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M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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The project will deploy Exide Technologies’ innovative VRLA gel and CSM copper plate technologies, which deliver high cyclic application capacity and high-current discharge. Due to the conversion to renewable energy sources in Germany, smart grids and large-scale energy storage technologies are getting ever more important.

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Axion Power and ePower Engine Systems enter 5-year agreement for use of PbC batteries in diesel-electric drivetrains for Class 8 trucks; tests suggest up to 35% improvement in fuel economy

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ePower Engine Systems specializes in the retrofit and conversion of diesel-powered Class 8 trucks into series hybrid-powered units inspired by the diesel-electric drives in locomotives—i.e., the diesel engine powers a generator that in turn provides power directly to the traction motors. —Axion Chairman and CEO Thomas Granville.

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UK Collaboration Develops Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit for Conventional Vehicles

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A collaboration led by the UK’s Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system for a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Battery pack state of charge vs. distance for the ADDZEV vehicle under all-electric power on the UDDC cycle. Source: Cranfield.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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Micro-hybrid testing against VRLA. Most recently, Axion signed a project-specific Letter of Intent with privately-held Rosewater Energy Group, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida concerning a strategy to create and market a variety of energy storage and conversion products for the high-end residential market. —Tom Granville.

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