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Li-ion battery maker Leyden Energy raises $10M in Series C financing; targeting stop-start

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JANUARY 24, 2013

a developer and manufacturer of advanced batteries, has raised $10 million in Series C financing from existing investors, including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and Walden International. The company closed a $20-million Series B round in August 2011. Leyden Energy, Inc.,

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Li-ion Financing Energy Battery

Pike Research forecasts annual sales of electric bicycles to surpass 47M units by 2018; Li-ion battery share to climb to 12%

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MARCH 27, 2012

E-bicycle sales volumes are being driven by macroeconomic trends such as the growth of urbanization and the increasing need for low-cost transportation in developing markets. In 2011, China consumed approximately 41% of the world’s lead. Many of these are expected to reopen quickly, Pike notes.)

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Li-ion 2018 Sale North America

USABC awards $5.48M Li-ion PHEV battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls

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APRIL 10, 2012

million lithium-ion battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls Inc. USABC awarded the contract to continue Johnson Controls’ development of lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications to meet USABC goals for low-cost, long-life, high-power and high energy vehicle systems.

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Li-ion PHEV Lithium Ion Milwaukee

Envia Systems announcement may herald the first wave of DOE-supported commercial high energy density Li-ion cells with Si-C anodes

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MARCH 6, 2012

As an example, the military’s BB-2590 Li-ion battery used in a range of portable systems calls for a cycle life of ≥224 and ≥ 3 years.). LIB capacity is limited in part by the intercalation of Li ions by the anode material—i.e., high capacity, increased safety and low cost. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Commercial Energy

ANSYS Fluent now includes Li-ion battery models; ANSYS, GM, NREL, ESim CAEBAT project

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JUNE 5, 2014

ANSYS Fluent software—a leading, fully featured fluid dynamics solution for modeling flow and other related physical phenomena—now includes as standard Li-ion battery models, due to the efforts of ANSYS, GM, the Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim.

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Li-ion GM Batteries Battery

24M emerges from stealth mode with new semi-solid Li-ion cell; <$100/kWh by 2020

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JUNE 22, 2015

Stealth-mode battery start-up 24M has introduced its new semi-solid lithium-ion cell. Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh).

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Li-ion Lithium Ion 2020 Battery

Johnson Controls to supply Li-ion pack for XL Hybrids aftermarket system; Class 1 to 3 commercial vehicle hybrid electric powertrain

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AUGUST 20, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), signed a one-year supply agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. kWh Li-ion packs for use in XL’s aftermarket hybrid conversion system. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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Li-ion Hybrid Supplies Commercial

CD-adapco completes CAEBAT project for Li-ion battery simulation tools; combined flow, thermal and electrochemical

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AUGUST 4, 2014

CD-adapco announced the successful completion of a project to develop advanced Li-ion battery stimulation tools to enable faster design and development of advanced electric drive vehicle power systems. Earlier post.). —Ahmad Pesaran, Energy Storage Group Manager in NREL’s Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Battery Batteries

New conductive polymer addresses volumetric change issue with silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries; high-capacity and longer cycle life reported

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

A team of scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed new polyfluorene-based conductive polymers that address the long-standing issue of volumetric change in high-capacity silicon (Si) anodes for Li-ion batteries. to determine their key electronic properties.

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Polymer Li-ion Lithium Ion Battery

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

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MAY 15, 2015

E-bike powered by Faradion prototype Na-ion battery pack. For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Sodium Concept Li-ion Lithium Ion

New Lithium rechargeable semi-solid flow cell offers energy densities an order of magnitude greater than previous flow batteries; possible applications in transportation and grid-scale storage

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MAY 26, 2011

Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions. Even the highest energy density lithium ion cells currently available, e.g., 2.8–2.9 However, they currently use low energy density chemistries limited by electrolysis to ≈1.5 Source: Duduta et al. –2.9

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Li-ion Recharge Grid Lithium Ion

PARC, ORNL and Ford collaborate on high-energy, high-power battery production for EVs using CoEx printing

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APRIL 28, 2016

PARC, a Xerox company, is collaborating with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Ford Motor Company in a DOE-funded project that will use PARC’s novel CoEx printing technology ( earlier post ) to fabricate thick, higher energy and higher power battery electrodes with the end goal of enabling longer range and low cost electric vehicles.

