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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

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APRIL 1, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years. That will see an uptake of more hybrid-, plug-in hybrids and BEVs in the EU.

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Lead Acid Li-ion Batteries Battery

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APRIL 28, 2009

Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases. Emissions, however, are produced elsewhere, when the electricity used to power the vehicles is generated. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them.

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Transportation Sri Lanka 2009 2008

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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