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JUNE 22, 2021

The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point that cannot meet the demands of the future—in electric vehicles, for example. Lithium metal batteries can provide double the energy per unit weight when compared to lithium-ion batteries. —Rajendran et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Nissan has begun using second-life battery modules from first-generation LEAF electric vehicles as the power supply for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in its plants. Nissan was exploring new ways to reuse its Nissan LEAF batteries, and hit upon the idea of using them in AGVs. Globally, Nissan has more than 4,000 AGVs at work.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

New research conducted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has identified a specific building block that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. Traditionally, graphite is used for the anode of a lithium-ion battery, but this carbon material has major limitations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For a total of $1 million in prizes, these projects focus on cost-effective recycling processes to recover as much economic value as possible from spent lithium-ion batteries. Only five percent of spent lithium-ion batteries in the United States are recycled. Powering the Future. Store Packs Umicore. Li Industries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2019

Supported by a new five-year, $500,000- grant from the National Science Foundation, a researcher from the University of Kansas is developing machine learning technology to monitor and prevent overheating in lithium-ion batteries. Nowadays these lithium-ion batteries are everyplace in our society. —Huazhen Fang.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Now that the framework contract has been concluded, the two companies have formally established a long-term cooperation for a continuous supply of lithium-ion battery systems. Since 2013, the Group has equipped several hundred trolleybuses worldwide with lithium-ion battery systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The “Recycling Li-ion batteries for electric Vehicle” (ReLieVe) project, founded by Eramet, BASF and SUEZ, will receive a €4.7 The objective is to develop an innovative closed-loop process to recycle lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and to enable the production of new lithium-ion batteries in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh. Reusing batteries is important for the future and it’s closely linked to the acceleration in the trend toward electric mobility. The electricity comes from the adjacent photovoltaic installation, among other sources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

Russian Railways, RUSNANO and the Sinara Group signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of mainline locomotives using a power plant based on hydrogen fuel cells together with lithium-ion batteries. Today, the hydrogen and electric transport sector has very great prospects, so RUSNANO intends to actively develop this area.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new family of anode materials that can double the charge capacity of lithium-ion battery anodes. It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, setting up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham. —Dr Gavin Harper, lead author on the paper.

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JUNE 21, 2021

BASF has been chosen as a cell development partner for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries. The idea for a manufacturing plant for high-performance battery cells came from an initiative of the P3 Group. The goal for the planned production plant is to reach a minimum annual capacity of 100 MWh.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

Current Direct , a new €12-million research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, is proposing an innovative lithium-ion cell optimized for waterborne transport, using novel manufacturing techniques allowing for a consistent cost reduction compared to the current market prices.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

They also increase unwanted reactions between the electrolyte and the lithium, speeding up battery failure. Dendrites and whiskers are holding back the widespread use of lithium metal batteries, which have higher energy density than their commonly used lithium-ion counterparts. Then, suddenly, a whisker shoots forth.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

But the promise is worth pursuing, says MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, because the amount of energy that can be stored in experimental versions of such cells is already nearly double that of conventional lithium-ion batteries. We think we can translate this approach to really any solid-state lithium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

Honda said that because powertrain requirements differ from region to region and are becoming further diversified depending on infrastructure, regulations and customer needs in each region, it will deliver the most appropriate products to customers based on the idea of placing the right products, in the right places at the right time.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

University of Maryland (UMD) and US Army Research Lab (ARL) researchers are spearheading a public-private sector collaboration to further develop a lithium-ion battery that would be safer to operate and less costly to dispose of than those currently available on the market. A full lithium-ion battery of 2.3

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Historical prices and future cost predictions for lithium-ion batteries. They noted that due to current sales trends, three lithium-ion chemistries account for nearly all of the storage capacity, and half of the cells are cylindrical. NCA cells are $206 kWh -1 and NMC cells are $180 kWh -1. —Ciez and Whitacre.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has developed an innovative fuel cell module—the Fuel Cell Power Pack (FCPP)—that extends the range of electric cargo bikes and doubles the service life at a comparable price to purely battery-operated systems.