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Energy Li-ion Ford Power

Japanese start-up seeks to commercialize dual-carbon battery technology; anion intercalation

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MAY 14, 2014

Power Japan Plus says that its battery currently offers energy density comparable to a lithium-ion battery, but with a much more rapid rate of charge and the ability for full discharge over a much longer functional lifetime with improved safety and cradle-to-cradle sustainability. Negative electrode: Li + + nC+e ? ⇄ LiC n.

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Carbon Commercial Battery Batteries

Pike Research forecasts global hybrid medium- and heavy-duty truck sales to surpass 100,000 vehicles annually by 2017; about 2.1% of total MD/HD sales

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

MD/HD HEV Truck Sales as percentage of ICE trucks, World Markets: 2011 and, 2017. million vehicles in 2011 and is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1% between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% However, Hurst adds that the primary challenge facing the hybrid truck market remains the cost of the system.

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2017 Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion Sale

A123 Systems reports Q3 revenue and shipments up, along with losses; gross margin improving

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems reported. During the third quarter of 2011, transportation sector revenue was $34.5 million in the second quarter of 2011. million in the second quarter of 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, transportation revenue was $71.2 Click to enlarge.

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3M invests in Nanoscale Components to leverage its pre-lithiation process for 3M silicon anodes

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

3M has made an investment in Nanoscale Components, a company that has developed a novel, low-cost pre-lithiation process. 3M says its investment will expand the adoption of 3M’s unique silicon alloy anode for lithium-ion batteries. In a 2011 paper in the journal ACS Nano ( earlier post ) Stanford researchers led by Prof.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion 2014 Batteries

Gordon Murray T.27 unveiled; Zytek provides more details on 25 kW EV powertrain

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JUNE 29, 2011

The car will make its public road debut at the RAC Future Car Challenge on 5 November 2011. The partners say the electric car sets new standards in weight, footprint, small car dynamics, safety, packaging and efficiency whilst addressing full lifecycle CO 2 emissions, congestion, parking and low-cost motoring. Specs for the T.27.

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Zytek Li-ion Low Cost Design

Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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JUNE 25, 2012

Compared to Li-ion batteries: PbC batteries are more affordable [3x] than lithium-ion or supercapacitors; PbC batteries have recycling value at end-of-life [$35/lbs], while Lithium-ion batteries have recycling cost at end-of-life [~$75/lbs]. In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5 start-stop) vehicles.

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Lead Acid Hybrid Battery Batteries

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Li-ion battery maker Leyden Energy raises $10M in Series C financing; targeting stop-start

Pike Research forecasts annual sales of electric bicycles to surpass 47M units by 2018; Li-ion battery share to climb to 12%

USABC awards $5.48M Li-ion PHEV battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls

Envia Systems announcement may herald the first wave of DOE-supported commercial high energy density Li-ion cells with Si-C anodes

ANSYS Fluent now includes Li-ion battery models; ANSYS, GM, NREL, ESim CAEBAT project

24M emerges from stealth mode with new semi-solid Li-ion cell; <$100/kWh by 2020

Johnson Controls to supply Li-ion pack for XL Hybrids aftermarket system; Class 1 to 3 commercial vehicle hybrid electric powertrain

CD-adapco completes CAEBAT project for Li-ion battery simulation tools; combined flow, thermal and electrochemical

New conductive polymer addresses volumetric change issue with silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries; high-capacity and longer cycle life reported

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

New Lithium rechargeable semi-solid flow cell offers energy densities an order of magnitude greater than previous flow batteries; possible applications in transportation and grid-scale storage

PARC, ORNL and Ford collaborate on high-energy, high-power battery production for EVs using CoEx printing

Japanese start-up seeks to commercialize dual-carbon battery technology; anion intercalation

Pike Research forecasts global hybrid medium- and heavy-duty truck sales to surpass 100,000 vehicles annually by 2017; about 2.1% of total MD/HD sales

A123 Systems reports Q3 revenue and shipments up, along with losses; gross margin improving

3M invests in Nanoscale Components to leverage its pre-lithiation process for 3M silicon anodes

Gordon Murray T.27 unveiled; Zytek provides more details on 25 kW EV powertrain

Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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