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Tesla signs 2-year, $2.9B order with South Korea’s L&F for high-nickel cathode materials

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L&F was founded in July 2000 to produce LCD back lighting units. In August 2005, L&F Materials, a subsidiary of L&F, started the cathode active material business for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. In February 2016, L&F and L&F Materials, merged to become a world-class company in the cathode active material business.

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Liox Power reports first operation of a Li-air battery with a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent; new direction for Li-air research

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Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )). Aprotic electrolyte Li?O

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New Engines for Mercedes S-Class; First 4-Cylinder Engine Delivers 5.7 L/100km Fuel Consumption

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Mercedes-Benz is introducing four new diesel and gasoline engines for its luxury S-Class, including the first four-cylinder engine in its almost 60-year history, the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY diesel. The new diesel also features fourth-generation common rail direct injection, with a rail pressure of 2000 bar. S 350 BlueTEC.

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The difference between lithium iron phosphate and lithium battery

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Lithium iron phosphate batteries have a long life and cycle life of more than 2000 times. Lithium iron phosphate battery single cell life is long, about 2000 times, but the lithium iron phosphate battery group life is generally short about 500 times. Lithium cobaltate is currently the majority of lithium-ion battery cathode material.

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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Furthermore, the aqueous cathode does not suffer from H 2 evolution from the solution, and the battery is efficiently rechargeable, they note. Credit: ACS, Lu et al. Click to enlarge. Also, sodium rather than lithium might be used as the anode.

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Faster, Meaner, Deadlier: The Evolution of BattleBots

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Battlebots premiered on Comedy Central in, I think it was, 2000. If it's all good, they let them cool down and stay there for 10, 15 minutes, and then they can go back to the battery charging tent, take the batteries out and recharge them, and then go back to fixing the robot. Greg Munson: Probably the biggest is battery technology.

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BATT Program Awards More Than $8 Million for Innovative Research Projects on Lithium Battery Anodes

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This project will explore a new class of materials combining the laminate structure of graphite with silicon, tin and other elements that can provide a higher lithium uptake per atom and lead to an improved capacity. The project goals include reversible capacities exceeding 2000 mAh/g and high rate capability. Drexel University.

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