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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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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. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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This approximately 137,000 square foot facility is currently vacant and was previously used for the recycling of lead-acid batteries, and as such is already designed and permitted for similar operations.

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DOE awards $150K SBIR Phase I grant to Axion Power to fund commercialization plan for PbC batteries in micro-hybrid vehicles

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant of $150,000 to Axion Power to fund a commercialization plan for the use of its PbC batteries ( earlier post ) in a low-cost, high-efficiency dual battery architecture for micro-hybrid 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. The lowly lead-acid battery remains in the mix—East Penn Manufacturing scored $1.6

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From coconut powder to crop residue, startups find novel ways to charge EV batteries – ET Auto

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One is for the process, another one is on the carbon specs and its performance in lead acid batteries, and the third is on the carbon process, properties and how it is performing in the lithium ion battery,” said Akshay Jain, CEO and Co-founder, Cancrie. crore came from the grants and the paid contract.

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OXIS Energy and Lithium Balance partner on Li-sulfur battery system for China e-scooter market; targeting spring 2018

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kWh using 10Ah OXIS Long Life cells; weighs 60% less than the current lead acid battery; and delivers a significant increase in range. The volume of E-scooters in China is 30 million, of which 98% use lead acid with the remaining 2% using Lithium-ion. It has been granted 79 patents with 93 pending.

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UT Arlington project for Navy investigating how batteries age when run at high rates

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David Wetz, associate professor of electrical engineering, is principal investigator for an $801,224 Office of Naval Research grant that investigates how batteries age when they’re run at high rates. A $320,000 ONR grant to understand the challenges faced when implementing a 1000 volts-direct-current lithium-ion battery.

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