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Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. The lithium industry is therefore becoming more reliant on rechargeable batteries to sustain high rates of future demand growth, Roskill concludes. Source: Roskill. Click to enlarge.

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POSCO, for its part, is busy expanding into business areas from steel to non-steel, from manufacturing to service, and from traditional roots to the future. The first pilot program began in 2013, and in February of 2017, POSCO became the world’s first corporation to commercialize chemically-based lithium extraction technology.

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JUNE 18, 2013

At the company’s 61 st Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg, Germany, Bosch senior executives outlined the company’s view on the general future of automotive technology—“ efficient and increasingly electrical ”, and provided a thumbnail of the way they see—and thus are developing products for—sector-specific technology trends.

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Rio Tinto’s lithium project pipeline is an important part of our vision to pursue opportunities which are part of the transition to a low-carbon future. In March 2017, Rio Tinto upgraded the Jadar mineral resources in accordance with international standards—JORC—to 136 million tonnes.

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The thin rechargeable battery in the underbody has a useable capacity of approximately 80 kWh and enables an approximate range of more than 250 miles. At the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz demonstrated how the EQ strategy can be translated to the compact class with the introduction of the Concept EQA.

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As well as showcasing the new Soul EV (earlier post) and refreshed Optima Hybrid at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, Kia will display a standalone exhibit of a new 48V mild hybrid technology, developed by the brand’s European R&D center for use in future Kia models. Earlier post.)

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The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. It also reviews policies and implications that could affect future market growth. million unit uptick in 5 years. ZEV sales increased 29.1%

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Romeo Power’s EV and consumer lines will launch in early 2017; the company also plans an industrial line. Before co-founding Romeo Power, Harris was Chief Battery Architect for Faraday Future, where he designed battery strings for the company’s variable platform architecture.

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Enel, as coordinator, and Austria’s main utility Verbund are collaborating on a fast-recharging network project in Italy and Austria, alongside some of the world’s largest EV carmakers including Renault, Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen Group Italia (represented by Volkswagen and Audi). EVA+ will be officially launched in Brussels in January 2017.

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Although, in principle, a PHEV could also recharge during long-distance trips, the small relectric range would require many breaks for recharging and users might prefer to refuel their fuel tank instead. Learning effects in battery production together with an improved electricity mix might even decrease this disadvantage in the future.

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of new car registrations in the first half of 2017, according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Automakers are cautioning that this shift to gasoline engines—with their higher CO 2 values—will pose additional challenges to meeting future CO 2 reduction targets.

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Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )). Aprotic electrolyte Li?O

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MARCH 7, 2024

Predicting the future of new technologies (or of anything) is a chancy business, to say the least. Back in 2017, he gave a presentation on the future of trucking, in which he discussed electrification, vehicle autonomy and other technologies that seemed at the time like ideas from the pages of Asimov, Clarke or Bradbury. “On-site,

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Narayan and Moy (2017). We can now focus our efforts on improving other parts of lithium-sulfur battery discharge and recharge that hurt the overall life cycle of the battery. Narayanan (2017) “Mixed Conduction Membranes Suppress the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries” J. C = Charge, D = Discharge. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion battery maker LG Chem will supply the 16-kWh Li-ion battery pack system and controls for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan. The battery pack—packaged under the second row floor in a new battery case—may be fully recharged in as little as two hours using a 240-volt plug-in system. Earlier post.)

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BEVs that are engineered to accept this full power of the charge stations will recharge brand-independently in a fraction of the time of today’s BEVs. The build-up is planned to start in 2017, with an initial target of about 400 sites in Europe. By 2020 the customers should have access to thousands of high-powered charging points.

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The New Tucson also offers a major design update and wider range of advanced technology and convenience features to continue the model’s success story across the region, having been the best-selling Hyundai in Europe in 2016 and 2017. During in-gear deceleration and braking, energy is recuperated to recharge the battery.

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The results suggest that a smaller, lighter rechargeable battery could be made with the new anode in the future. Since the 1990s, the primary anode for mass-produced rechargeable lithium-ion batteries has been a graphite powder coated on a copper foil. The research was published in the journal ACS Energy Letters. Earlier post.).

