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Porsche Developing Electric Vehicles; 3 Electric Boxsters Slated for Testing

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This field test—also intended to provide further findings on the infrastructure required for electromobility, user behaviour and the demands made of future products—is to start in early 2011. The flywheel power storage system is recharged whenever the driver applies the brakes.

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Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

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Seattle-based Foss Maritime introduced the world’s first hybrid tug, the Carolyn Dorothy in January 2009, proving that a hybrid tug can deliver full power and operational capabilities while significantly reducing fuel and emissions and saving on maintenance costs. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Based in Richmond, B.C.

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CODA Automotive Battery Joint Venture Secures $394M of Committed Capital for Expansion

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The capital will enable the company to rapidly industrialize the all-electric CODA car’s power system for commercial volume production and support its ability to mass manufacture transportation and utility power storage battery systems. To date, CODA has raised in excess of $100 million in capital.

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Toshiba Partnering with Mitsubishi To Develop Li-ion SCiB Battery Systems for EVs

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Toshiba positions the SCiB as a new business with promising long term growth potential—and one that is already showing its versatility, as the SCiB has already been selected for an electric bicycle, an electric motorcycle, and as part of the power storage in a microgrid system.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to Enter Lithium-ion Secondary (Rechargeable) Battery Business

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MHI and Kyushu Electric Power launched joint research and development into large-size batteries for electric power storage in 1988, and successfully developed compact batteries capable of supplying substantial power over long periods.

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Toshiba to Build a Second Li-ion SCiB Production Facility in Japan; Initial Cells and Modules for EVs

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In spring 2011, the plant will start to produce SCiB cells and modules for application in battery-powered electric vehicles (EV). Construction is scheduled to start in April 2010, with a completion date of October 2010. The company aims to achieve net sales of ¥200 billion (US$2.2 billion) from the SCiB business by fiscal year 2015.

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Prototype electric New Flyer transit bus powered by 120 kWh MHI MLiX Li-ion pack in operational testing in Manitoba, Canada

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As the first step of the initiative, the partners have been working since April 2011 to develop and demonstrate a lithium-ion rechargeable battery-powered bus and recharging technology. 2012) Development of Large High-performance Lithium-ion Batteries for Power Storage and Industrial Use. Daisuke Mukai et al.

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