herya and Sundaresan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2014

The use of silicon carbide power modules could also allow much higher temperature operation than conventional silicon modules. This provides the potential to integrate the power electronics and IC engine cooling systems in hybrid applications. Electric (Battery) Power Electronics' —Mark Willows.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2011

General Motors and LG Group will jointly design and engineer future electric vehicles, expanding a relationship built on LG’s work as the battery cell supplier for the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera extended-range EVs. Teams of LG and GM engineers will work together on key components, as well as vehicle structures and architectures.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Berg helped found Li-ion battery company Valence and has served on the board of directors since September 1991. SIDI turbocharged engine. A full-size plug-in series hybrid SUV with this new powertrain is designed to drive 40 miles in all-electric mode under battery power, with near zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

Engine compartment of the CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid shows the transverse-mounted 3.0L V6; DSG is to the right, with the power electronics unit mounted above it. V6 gasoline engine (EA 390) and six-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission with 40 kW electric motor (DQ 400 E) in the engine compartment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Specs for the powertrain in the F-150 include a 2.0L, 4-cylinder naturally aspirated gasoline engine powering an 82 kW (peak) Remy DC generator. kWh Li-ion pack from A123 Systems. ALTe is in long-term supply agreements with battery maker A123 Systems and electric motor supplier Remy.

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JUNE 6, 2016

To accomplish this, engineers and scientists have worked hard to ensure that in extremely cold temperature environments, the engine oil does not become too viscous and that there are sufficient high volatility components in the fuel so that vaporization and ignition within the engine are possible on an almost instantaneous basis.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

Rear view, with engine compartment with air intake labeled. With XL1, the engineers and designers successfully came up with a body design that delivers more everyday utility than the two previous prototypes. kWh Li-ion battery pack—which is sited in front of the passenger area. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

By 2050, it is expected that 74% of Europe’s cars on the road will be battery-powered. Despite the rapid adoption of electric vehicles, there has been little discussion about standardizing battery types. All this would make it easier to recycle or utilize the batteries. Standardization: Way To Save Millions.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Equipped with a 16 kWh Li-ion battery pack, the five-door, four-seat hatchback has a battery-powered range of up to 60 km (37 miles) (MVEG cycle). An on-board gasoline/E85-fueled engine-generator extends the Ampera’s range to more than 500 km (311 miles). Earlier post.) seconds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

The 918 Spyder features a novel all-wheel drive concept with a combination of a 608 hp (453 kW) V8 combustion engine, 115 kW electric motor on the rear axle and ~95 kW electric motor on the front axle. Combined system power is 887 hp (661 kW). liter V8 derived directly from the power unit of the successful RS Spyder.

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