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Anaheim Ride-and-Drive Event: A Memorable Success

Plug in America

Last month, Plug In America and Anaheim Public Utilities partnered for an unforgettable event in the city. Event attendees experienced the joy of test-driving various electric vehicles in a safe and controlled environment. The post Anaheim Ride-and-Drive Event: A Memorable Success appeared first on Plug In America.

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Revolve Technologies shows new PCB-based fuel cell range extender

Green Car Congress

This is the first time that a PCB-based fuel cell has been developed for use in an automotive environment. A Renault Kangoo ZE van with a PCB fuel cell range extender was displayed at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event at the Millbrook Proving Ground this week past. The Renault Kangoo with a PCBFC roof-mounted range extender.

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Proterra unveils new customizable battery pack to power wide range of heavy-duty commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

Proterra unveiled its newest series of battery packs, the H Series, which offers a customizable energy storage system to power a wide range of heavy-duty commercial vehicles. In the rare event of a latent cell failure, a localized thermal event is completely isolated and will not spread to neighboring battery cells.

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New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

Green Car Congress

The Ricardo-led FlySafe research collaboration—involving a range of leading industrial and academic partners including the University of Brighton’s Centre for Automotive Engineering—has delivered an innovative flywheel safety test environment to enable the development of next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.

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Lyten introduces next generation Lithium-Sulfur battery for EVs; 3X energy density of Li-ion

Green Car Congress

Lyten says that its batteries will be safer in vehicles than conventional Li-ion batteries because Li-S does not contain oxygen from metallic oxides, which is what drives thermal runaway events that have plagued many EVs. Safe and effective operation in environments as cold as -30 ?C Extended range and/or increased payloads.

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SES unveils 107 Ah hybrid Li-metal battery, announces new Shanghai gigafactory

Green Car Congress

SES made the announcements at SES Battery World, the company’s inaugural Battery World virtual event. Batteries need to be capable of delivering high energy density over a wide range of temperature and power density. A car needs to work in hot and cold environments and perform seamlessly when driven fast or slowly.

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Nissan adds intersection collision avoidance to its in-development lidar-based driver-assistance technology

Green Car Congress

An event held at a Nissan facility here showcased the technology’s ability to perform certain automatic collision-avoidance maneuvers in the more complex environment of intersections. Development of this technology is being carried out under Nissan Ambition 2030, the company’s long-term vision.

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