Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2018

Fast charging is seen as a solution for range and recharging time issues for EVs. Now, a team from Penn State has devised an approach that enables 15-min fast charging of Li-ion batteries in any temperatures (even at ? at 0 °C to prevent lithium plating, which explains the long recharge time of today’s EVs at low temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. Anderman projects a global EV/PHEV 2016 market at around 0.6% million in 2020; and.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Peugeot 3008 PHEV. The 300V Li-ion battery is located under the second row seats on both HYBRID and HYBRID4 versions. As an engine brake, it also makes it possible to recharge the battery, when going downhill for example. It reaches 180hp on HYBRID and 225hp on HYBRID4. KWh (HYBRID4). A second push disables it.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. The yet-to-be-named Buick crossover will launch in late 2010, offering a family of fuel-efficient direct-injected gasoline engines, followed in 2011 by the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Jean-Louis Borloo, France’s Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea, presented a national 14-point plan designed to accelerate the development and subsequent commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in France. Municipalities to receive support to deploy the public recharging infrastructure.

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Li-ion France Plug-in Plug 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. A trajectory through time of PHEV designs allows good things to happen. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge. Steve Plotkin.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Developing Robust all-Solid-State Li Battery with a Ceramic Electrolyte and Interfacially Engineered Lithium Metal Anode A next generation of a low cost and high energy density advanced solid state rechargeable lithium battery will be developed through the proposed project for use in the next generation of PHEV and EV rechargeable batteries.

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