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Aqua Metals opens first AquaRefining center for low-pollution lead-acid battery recycling

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The company says that its proprietary AquaRefining is first environmentally friendly process to recycle lead-acid batteries (LABs). The process produces lead that is as pure as—or purer than—mined lead, requiring no secondary processing. Aqua Metals , Inc.

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Forecast puts global lead acid battery market at $76.44B by 2022

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forecasts that the global lead acid battery market will reach US$76.44 Growing preference for pollution free hybrid & electric vehicles along with technological development is expected to drive lead acid battery demand over the forecast period. In a new report, Grand View Research, Inc. billion by 2022.

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Johnson Controls partners with and invests in Aqua Metals for lead-acid battery recycling technology

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Unlike smelting, AquaRefining is a room temperature, water-based process that is fundamentally non-polluting. These modular systems allow the lead-acid battery industry to improve environmental impact and scale production simultaneously to meet rapidly growing demand.

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Johnson Controls breaks ground on fully-integrated automotive lead-acid battery recycling facility in US; targeted opening in 2012

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broke ground on a fully-integrated automotive lead-acid battery recycling facility in Florence, S.C. The post-consumer lead and polypropylene from the batteries will be reused to make more batteries. Iron by-products are used in other industrial processes. Johnson Controls, Inc. micrograms per cubic meter of air to 0.15

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Niti Aayog gives proposal to RBI for electric vehicles purchase loans 

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“Some banks have had bitter experiences with financing the earlier version of e-rickshaws, which were powered by lead-acid batteries and were not good-quality products. The financial institutions had to bear losses in cases of default, as their residual value was low,” said Kant.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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From IDTechEx’s review of the most promising eVTOL companies, 21 have presented timeline information about when they are looking to begin commercial eVTOL production, plans which are highly dependent on flight certification. Several companies have said they are a couple of years into what they think will be a five-year certification process.

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Tianjin Automotive Test Center certifies PowerGenix NiZn batteries for stop-start systems

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Through this testing period, performed under a range of temperatures and under abusive electrical and environmental conditions, Tianjin Automotive Test Center found NiZn batteries met or exceeded all safety, product performance, mechanical integrity and storage standards. l/100 km) by 2015, and 47 mpg (5.0 l/100 km)by 2020.