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MARCH 15, 2024

The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor. However, rare-earth elements like neodymium and dysprosium, which are required for the most powerful magnets for the latter, also represent a major choke point.

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Motor Motors Motoring Universal 127

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APRIL 10, 2012

USABC awarded the contract to continue Johnson Controls’ development of lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications to meet USABC goals for low-cost, long-life, high-power and high energy vehicle systems. The improved energy density is aimed at reducing cost, volume and mass.

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Li-ion PHEV Lithium Ion Milwaukee 240

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology, with colleagues from the Beijing University of Technology and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, have synthesized tin chalcogenide (SnSe 0.5 In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources, they reported that the as-prepared of SnSe 0.5 2018.01.051.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 186

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

In particular, silicon nanowires (SiNW) are widely studied as a promising anode material for high-capacity LIBs due to its low cost of fabrication and volume production potential. A single battery pack is assumed to power the vehicle during its whole life. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Milwaukee 265