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Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation

Innovation News Network

A new lithium-air battery has four times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries and will extend electric car range significantly. The post Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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VW Lithium-Air Battery, Audi Plug-Ins, Mass Transit Popularity: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Volkswagen promises more-efficient lithium-air batteries, Audi plans more plug-in hybrids, and mass-transit usage grows. Volkswagen says it can triple battery capacity with lithium-air technology. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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PNNL team uncovers reaction mechanisms of Li-air batteries; how batteries blow bubbles

Green Car Congress

Lithium-air batteries are looked to by many as a very high-energy density next-generation energy storage solution for electric vehicles. One reaction that hasn’t been fully explained is how oxygen blows bubbles inside a lithium-air battery when it discharges. The paper is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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Cost-effective catalysts for metal-air battery

Electric Vehicles India

With the increase in the demand for different energy sources, worldwide efforts are being made to develop different kinds of energy devices such as lithium-ion batteries, lead-acid batteries, redox flow batteries, lithium-air batteries, zinc-air batteries, sodium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors.

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New design for lithium-air battery could offer much longer driving range

Electric Cars Report

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery that could make that dream a reality. […] The post New design for lithium-air battery could offer much longer driving range appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Scottish university makes battery breakthrough

Green Cars News

The University of St Andrews in Scotland appears to have made a significant breakthrough in the advancement of lithium-air batteries. Latest News Green cars Lithium-ion batteries'

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Systematic review of EV battery pack costs suggests economies of scale may push cost toward US$200/kWh without further cell chemistry improvements

Green Car Congress

The cost estimates came from reviewed papers in international scientific journals; the most cited grey literature, including estimates by agencies, consultancy and industry analysts; news items of individual accounts from industry representatives and experts; and estimates for leading BEV manufacturers.

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