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They modeled two different future scenarios for alternative-fuel vehicle policy worldwide to 2050. AFV Push’ imagines a future where policy and social nudges lead consumers to be less risk averse, allowing low carbon vehicles and their requisite refueling and recharging infrastructure become the norm. ‘No

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Speaking at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, Honda Motor Europe’s President and COO, Katsushi Inoue outlined Honda’s commitment to an electric future in Europe, with a specific aim to have electrified powertrains in two-thirds of Honda cars sold in Europe by 2025.

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Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes. According to CCM, China’s Li-ion battery separator industry will experience shift in the near future, preferring wet process separators for production instead of dry process separators.

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MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. SEUL is a two-year project that commenced in April 2017.

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Given electric vehicles (EVs) projected penetration into the market, their batteries have the potential to provide significant energy storage for the electric power grid in the future by allowing the grid to give and take energy from the batteries when needed. Most battery-related work published so far focuses on modeling. 2017.05.015.

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Bus operator Sales-Lentz will use the charger to recharge electric hybrid buses from Volvo. This ensures the appropriate safety systems are in place, the electrical design is in accordance with regulations, and the systems architecture and working principles are supported by the wider automotive community in the future.

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At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) outlined the industry’s proposal for a pathway to future CO 2 reductions: a 20% CO 2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021. The latest ACEA data show that in the first half of 2017, electrically-chargeable vehicles made up 1.2%

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MARCH 21, 2017

Rechargeable non-aqueous metal–O 2 (air) batteries have attracted immense interest because of their high theoretical specific energy and potentially better sustainability and cost in comparison to current lithium-ion batteries. Practical realization, however, still faces many challenges. V versus Li/Li +. Borisov & Stefan A. 2017.36.

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It has been majority-owned by Geely Holding since 2017. Today, we can envision a future of even more advanced charging and battery swap technologies as NIO and Lotus shared intentions to work together in order to push the industry forward. Like NIO, Wuhan Lotus Technology Co.,

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has successfully developed a high-voltage cathode material for lithium iron phosphate rechargeable batteries. Currently, lithium-ion batteries are widely used as high-performance rechargeable batteries. The electrode can also be used as a low-cost cathode material in safe, solid-state rechargeable batteries.

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The Future of Hydrogen Vehicles. The future of hydrogen cars is more promising in other vehicles. For example, a long-haul electric truck needs a long time to recharge —up to six hours. First Drive: 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. Factors like regulation, investments and research and development will come into play.

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With the strategic investment in the Berlin-based company, Europe’s largest car maker will push ahead with the digital interconnection of charging stations for electric vehicles starting in early 2017 as well as the expansion and internationalization of Hubject GmbH together with the founding shareholders.

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For example, manufacturers can decide to specially prepare the vehicle’s tires for testing or to fully recharge the vehicle’s battery before testing—measures that are not forbidden by regulation, but at the same time are not representative of real-world driving. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge. for selected brands in 2001 and 2015.

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At the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, Audi is presenting the Audi Q8 sport concept, a new performance-oriented take on the Q8 concept study introduced at the 2017 Detroit Motor Show. In the future, this combination will be used in many Audi models. Equipped with a 3.0 Controls and displays. In “auto” display mode, the 12.3-inch

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CROZZ concept vehicle ( earlier post ), which is making its North American debut at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. The modular electric platform (MEB) the three vehicles share will underpin all future Volkswagen-branded EVs. It is the key to our future. The new SUV will be based on the I.D. —Christian Senger.

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With the electrically powered smart vision EQ fortwo, smart is presenting a concept vehicle from the relatively recent product and technology brand EQ at the 2017 Frankfurt International Motor Show. Electric: The smart vision EQ fortwo features a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 30 kWh.

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With its fast charging capability, at a charging output of 100 kW it is possible to recharge the ID.3 All future ID. It has been externally provided with renewable energy generated by hydroelectric power stations since 2017. The battery can be recharged with a maximum charging output of 7.2 3 at the Zwickau plant.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Series-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles equipped with diesel engines are already available in the market or planned for the future (e.g., On short distance rides, which are the majority of all driven kilometers (about 80% below 50 km) the combustion engine is not necessary, because of frequent battery recharging. Resources.

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The researchers suggest that a comprehensive understanding of this healing process could further guide the design of novel healing agents toward high-performance rechargeable batteries. In a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , the researchers report that the SMiP cathode attained an optimized capacity (∼3.7 mg (S) cm −2.

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