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Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future

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Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped. The post Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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New Design for Lithium-Air Battery Could Offer Much Longer Driving Range

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New batteries could one day power cars, airplanes, trucks.

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DOE announces $60M to accelerate advanced vehicle technologies research

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The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. Lithium-sulfur and lithium-air battery cell development.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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This begins an occasional series on “big science” tools hosted at US national laboratories that are being applied to support the development of technology innovations for clean transportation. Dudney, and Sreekanth Pannala (2012) Anomalous Discharge Product Distribution in Lithium-Air Cathodes, J. C 116, 8401?8408

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EV Everywhere Blueprint outlines DOE technical and development goals for EVs for 2022

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President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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Weigand is looking for a “500-mile battery” such as a Li-O 2 (Lithium air) thin film nano-technology system and for 50% efficient photovoltaic cells. Delivering more than 29 TW of clean energy to meet demand in 2050 is a significant challenge. On top of that, there is little or no communication between the wedges, he noted.

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Verso 1.6 D-4D first Toyota with BMW Group-sourced diesel engine

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Hybrid is at the core of our strategy towards sustainable mobility, but we also see a role for clean diesel in Europe. Undertake joint research into lithium-air batteries. /ul>. At Toyota, we believe that tackling environmental challenges facing our industry will require more than one single approach.

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