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This Week in Batteries Blog from Berkeley Lab Scientist Venkat Srinivasan

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Srinivasan works with a team of researchers at Berkeley Lab as part of the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies program. I will start the blog with a few generic postings to set the stage for what is possible with batteries. Tags: Brief.

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A New Chevy Bolt is On the Way With Ultium Power

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Chevy’s long-running EVs, the Bolt and Bolt EUV, were two names not expected to make the jump, but the automaker recently announced a new Bolt variant. While electric, the Bolt and Bolt EUV do not utilize GM’s new Ultium EV platform, which all other new models do. GM CEO Mary Barra made the announcement on a recent earnings call.

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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

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EV prices haven’t fallen as promised, battery mining turned out to be rather contentious, and the vehicles themselves continue getting heavier — resulting in some record-setting curb weights that are likely serving to undermine roadway health and automotive safety.

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Greenius On The Scene: Plug-In 2009

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The Creative Greenius with the new Nissan Leaf flat lithium ion battery. They’ll be making Leafs in Tennessee and they will be making many more batteries than cars. The Nissan spokesman told me they will be selling the battery as a standalone product too. His own EV runs on sunshine from the solar panels on his roof.

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GM Doesn’t Rule Out Eventual Return for Bolt

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Some pundits muttered similar oaths about the all-electric Bolt when news surfaced that the model isn’t long for this world – but statements on an NPR podcast last week could give hope to the popular (and affordable) little EV. Sure, the Equinox EV is on its way with a promised $30,000-ish price tag, but the Bolt is here& now.

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Flash Mob: Ford Introduces F-150 Lightning Flash

The Truth About Cars

It has an extended range (320-mile) battery, popular equipment, and a price tag right at $70,000.& Essentially an XLT with a few more tech tricks, the Flash packs that 131 kWh extended-range battery, available Ford BlueCruise, and throws in the 15.5-inch Yes, I had to check the calendar to learn if this is April Fool’s Day.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

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Despite Europe having adopted battery electric vehicles far more quickly than North America, the market is still confronting a lot of the same problems. & While the EU does tend to lump plug-in hybrids into EV sales tabulations, the region is still outpacing the United States and Canada in terms of both PHEV and BEV volumes.

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