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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

Green Car Congress

(TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO’s operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota’s system technology for electrified vehicle storage batteries.

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Tesla-battery maker Panasonic may add 4680 battery capacity to Kansas plant

Electrek

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic Energy is considering pouring new investments potentially up to $4 billion in its De Soto, Kansas, plant to produce 4680 battery cells for the Tesla Cybertruck and Tesla’s next-gen vehicles.

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Volvo seeks 30% quicker EV charging without battery upgrades

Green Car Reports

Volvo is looking to quicken EV charging times by relying on software rather than upgrades to batteries and other hardware. based Breathe Battery Technologies to access that company's "algorithm-enabled charging software" with its battery management systems—with the goal of optimizing.

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NIO & CATL Partnership An Interesting Battery Evolution

CleanTechnica EVs

There has been an enormous amount of innovation in the EV battery sector in the past decade or so. Ten years ago, it might have been hard to believe how much better, more energy dense, cheaper, and more influential batteries have become. However, there’s still work to do.

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20-year EV battery, 9-minute charging in Samsung SDI roadmap

Green Car Reports

Samsung SDI this week presented a battery-development roadmap with ambitious performance targets for charging, energy density, and battery life. On the charging front, the company believes it can begin mass-producing battery cells capable of being charged from 8% to 80% in just nine minutes by 2026.

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Nio and CATL ally for longer-life EV batteries, swapping tech

Green Car Reports

Chinese automaker Nio is partnering with battery supplier CATL for research into longer-life EV batteries, including for use with Nio's battery-swapping service.

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Analysts: 40% drop in 2023-2025 EV battery prices will boost sales

Green Car Reports

A number of factors may be converging to lower EV battery prices, which in turn could boost EV demand, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs.

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