article thumbnail

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. Starting with the XC40 Recharge, its first electric car launched in 2019, Volvo Cars issues an LCA report for each fully electric model.

Recharge 433
article thumbnail

Roskill sees recovery in lithium industry, buoyed by demand from rechargeable battery applications

Green Car Congress

In its new Lithium Outlook to 2030 report, Roskill notes that the prolonged downward trend for lithium compound and mineral concentrate prices has caused a difficult environment for many lithium producers since 2018. In 2019, rechargeable batteries accounted for 54% of total lithium demand, almost entirely from Li-ion battery technologies.

Recharge 334
article thumbnail

RMIT researchers demonstrate working rechargeable proton battery

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Australia’s RMIT University have demonstrated for the first time a working rechargeable “proton battery”. The rechargeable battery is environmentally friendly, and has the potential, with further development, to store more energy than currently-available lithium ion batteries. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

Recharge 150
article thumbnail

GM researchers demonstrate hierarchical electrode architectures for high energy lithium-chalcogen rechargeable batteries

Green Car Congress

S content and 2 mg/cm 2 S mass loading, were recommended for future evaluations. Balogh, Peng Lu, Li Yang, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Mei Cai (2018) “Hierarchical electrode architectures for high energy lithium-chalcogen rechargeable batteries,” Nano Energy , Volume 51, Pages 668-679 doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.07.015. 2018.07.015.

Recharge 259
article thumbnail

Study projects future EVs to have 30-70% lower environmental impacts that current EVs when changes to electricity generation are considered

Green Car Congress

Numerous studies have tackled the future environmental impact of battery-electric vehicles; the resulting assessments are highly uncertain. The second is the impacts of changes to the electricity sector on the environmental burdens of producing and recharging future EVs. Credit: ACS, Cox et al. Click to enlarge.

Future 231
article thumbnail

First DAF CF Electric refuse collection truck delivered to ROVA

Green Car Congress

Since the end of 2018, DAF CF Electric 4x2 tractor vehicles have been in operation for inner city distribution at leading Dutch and German transport companies and supermarket chains. It is in our DNA to take care of the future of our planet and the use of low emission vehicles is part of our sustainability plan. Earlier post.).

Waste 311
article thumbnail

New York to test and evaluate 5 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE electric buses

Green Car Congress

The program will begin January 2018. The MTA will use program results to refine and develop requirements for future electric bus procurements, and to also ensure buses are fully able to meet the rigors of operating in New York City. The program introduces leased zero-emission buses and rapid chargers to the NYCT network.

New York 199