Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

UK-based Hyperdrive Innovation has become the first company to secure the supply of Nissan’s LEAF lithium-ion battery technology for its own commercial products. Hyperdrive officially launched the first product incorporating Nissan cell technology at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle event at Millbrook earlier this month.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Are solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries a solution to some of the issues with the lithium-ion batteries powering our EVs today? This cuts the risk of fires, and allows for more storage. So far, Toyota is leading the race to develop solid-state batteries.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 9, 2017

With more plug-in electric vehicles on the road today than ever, automakers are working to solve an impending issue: what to do with used lithium-ion batteries. Now, through a partnership with The Mobility House, the Renault Nissan Alliance is.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The station, which can simultaneously charge both a Nissan LEAF and multiple light electric vehicles, is completely off-grid and includes a lithium-ion energy storage system that is protected from the heat of the Jordanian sun by AllCell’s passive thermal management system.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2017

Renault hasn't tackled the home-energy storage market to the degree its alliance partner Nissan has, but it has found another use for "second-life" batteries. The French brand has worked with UK-based Connected Energy to install two electric-car DC fast-charging stations powered by second-life batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2015

Analysis by Lux Research suggests that the market space represented by the emerging lower-cost, 200-mile-range EV will be the biggest coming growth opportunity in electric storage for transportation. billion worth of energy storage. billion worth of energy storage in 2014. billion worth. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2013

Nissan ZEOD RC. Nissan unveiled the ZEOD RC (Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car)—an electric Le Mans prototype racing car intended to reach speeds of more than 300 km/h (186 mph) at the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 2014, where it will makes its debut. Nissan ZEOD RC. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 17, 2021

If you had asked someone 10 years ago to name an automaker that was leading on electric vehicles, it’s likely the person would say Nissan. If you ask the same question today, I think you’d find a different answer. Just take a look at EV sales in Europe, the US, or China to understand why. […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you are worried about the battery in your Nissan LEAF, don't be. Those batteries are lasting much longer than expected.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. Separately, EnerDel has active relationships underway with automakers Think, Volvo, Mazda, Nissan ( earlier post ) and Fisker ( earlier post ). (At ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

Even at relatively low volumes—less than 1% of all cars sold—plug-in vehicles are driving remarkable energy storage revenues for a few developers, like Panasonic and NEC, that struck the right automotive partnerships. Among the Lux findings: The electric vehicle drivetrain is the most lucrative for battery developers.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2022

Lithium-ion. Sodium-ion. The uses of these batteries include commercial and industrial energy storage, EV charging, grid charging, and off-grid and residential energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries are used in electric cars. Key Players. Uses of Second-life EV Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Nissan Motor Co., and Sumitomo Corporation are planning to initiate a business venture to “Reuse, Resell, Refabricate and Recycle” (4R) lithium-ion batteries previously used in electric cars, giving them a second-life as energy-storage solutions in markets worldwide.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 21, 2022

We all know that Nissan mastered that […]. Well, today you will find more to love with two new, oh-so-affordable cars in Japan. Even with its size, the Sakura is said to have a spacious interior — more than one expects — as well as ample driving range.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. Pyrometallurgy, which traditionally doesn’t recover carbon or lithium, seems likely to be phased out.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The two companies are collaborating to determine how the Volt’s 16-kWh lithium-ion batteries can be used to provide stationary electric grid storage systems once the batteries have fulfilled their usefulness in customers’ vehicles. Earlier this month, Nissan Motor Co., Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

What will happen to lithium-ion batteries once they have been used in electric cars? Nissan and Sumitomo Corporation believe they can find the answer. The idea is that the batteries will be given a second life as energy storage solutions in markets worldwide.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It works, whether you are selling apples, oranges, or electricity. Most of us don’t realize how much the cost of electricity varies during each day, each week, and each month. If you can buy electricity cheaply now and […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2022

Since June 2020, a team from the Australian National University in Canberra has been investigating the possible integration of electric vehicles into the grid. Known as REVS (Realizing Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services), the trial is implementing vehicle-to-grid technology in a fleet of 51 Nissan Leafs in Canberra.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. Pyrometallurgy, which traditionally doesn’t recover carbon or lithium, seems likely to be phased out.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

US-based Ener1 is creating a European Division and has appointed Ulrik Grape, a veteran of the lithium-ion business, as President of Ener1 Europe. Through its subsidiary EnerDel, it designs, develops and manufactures, advanced high energy density, lithium-ion batteries. Ulrik Grape.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s electricity grid launched this week. The system comes from a collaboration between Revel rideshare, Fermata Energy, and NineDot Energy. Revel’s rideshare system includes only fully electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. According to the report’s baseline estimate, the global Li-ion xEV business will reach $3.8 High-voltage Li-ion batteries for hybrids. Source: AAB.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2011

Soon the electricity stored in the lithium-ion batteries of a Nissan LEAF could make its way into the home. That’s because Nissan has introduced a vehicle-to-home power system that can be installed in ordinary homes.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2022

A homebuilt electric plane, the Rolls-Royce goal of leading the electric aviation market, hydrogen infrastructure for airports, and more electric aviation news is just the tip of the EV news roundup this week. Also, regarding the water, Cara Delevingne offers wise words and urges people to avoid fast fashion and diesel engines.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The electric vehicle market has transformed immensely in the past dozen years. As battery prices have come down, various electric vehicle models have gotten more range for the same price, and many more models have come to market with a competitive mix of […].

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The company’s new Smartville 360 ESS is a scalable second-life energy storage system that’s designed to incorporate battery packs from different manufacturers (currently, Tesla and Nissan), at varying levels of health, into one unified system. For example, Nissan. Smartville , which recently won a $5.9-million

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 3, 2021

Our friends over at Transport & Environment (T&E) are concerned that the UK is taking its electric vehicle production sector for granted and not doing enough to retain its EV production leadership. According to the organization, 50% of the EVs produced in Europe were produced in the UK in 2018.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2022

We’ve got some more findings to dive into based on the Interim Social Report from the Realizing Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services (REVS) trial in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Nissan and Eaton will partner to combine their respective expertise in lithium-ion batteries and power electronics respectively, to bring reliable and cost-competitive second-life energy storage and control technologies to the market. —Cyrille Brisson, Vice President Marketing, Eaton Electrical EMEA.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Nissan revealed the Nissan LEAF electric vehicles in a global launch event in Yokohama, followed by its North American debut at a media event in Las Vegas. The new e-powertrain gives the new Nissan LEAF 110 kW of power output (up 38% from the previous generation) and 320 N·m of torque (up 26%) from the EM57 motor.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 21, 2023

As at the end of December 2022, there were over 27 million EVs cumulatively sold around the world over the past decade or so (excluding 2- and 3-wheelers). More than 13 million EVs are expected to be added to the global fleet this year, meaning that by the end of this year, there will have […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 6, 2021

Nearly 76 Gigawatt-hours of Battery Cell Capacity Was Produced for U.S. Plug-in Vehicle Market from 2010 to 2020 Five companies (AESC, LG Chem, Panasonic, Samsung, and SK Innovation) produced almost all the battery cells used in plug-in vehicles for the U.S. market over the past decade, with capacity totaling 75,933 megawatt-hours (MWh).

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In December of 2021, super typhoon “Odette” (international codename Rai) battered many provinces in the Visayas, the second largest cluster of islands in the Philippines, as it made landfall on and first ravaged the tourist town of Siargao, known for its pristine beaches and surfing.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million.  By the end of 2023 and 2024, it is anticipated that the number of electric vehicles produced in the United States will rise by 300%.

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