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SES), a developer of high-performance hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable (Li-Metal) batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications ( earlier post ), has established the first pilot production line capable of scaling up high-concentration, solvent-in-salt electrolyte production. SES Holdings Pte. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Developed by General Motors and built in partnership with the pioneering electric drag racing team Hancock and Lane Racing, the concept race car—based on the 2019 COPO Camaro —is driven by an electric motor providing the equivalent of more than 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft (813 N·m) of torque.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

What we expect from the Biden Administration is to simply make one of their policies to make gigafactories across the whole country at scale in order to turbo-charge and protect their biggest automobile companies such as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors. —Simon Moores of the UK’s Benchmark Minerals Intelligence.

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JUNE 13, 2011

General Motors Ventures LLC will invest $6 million in Proterra Inc., Using technology developed by Proterra, the lightweight, composite-body bus recharges in about 10 minutes. Comparing fuel costs and fuel efficiency. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. a leading maker of battery-electric commercial transit buses. Proterra Inc.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Engineers from BMW AG and General Motors recently passed a milestone in the adoption of the new SAE standard for DC Fast Charging. —Britta Gross, Director, Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy at General Motors.

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With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The findings could pave the way for bringing rechargeable lithium metal batteries from the lab to the market. For example, in an electrolyte specially designed by Meng’s collaborators at General Motors, lithium deposits as dense, column-shaped chunks. Control of the micro- and nanostructure is key. —Professor Meng.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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JUNE 16, 2014

Leyden is the recent recipient of significant development funding from United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), an organization whose members include Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. Earlier post.) start-stop vehicles, SSVs) applications in the automotive market.

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MARCH 28, 2011

A patented General Motors technology called Regulated Voltage Control (RVC) contributes up to a 1.5% When the battery charge drops below a pre-determined level, the alternator automatically knows to route the necessary voltage to recharge the battery. improvement in fuel economy in the Chevrolet Cruze. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

He also argues electric cars, which General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are betting on, present “too many obstacles” such as the recharge time for batteries.“Fiat

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Spark EV is priced as low as $17,845, after federal and Maryland tax credits, and it features a locally sourced electric motor and drive unit, manufactured at General Motors’ Baltimore Operations facility in White Marsh, Md. The Spark EV is also sold in California and Oregon, where sales totaled 1,145 in 2014.

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JULY 29, 2014

Powermat enables the phone to simply sit on a rubberized pad while the battery is recharged by means of an electromagnetic field. Powermat’s technology was formally adopted by the PMA (Power Matters Alliance), and is the platform of choice for such global leaders as Duracell, General Motors, AT&T and Starbucks.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

In January 2015, Seeo was awarded a contract for technology assessment from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. Lithium metal is an ideal anode material for rechargeable Li batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 7, 2013

The industry has stressed the need for a single harmonized plug system for the recharging of electric vehicles on both the vehicle and the infrastructure sides, and already agreed on a joint proposal for an EU-wide charging system last year. Ford of Europe, General Motors Europe, Hyundai Motor Europe, IVECO S.p.A.,

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Last month, General Motors announced similar apps for its Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle (E-REV), to be available on iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry smartphone platforms. Trip mapping function in Coulomb’s iPhone EV charging station locator app. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 27, 2009

A 35 kW Bosch electric motor that develops 160 Nm of torque as well provides traction support. The electric machine also functions as a generator to recharge the General Motors-developed NiMH battery pack. The Caravan emits 90 gCO 2 /km. The latter has a capacity of 7 Ah at a rated voltage of 255 V. Source: FKFS.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

General Motors is the first North American automotive OEM to integrate the Continental ultracapacitor-based voltage stabilization as part of the enhanced start-stop system, which lowers fuel costs, improves performance and reduces emissions, delivering an overall superior owner-driver experience. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Fisker automobiles are range-extended electric vehicles, driven by electric motors that get their power from a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, or, when that is depleted, by a generator driven by an efficient gas-powered engine. The DOE had awarded a conditional $528.7-million million loan to Fisker in September 2009.

