article thumbnail

Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

Green Car Congress

SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

Batteries 186
article thumbnail

Solazyme and Unilever sign commercial supply agreement for tailored algal oil

Green Car Congress

Supply delivery is planned to begin in early 2014 and Unilever expects to purchase the full volume within twelve to eighteen months. transforms a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value oils and food ingredients via its algae. Customary product validation trials are scheduled to take place in Q4 2013. Solazyme, Inc.

Oil 210
article thumbnail

Navigant forecasts modest global annual sales growth of e-bicycles, reaching 40.3M units in 2023

Green Car Congress

million units in 2014 to 40.3 million sales in 2014 expected to increase to just over 3.3 China Electric (Battery) Forecasts Personal Transit' In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that global annual sales of e-bicycles will grow modestly from 31.7 million units in 2023 under a base scenario—a CAGR of 2.7%.

Global 281
article thumbnail

Toyota licenses its GRAS-Di DNA analysis technology to Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Eurofins Genomics, and GeneBay

Green Car Congress

GRAS-Di addresses limitations posed by conventional technology, enabling significant reductions in cost and man-hours. As a result, cost has been cut by approximately two-thirds and person-hours by approximately nine-tenths of the previous level, according to Toyota.

Toyota 150
article thumbnail

DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

Green Car Congress

The number of MW shipped grew by more than 65% compared to 2014. Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale.

article thumbnail

Renault 5 already has 50K orders on its waitlist

Baua Electric

Built in Northern France, the retro-inspired vehicle is Renault’s first all-new small EV since the famous Zoe hit the scene in 2014. “We Still, Ampere is offering a total of seven models by 2031: the electric Mégane E-Tech, Scenic, R5 and R4, and the new low-cost Twingo , which should cost less than €20,000 ($22,000).

Solar 52
article thumbnail

GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

Cars That Think

She left IBM in 2014. The issue with a money-transfer protocol is that it needs to be fast and low-cost. The app would then suggest the person set aside money. For her development of geeRemit, Inc. magazine included her on its 2020 Top 100 Female Founders list.

Kenya 101