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Volkswagen commissions fast-charging park with 570 kWh of second-life MEB cell modules

Green Car Congress

At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh. This means that up to eight vehicles can charge at the same time.

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Empa, UNIGE team develop prototype solid-state sodium battery; focus on improving the solid-solid interface

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L Duchêne, RS Kühnel, E Stilp, E Cuervo-Reyes, A Remhof, H Hagemann, C Battaglia (2017) “A stable 3 V all-solid-state sodium-ion battery based on a closo-borate electrolyte,” Energy & Environmental Science doi: 10.1039/C7EE02420G. Room temperature cycling was not possible because of dendrite formation. Duchêne et al. Resources.

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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Following a 2017 report that identified potential products that could be made from Alberta oil sands bitumen, this new study identifies the top potential uses to help Alberta diversify its economy outside of conventional fuels and chemical feedstocks. Vanadium flow batteries for electricity storage. fly ash and coke).

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SAE technical experts: fuel cell technology has advanced significantly, FC vehicle production has begun, further cost reductions & infrastructure development required

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Intelligent Energy also highlighted their fuel cell range extender project with multiple collaborators which is planned to have demonstration units by 2017 targeting 2018 for the first level of production. Questions were raised at the panel related to driving range and storage for electric and fuel cell vehicles.

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Mad Power thoughts

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Yet whenever we troublemakers raised this issue, we were told not to worry – it would resolve itself, they said, either because wind is usually blowing somewhere, or through the development of electricity storage in giant battery farms. This was plain wrong.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

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This is 2 to 3 times lower than the 150-200kg of CO2eq estimate measured by the same researchers in 2017. This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs. When EV batteries degrade enough to be unsuitable for cars (about 70% capacity remaining), they are re-used for electricity storage.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

This is 2 to 3 times lower than the 150-200kg of CO2eq estimate measured by the same researchers in 2017. This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs. When EV batteries degrade enough to be unsuitable for cars (about 70% capacity remaining), they are re-used for electricity storage.

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