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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991. Sony produced its first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991 using Goodenough’s and Mizushima’s cobalt oxide cathode. Stanley Whittingham.

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Lotus unveils $2M electric hypercar Evija (Type 130); 2,000 PS, 1,700 Nm

Green Car Congress

It’s a figure set in tribute to the car’s project code, Type 130. WAE won a 2018 Queen’s Award for Enterprise for translating its EV expertise from the race track to road-going vehicles. It is also the first completely new car to be launched under the stewardship of Geely. The total weight of the monocoque tub is a mere 129 kg.

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