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JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough , one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery, died on 25 June at age 100. Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. His first was lithium cobalt oxide. Nobel Laureate John B.

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APRIL 21, 2021

The company’s investor base includes former President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields; former Senior Advisor to the Obama Administration’s Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Harry Wilson; and investment firms Gatemore Capital Management and Wave Equity Partners.

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JANUARY 20, 2014

Steven Chu, a Nobel Laureate and the former Secretary of Energy, has joined the Board of Directors of Amprius, a developer of high-energy and high-capacity lithium-ion batteries using silicon nanowire anodes ( earlier post ). Amprius’ technology was initially developed at Professor Yi Cui’s laboratory at Stanford University; Prof.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Production of manganese oxide cathode / graphite lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. KD ABG MI, LLC (Dow Kokam).

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APRIL 14, 2009

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries (NAATBatt) ( earlier post ) has selected a site in Hardin County, Kentucky to build a more than $600-million automotive lithium-ion battery plant. Kentucky was selected over Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Researchers at Northwestern University, with a colleague from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have developed a new computational design framework that can pinpoint optimal materials with which to coat the cathode in lithium-ion batteries. Muratahan Aykol, Soo Kim, Vinay I.

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MAY 28, 2015

High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. is developing the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles with a unique cost cutting innovation. 149,975.00. Ballast Energy, Inc. 150,000.00. GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. 150,000.00.

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