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Li-S Energy, Janus Electric to collaborate on Li-S and/or Li-metal cells for swappable prime mover packs

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Australia-based Li-S Energy has entered into an agreement with Janus Electric to develop and to test lithium sulfur and/or lithium-metal battery cells to suit the requirements of the Janus Electric exchangeable prime mover battery packs.

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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AOI 1b: Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) Cells. Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. Penn State University. Giner, Inc.

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Electric truck development gets $131 million boost – sulfur is a winner

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Among those projects, battery tech startups Lyten and Zeta Energy, as well as manufacturing company Coherent, stand out – because they’re working on lithium- sulfur batteries. million for R&D related to hydrogen internal combustion engines for heavy-duty vehicles.

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DOE releases $131 million in funding for EV batteries and other transport-related projects – Charged EVs

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Some of these are also focused on advancing battery technology—three companies and four educational institutions will receive multi-million-dollar grants to research lithium-sulfur batteries. Diesel engine manufacturers Cummins, PACCAR and MAHLE were each awarded $3.5 Clemson University will receive $2.5

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HKG and Pininfarina introduce two more microturbine range extended EVs; graphene-enhanced LTO batteries

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Hybrid Kinetic Group developed the 91 kg, 60 kW micro-turbine generator, which can use a variety of fuels, including gasoline, diesel, ethanol, natural gas, propane, or bio-fuels. HK Group is also developing graphene lithium sulfur batteries. The unit is composed of less than 40 parts.

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Lux: VW “actually in a strong position to innovate their way out of this mess”

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VW was slowly moving beyond conventional gasoline and diesel engines anyway, Lux noted, with plans of putting out 20 more plug-in vehicles by 2020 ( earlier post )—such as the production version of the Audi e-tron quattro. Volkswagen has also invested in next-generation batteries, including lithium-sulfur and solid-state.

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Saft and ESMA to Cooperate on Supercapacitor Development, Production and Commercialization; Heavy Diesels First Target

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By providing effective and reliable starting power for large diesel engines at low temperatures or in frequent stop-start usage the supercapacitors will allow the vehicle battery to be optimized for the application.