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JULY 9, 2018

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has developed an innovative fuel cell module—the Fuel Cell Power Pack (FCPP)—that extends the range of electric cargo bikes and doubles the service life at a comparable price to purely battery-operated systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The basic idea is to always optimally adapt a battery system to the respective application and the available space. For example, there are completely different requirements for a battery for an electric vehicle than for a battery in a power tool.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

In March, BMW presented the Neue Klasse generation of vehicles, to be launched by the middle of this decade, which will be clearly focused on all-electric drivetrains. With the Neue Klasse, we will make a big leap in technology in electric drive. Earlier post.). —Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. ".

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AUGUST 17, 2011

GM announced that the Cadillac Converj extended range electric vehicle concept ( earlier post ) is moving forward as a production car that will be called the Cadillac ELR. Cadillac selected the name ELR to indicate the car’s electric propulsion technology, in keeping with the brand’s 3-letter international model naming convention.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

His insights are paving the way for further improving lithium-ion batteries and significantly enhancing their performance. Martin Ebner from the ETH University Zurich, Switzerland for his excellent research in the area of fast charging of lithium-ion batteries. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 4, 2019

This topic area seeks to research, to develop, and to test lithium metal-based batteries that implement solid lithium-ion conductors capable of achieving the cell performance identified in the table below. Topic 2: Electric Motor Research Increasing Power Density 8x (up to $3.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2013

Ours is the first study that has specifically looked for a memory effect in lithium-ion batteries. But the key was the idea of looking for it at all. Should that prove successful, the memory effect would not stand in the way of a reliable use of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2016

We’ve gone electric, and there’s no going back at this point. Lithium is our new fuel, but like fossil fuels, the reserves we’re currently tapping into are finite—and that’s what investors can take to the bank. You may think lithium got too popular too fast. All these fascinating ideas are powered in some way by lithium.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Ford currently offers six hybrid or fully electrified vehicles including Ford Focus Electric; Ford Fusion Hybrid; Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid; Ford C-MAX Hybrid; Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid; and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. By sharing ideas, companies can solve bigger challenges and help improve the industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Because battery cells contain essential resources and materials, feeding these back into the loop becomes more and more important as electric vehicles multiply in number. The sustainability approach of Northvolt makes it a highly appealing company for us, that was furthermore very receptive to our ideas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

High-capacity lithium-ion anode materials have always confronted the challenge of volume change—swelling—when electrodes absorb lithium. Most of today’s lithium-ion batteries have anodes made of graphite, which is electrically conducting and expands only modestly when housing the ions between its graphene layers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

Louis (WUSTL) will receive $2 million from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to design a predictive battery management system for lithium-ion batteries to guarantee their longevity, safety and performance. This is why manufacturers over-stack the material; they have no idea what’s happening inside. —Venkat Subramanian.

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MAY 3, 2010

The vehicle can demonstrate different electric-drive vehicle configurations. The Schaeffler Hybrid features a combustion engine from a basic vehicle, a central electric motor and two wheel hub motors. The ‘Schaeffler Hybrid’ will not go into volume production; rather it serves as a vehicle of ideas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

FRACTAL is an ideas incubator that also explores new design and manufacturing processes. A 30 kWh lithium-ion battery pack powers the electric motors on the front and rear axles to provide a total output of 150kW/204hp and combined-cycle range of up to 450 km (280 miles). Vehicle basics. " AMOLED screen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries power much of our digital and mobile lifestyle. Volts and demonstrated high voltage aqueous full Lithium-ion cell with 2.3 extends this idea to the case of the solvent, water. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science. Volts to ~ 3.0 —Chunsheng Wang, UMD.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

She explored a novel glassy-type lithium ion conductor that may lead to new design principles for solid-state batteries. Within the Volkswagen Group, we expect to achieve about a quarter of our global sales volume with battery-electric vehicles in the year 2025. The special prize for applied research is worth €40,000.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2018

Shahbazian-Yassar said that knowing that lithium peroxide is building up in the electrolyte itself is a very important finding. They report their findings in the journal Nano Energy. —He et al.

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