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New Airbus lab in Shenzhen to push battery technology for electric aerial vehicles; collaboration with BYD

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Opened in August 2019, the lab will not only tap into the rich ecosystem of Shenzhen—China’s tech hub but also into the ecosystem across China and Asia to test batteries for a range of applications, from electric propulsion to electrical systems. —Mustang Guo, ACIC Project Manager.

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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

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In addition to trolleybuses, under the contract, the company will also provide batteries that will allow the modernization of 21 other vehicles, by replacing nickel-cadmium batteries with lithium-ion ones, together with appropriate power electronics. Trolleybuses in Gdynia have become a recognizable quality brand for green transport.

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Tesla files patent to recover and recycle nickel and cobalt in old batteries

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Nickel and cobalt are two materials that would be ideal for this patent: nickel due to its low availability and cobalt due to its environmental effects and commonly immoral mining practices. Costs for both nickel and cobalt have skyrocketed recently. Nickel is up 9.25% in the same time frame, according to Investing.com.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Stanley Whittingham [from left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3 All three, however, shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery?