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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. Goodenough [left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Akira Yoshino [middle] and M.

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Unleashed Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo takes track record at Spa-Francorchamps

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On top came developments that were prepared for the 2018 WEC but never raced after the end of 2017 withdrawal. The combustion engine drives the rear axle while the electro motor boosts the front axle to accelerate the car with four-wheel drive. The record lap at Spa was the first appearance on the 919 Tribute Tour.

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

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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. Power is fed from the battery pack to a bespoke in-line axial arrangement of two high-power density e-motors.

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