Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. These Liquid Desiccant HVAC systems deliver a 50 - 75% reduction in energy usage over conventional HVAC units.

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Hydrogen Engine Energy Battery 279

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APRIL 20, 2015

Industry-wide cost estimates for battery packs for electric vehicles have declined by approximately 14% annually between 2007 and 2014, from above US$1,000 per kWh to around US$410/kWh, according to a systematic review of more than 80 different estimates by a team from the Stockholm Environment Institute. Source: Nykvist and Nilsson (2015).

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Li-ion Economy Battery Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

Aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries (ARLBs), which use aqueous electrolytes and lithium intercalation compounds as electrode(s) based on redox reactions, were invented in 1994 and have attracted wide attentions since 2007 as a promising system because of their low capital investment, high reliability and good safety.

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Li-ion Low Cost Recharge Ni-Li 281

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JULY 20, 2013

The report “ Paving the way to electrified road transport – Publicly funded research, development, and demonstration projects on electric and plug-in cars in Europe ”, lists more than 320 projects covering the period 2007-2015.

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Energy Storage Energy Vehicles Li-ion 210

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MAY 5, 2010

Ab initio materials, design, performance, and manufacturing can initially be handled with petascale (1 x 10 15 op/s) computation, Weigand suggests. Weigand is looking for a “500-mile battery” such as a Li-O 2 (Lithium air) thin film nano-technology system and for 50% efficient photovoltaic cells.

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Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation 273