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IDTechEx sees improving supercapacitors gaining market share against Li-ion batteries

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Yunasko and others have demonstrated 35 Wh/kg, with the intermediate supercabatteries, matching lead-acid and NiCd batteries. They have replaced Li-ion batteries in most Chinese buses, despite greater up-front price. Maxwell Technologies expects tripling current energy density with pure supercapacitors.

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Roskill: Nickel sulfate to be the key growth area of nickel demand over the next decade; driven by EVs

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A couple of years ago, the market for nickel sulfate was largely driven by the plating industry and non-Li-ion battery applications such as NiMH and NiCd batteries with stagnated y-o-y growth. However, Roskill cautions, the road will be a bumpy one.

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Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

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Chinese carmaker BYD and Volkswagen have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the options for partnership in the area of hybrids and electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries. Particularly for the Chinese market, potential partners such as BYD could support us in quickly expanding our activities. —Dr. Hackenberg.

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