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APRIL 15, 2012

graphene nanocomposites as high-rate cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries. Gordin, Ying-Bing Jiang, In-Tae Bae, Qiangfeng Xiao, Hui Zhan, Jun Liu, and Donghai Wang (2012) Polymer–Graphene Nanocomposites as Ultrafast-Charge and -Discharge Cathodes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Credit: ACS, Song et al.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The study, which was funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation, CMU’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, General Motors, Ford and Toyota, is to appear in the journal Transportation Research (Part D).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. The Cruze EV is equipped with a 31 kWh battery that generates maximum power of 150 kW. Cruze BEV on the road. Click to enlarge. The vehicles can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.2

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

During the program, General Motors will provide production vehicles, vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring and operational support. The 17 designs range from systems using on-board hydrogen fuel cells to full battery-electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Equipped with a quick charging function, the E-Bugster battery can be recharged within 35 minutes at suitable charging stations. Volkswagen says the range is 110 miles (180 km) in the city. Acceleration from 0 to 60 mph takes 10.9 Possible are single-phase charging with AC current, and ultra-fast DC charging at charging stations.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Next-generation lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. General Motors. Also, the system can provide backup electricity during an outage and, during normal operation, allow customers to draw on the stored energy to reduce both their peak electric grid demand and the utility charges associated with peak demand.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

The vehicle can be completely recharged in about 4.5 (In 1960, Sonobond (then known as Aeroprojects) received the first patent for ultrasonic metal welding.). Charging the ELR’s battery can be done with a 120V electrical outlet or a dedicated 240V charging station. hours using a 240V outlet, depending on the outside temperature.

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Beginning in 2009, several resulting projects—Charge Point America project, Chrysler Ram PEV Demonstration, General Motors Volt Demonstration, South Coast Air Quality Management District/Via Motors PHEV Demonstration, and The EV Project—installed roughly 17,000 charging stations and deployed approximately 8,700 PEVs across the US.

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JULY 16, 2009

California’s electricity capacity could recharge as many as 4 million plug-in hybrids when charged during off-peak hours when electricity use is low. The converted plug-in hybrids recharge their batteries through a standard 110-volt household outlet and charge in five to six hours for a 5 kWh lithium-ion battery.

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JUNE 13, 2009

The Ohio State University took first place out of 17 universities in the US and Canada that competed in the first major milestone of this three-year competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy, General Motors, and many others including the Government of Canada.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2009

This technology helps circumvent the technical barriers erected by Toyota, General Motors and other overseas and domestic hybrid product makers, SAIC says, so that people can expect SAIC-made new energy vehicles to be equipped with electric transmissions in 2012. For short distance driving, the car can run on the battery pack.

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APRIL 7, 2009

General Motors Corp. Built to carry two or more passengers, it can travel at speeds up to 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), with a range up to 35 miles (56 km) between recharges. The Project P.U.M.A prototype takes a test drive in New York. Click to enlarge. Under “Project P.U.M.A.” Project P.U.M.A.

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APRIL 23, 2009

During the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Gary Kissel of General Motors presented an update of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle standards being revised or developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Hybrid Standards Committee. by Jack Rosebro. Active standards work. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Power for the motors is provided by lithium-ion batteries that produce zero emissions. Recharging can occur from a conventional wall outlet using standard household power, allowing EN-V to travel at least 40 kilometers (25 miles) on a single charge.

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JUNE 16, 2009

of Cedarville, Ohio; K2 Energy Solutions of Henderson, Nevada; General Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan; and HST Auto of Escondido, California; has been selected for negotiation of a three-year award of up to $3.2 Angstron Materials LLC of Dayton, Ohio, teamed with Applied Sciences Inc. million with a DOE share of up to $1.6

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

While the battery electric vehicle has made progress in recent years, with improved affordability and energy storage capability, for most consumers, range anxiety and lengthy recharging time remain formidable obstacles, Hyundai said. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 15, 2013

The vehicle can be completely recharged in about 4.5 General Motors’ exclusive Z-link design is a refinement of that technology, and is applied on a number of vehicles, including the Buick Verano and the Chevrolet Cruze.). (By comparison, the Volt offers 38 miles of electric driving, and a full range of 382 miles (615 km).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Car manufacturers: BMW AG, Daimler AG, Ford, General Motors LLC, Honda R&D, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Nissan, Renault, Toyota Motor Corporation, Volkswagen. Moreover, it takes 15-30 minutes to (partially) recharge the battery. Medium- or heavy-duty vehicles were not included.

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