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Sanyo To Build 30B Plant For Automotive Li-Ion Batteries

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The plan is to increase annual production by about 150% to 30 million units (150,000 cars) in fiscal 2009 from 12 million units (60,000 cars) in fiscal 2008. In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced a partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology.

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European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

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The laminated architecture of fibre composites mirrors the configuration of many current electrical storage devices. 2007) Structural Polymer Composites for Energy Storage Devices (International Conference on Advanced Capacitors (ICAC2007)). Shirshova, N., Shaffer, M., Steinke, J.H.G., Greenhalgh, E., and Bismarck, A.

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Study Finds PHEV Li-ion Cells Show Little Capacity Fade Under Combined Driving and V2G Usage; Economic Model Suggests Incentives Will Be Required for Vehicle Owners to Participate in V2G

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To calculate the power vs. time battery duty cycle needed to achieve this velocity/acceleration profile, the vehicle was assumed to have the physical characteristics of a 2008 Toyota Camry. Test current profile used to simulate driving day for cells showing all trips. The battery pack energy capacity was assumed to be 16 kWh. Peterson et al.

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Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

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Volkswagen is involved in a number of newer partnerships related to lithium-ion batteries and electric drive units: In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. Earlier post.).

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AVL Concept Turbohybrid Mild Hybrid System Approaches Full Hybrid Fuel Savings at Lower Cost; Improved Driveability

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In addition, it plans to evaluate electric driving after changing the electrical storage module to a Li-ion battery pack. Robert Fischer, Richard Schneider, Peter Ebner (2008) The Turbohybrid – The Realization First Results (20th International AVL Conference) Fischer et al. The demo Turbohybrid powertrain.

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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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Worldwide,the UC Davis team notes, public funding for RD&D and policies supporting hydrogen is trending upwards (with the notable exception of the United States where federal support has fallen by about 60% from its peak in 2008, although states have moved to support hydrogen).

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JRC study finds 8 metals for low-carbon energy technologies at risk of shortages; EVs, wind and solar, and lighting the applications of most concern

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In the new study, these were re-assessed and considered along with 11 other technologies—including fuel cells, electricity storage, electric vehicles and lighting—treated in the new report, this time evaluated on the expected supplies of the metals and not on the current situation as in the first report.

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