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H&T Recharge to supply EV battery cylindrical cans to Panasonic Energy – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Battery supplier Panasonic Energy has signed a long-term agreement with H&T Recharge, a German battery component manufacturer, for the supply of battery cans in North America. The new agreement will extend H&T’s supply to Panasonic Energy’s Kansas facility, which is scheduled to begin operations by March 2025.

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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

Green Car Congress

It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. kilowatts of available power to help customers use and recharge job site tools ranging from belt sanders to miter saws. E-Transit is an electrified version of Ford Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Battery Booster Pack?

The Truth About Cars

Rated at 1000 peak amps and 500 crank assist amps, this thing is still good for about three successful starting attempts before needing a recharge even after ten years of use. & The latter type was found to be absolutely useless, in my experience, since most of what I was boosting had batteries that were flatter than Kansas.

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New silicon oxycarbide glass/graphene anode material; lightweight, high-capacity and long cycle life

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a new high-performance Li-ion battery anode material combining silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) glass and graphene. The SiOC-rGO composite electrode delivers a charge capacity of ~588 mAh g −1 electrode (~393 mAh cm −3 electrode ) at the 1,020 th cycle and shows no evidence of mechanical failure.

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Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

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For the fleet manager, this system delivers unprecedented real time information on each electric vehicle’s location and state of charge —Kevin Harkin, Sales Director for Smith Electric Vehicles. Edison can typically achieve 80 miles on a full charge, and can be fully recharged in as little as three hours.

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

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For drive cycles, the Argonne team used the Kansas City data collected in 2005 by the US EPA, which instrumented more than 100 drivers and collected their driving statistics for one day. Here the controller drives as long as possible using battery energy, depleting the state of charge (SOC) from 90% to 30%. Load engine power strategy.

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA. It can be recharged in six hours. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri.