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MAY 26, 2014

According to a new forecast by Lux Research, the likely 48 V micro-hybrid market will exceed 7 million vehicles in 2024, with the first adoption year beginning in 2015 and more focused on premium vehicles, in which cost sensitivity in order to reach regulation targets without sacrificing performance is lower. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

PowerGenix, the developer of nickel-zinc (NiZn) rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a Tier 1 supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. Nickel-Zinc could offer some unique benefits in 48-volt systems. Marc Nalbach of HELLA. Source: PowerGenix. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

For the purposes of the report, advanced batteries are defined as rechargeable batteries with a chemistry that has only entered into the market as a mass-produced product in the last two decades for use in the automotive or stationary energy storage system sectors.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Lithium ion batteries currently dominate the nascent market for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and are slowly becoming selected for use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and stop-start vehicles (SSVs), the report notes. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., The 170-page report also finds that while the combined global EV and plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) market share is expected to grow to about 1.5% Energy storage technology solutions for advanced vehicles by vehicle category. billion in 2020.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The EU must continue to allow the use of lead-based batteries in vehicles as they are essential for the needs of future generations of European cars, according to the automotive and automotive battery industries in Europe. There are no current or future resource availability issues with metals used in lead-based batteries.

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JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. The UltraBattery Retrofit Project DP1.8

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

With the total electrode weight of a supercapacitor system being typically one-fourth to one-half of the total system weight, the system-level specific energy of graphene-based supercapacitors can exceed 21.4-42.8 Wh/kg, which is comparable to that of a modern nickel metal hydride battery used in a hybrid vehicle.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Hybrid electric locomotive sales will have an increasing presence in global rail markets between 2015 and 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. During that period, hybrid locomotive sales will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4% This would translate into a need for storage of 116.4

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Advanced manufacturing methods will be used to make test batteries that replicate the performance of full-scale production batteries, allowing for faster implementation in future production vehicles. —Ted Miller, Ford’s manager of battery research. It is way too early in the battery race to commit to one type of battery chemistry.

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Teslarati

JULY 30, 2021

Nickel and cobalt are two materials that would be ideal for this patent: nickel due to its low availability and cobalt due to its environmental effects and commonly immoral mining practices. The patent, if granted, would open doors for Tesla to recover some of the most crucial elements of an electric vehicle or energy storage battery.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have performed life cycle assessments (LCA) of three batteries for plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and full performance battery electric (BEV) vehicles. As an approximate indicator, if we assume a vehicle powertrain efficiency of 0.5

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. Lead organization. EnZinc Inc. Air Battery.

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JULY 2, 2009

This grant will help to meet the upfront cost of the vehicles. The fund is also available for very low and zero emission vehicles, such as electric vehicles, and the Department is interested in receiving bids which covered the demonstrations of such buses in regular use for services. The Optare Tempo hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

The first results will be seen later in 2009, when Saft’s US manufacturing facility in Valdosta, GA begins production of a new generation of asymmetric nickel supercapacitors that will work in combination with batteries on heavy vehicles in a large variety of markets including, but not limited to, industry or public transportation.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Key challenges to commercialization revealed by the demonstrations were: Vehicle Range. Hybrid fuel cell systems can significantly extend range, and many participants believe that future fuel cell buses will be hybridized. Energy Storage. The most significant challenge was range. Fuel Cell Durability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

Takeuchi briefly touched briefly on critical applications for Li-ion energy storage, including energy storage for renewable power generation; hybrid, plug-in-hybrid, and electric vehicles; and micro power coupled with sensor technology.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

Bus passengers in East London are the first in the UK to experience a unique form of hybrid power with four of 10 new Optare Tempos equipped with the GM-Allison Hybrid EP-System recently becoming operational. How the GM-Allison two-mode hybrid system works. This module forms a Hybrid Electrically Variable Transmission (HEVT).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

The full hybrid ActiveHybrid X6 is BMW’s first application of the two-mode transmission developed in partnership with GM and then-DaimlerChrysler, and offers approximately a 20% reduction in fuel consumption versus a comparable vehicle powered by a combustion engine alone, while at the same time offering an increase in driving dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The ActiveHybrid X6 is BMW’s first application of the two-mode transmission developed in partnership with GM and then-DaimlerChrysler, and offers approximately a 20% reduction in fuel consumption versus a comparable vehicle powered by a combustion engine alone, while at the same time offering an increase in driving dynamics. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

One of the hurdles in the race to develop automotive Li-ion battery systems for high volume hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle programs is improving the technology’s durability. That makes them easier to package in a vehicle. Ted Miller, Manager, Ford Energy Storage Strategy and Research.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! What Are Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs)? Just the opposite.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. The first step was the hybrid, which proved to the world that electric power can reduce gas consumption.

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