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Hybrid DLC-Battery Energy Storage System for Streetcars

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Siemens earlier this year launched a new hybrid energy storage system for streetcars that combines a double-layer capacitor (DLC) and NiMH battery pack. Streetcars equipped with the Sitras HES hybrid energy storage system can be driven up to 2,500 meters (1.6 miles) without an overheadcontactt line (OCL).

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Year-long testing of Leclanché 60 Ah G/NMC cells shows high energy density, high cycle life

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Leclanché SA reported that year-long testing of its 60 Ah G/NMC battery cells has shown them to be both high energy density and high cycle life—critical characteristics for a wide range of automotive and e-transportation energy storage solutions. Stable cells cycled between 3.00 - 4.35

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Toshiba making SCiB battery business an independent unit; higher energy density batteries with titanium niobium oxide anodes for EVs

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Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. Its versatility has found broad application in hybrid electric vehicles, automated guided vehicles and energy storage systems for rolling stock.

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IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage

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Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network. not rechargeable. Takeshi Ogasawara et al.

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

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Ultimately, they expect that this material could be used in hybrid and electric vehicles to make them lighter, more compact and more energy efficient, enabling drivers to travel for longer distances before needing to recharge their cars. Xu (2008) Multifunctional Structural Composite Batteries for US Army Applications (ASC 2008).

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Peugeot showcasing 208 Hybrid Air 2L Demonstrator at Paris show

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Peugeot’s Hybrid Air ( earlier post ) is a full-hybrid solution combining compressed air and hydraulic power, with no battery required for energy storage. At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot showed an application of the Hybrid Air powertrain in a 2008 crossover. Both methods can achieve maximum pressure in just 10 seconds.

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International Battery and Hydro-Québec to collaborate on water-based manufacturing processes for Li-ion batteries

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International Battery, a US manufacturer, designer and developer of large-format Lithium-ion rechargeable cells, batteries and energy storage systems (ESS), has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Hydro-Québec with the purpose to further develop water-based manufacturing processes of Lithium-ion batteries.

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