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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

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The Volvo VNR Electric’s 264-kWh lithium-ion batteries have an operating range of up to 150 miles. Watsontown Trucking Company operates a fleet of 425 trucks that perform over-the-road transport, as well as regional haul and last-mile delivery—two applications that the Volvo VNR Electric model was designed to support.

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Nanobox strategy to improve performance of Li-S batteries

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1 —five times than the commercial Lithium-ion batteries—and practical energy densities of beyond 500 Wh kg ?1. The system typically uses a lithium-metal anode and sulfur cathode. transition metal sulfides have been regarded as a promising class of host materials for Li?S S battery performance.

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Magna E-Car Systems launches demo fleet of 9 Chevrolet Equinox EVs; probing crossover-size EV performance

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The demonstration project, undertaken jointly with General Motors (GM) and with assistance to Magna E-Car Systems from an Ontario (Canada) government grant, is intended to enable Magna E-Car Systems and GM to gain insight into the performance of larger, crossover-segment class EVs.

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Land Rover unveils the diesel Range Rover Hybrid Long Wheelbase in Beijing; first diesel hybrids in China

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Land Rover has identified China as a potentially strong market for its new premium hybrids, while the long wheelbase design is identified as best suiting Chinese customers’ preferences for luxury and spaciousness. The complete system, including a lithium ion battery pack, inverter and electric motor, weighs less than 120 kg.

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

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The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting through the regenerative charging system, which converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. The cockpit design is driver friendly with the gauges, including the hybrid management system, residing in the 7.0-inch

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SLAC and Stanford launch new joint battery center

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Research and development at the center will span a vast range of systems – from understanding chemical reactions that store energy in electrodes to designing battery materials at the nanoscale, making and testing devices, improving manufacturing processes and finding ways to scale up those processes so they can become part of everyday life.

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Ceder group at MIT analyzes the limits and opportunities of phosphates as Li-ion cathode materials using a Materials Genome approach

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Ab initio computations in the density functional theory (DFT) framework have been used for almost 20 years in the battery field to provide insight into the fundamental properties of electrode materials. voltage, stability, safety, and lithium diffusion). Innovation driven by novel Materials Design: The Materials Genome Project (G.

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