Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. Global sales top US $45 billion a year, on their way to more than $100 billion in the coming decade. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery? It’s used in billions of laptops, cellphones, power tools, and cars. at Oxford.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable Volvo models continued its strong momentum in July, accounting for 25.5% In Europe, more than 43% of all cars sold in July was from the Recharge line-up. Overall, Volvo Cars reported global sales of 56,883 cars in July, down 8.7% of all cars sold in the month.

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JUNE 20, 2023

With the second-battery generation, the driving range was extended without increasing the weight, opening the way for the successful eCitaro G articulated bus, which was launched onto the market in mid-2020. It made its world premiere at the beginning of June at the Global Public Transport Summit 2023 in Barcelona.

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OCTOBER 2, 2011

Escalating investment in geothermal power could result in a 134% increase in global geothermal capacity between 2010 and 2020, from 10.7 GW by 2020. Currently, the United States is the global geothermal leader with 3.1 GW in 2020. GW by 2020. gigawatts (GW) to 25.1 The current installed capacity of 10.7

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AUGUST 27, 2013

IHS Automotive forecasts that the cumulative number of fast-charging stations installed worldwide will expand by a factor of more than 100 times from 2012 to 2020. Total fast-charging stations for EVs are set to reach 199,000 locations globally in 2020, up from just 1,800 in 2012. kW on-board charger.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Clarke, chairman, president and CEO of Navistar, said that the company was targeting the Class 6/7 vehicle as ideal for electric powertrain solutions in the near term, given the abundance of packaging space in the vehicles; that these vehicles typically run short distances; and that they can return to base to recharge at the end of the day.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

ABI Research projects that the battery module market for hybrid and electric vehicles will grow from about $5 billion in 2010 to $47 billion in 2020, representing a CAGR of 25% over 10 years. The recharging infrastructure is also developing rapidly in urban areas, which are being targeted as prime regions for electric vehicle adoption.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge. Volvo’s first EV.

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JULY 13, 2010

billion) in the next 10 years to become the world’s dominant producer of rechargeable batteries. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Ministry of Educational Science and Technology said the new “Battery 2020 Project” aims to pool resources from both the state and private sector to gain control of the rapidly expanding industrial sector.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020. —“CARS 2020”.

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APRIL 6, 2022

The new funding will help scale the business to a global commercial and production footprint, maximizing its sustainability impact. 20 Formula E race car, the technologies were also used for parts of the 2020 BMW M4 DTM bodywork and include the recently announced BMW M4 GT customer racing exterior and interior. Starting with the iFE.20

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JULY 14, 2023

The FLXdrive locomotive’s energy management system recharges the batteries along the route as the train brakes. In the downhill sections, we will be able to recharge the batteries, without having to stop the train’s operation. The two companies will carry out the study in a laboratory over the next two years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

The Nikkei reports that Sanyo Electric plans to launch mass production of lithium ion batteries for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles by fiscal 2012 as part of a ¥200-billion investment (US$2.126 billion) over the next three years in rechargeable batteries and solar cells.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

Global Tier 1 supplier Rheinmetall Automotive—formerly KSPG and Kolbenschmidt Pierburg— expects electrification to account for more than half of its sales in 2020. As early as 2020, electrification will account for over one-half of our sales. Sales amounted to around €2.6 billion (US$2.8 —Horst Binnig.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The presentation of results was made by Dr. Petronela Gotcu, manager R&D Cells and Dr. Hilmi Buqa, vice president R&D Cells, Leclanché, at the International Battery Production Conference 2020 Braunschweig, Germany, held online this year from November 2 - 3. Leclanché is one of the global leaders in applying the WBB technology.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Serial production is scheduled to start in 2020 with the e-Delivery being the first in VWCO’s electric portfolio. And this involves, for example, analyzing and installing recharging terminals in customers’ garages anywhere in Brazil. All are part of the e-Consortium in VWCO’s development and production complex in Resende (RJ).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Volkswagen Group of America announced it will introduce a new battery-electric compact SUV in the US in 2020. Volkswagen’s goal is to build 15 different VW EVs globally by 2025. vehicles will be designed to speed recharging time over today’s models, and the CROZZ recovers 80% of its charge in 30 minutes via a 150 kWh DC charger.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In 2019, rechargeable batteries accounted for 54% of total lithium demand, almost entirely from Li-ion battery technologies.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Extra costs per average trailer or semitrailer are €2,500-5250 /vehicle compared to a 2020 baseline. Emissions in the HDV sector have been increasing year-on-year since 2014 with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This would need additional investments from manufacturers estimated at around €4.9 Background.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The supply agreement takes effect in 2020 and covers a total volume of 125,000 metric tonnes to be delivered over several years. Umicore says it will be the first company to supply cathode materials to its global customers with identical quality and performance from its different production plants across regions.

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APRIL 3, 2021

Hercules Electric Vehicles—a Detroit-based startup—is opening a $20-million Series A investment round managed by CMD Global Partners, a boutique investment bank. In September 2020, Hercules announced an exclusive agreement with Toronto-based Worksport Ltd.,

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JANUARY 12, 2020

At CES 2020, Kenworth displayed a Kenworth K270E battery-electric vehicle—the initial result of the collaboration. A Global Navigation Satellite System with an Inertial Measurement Unit combined with LiDAR Point Cloud on a high-definition map provides centimeter accuracy localization.

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JULY 9, 2012

The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. The next 10 years will usher in the transformation of the global automotive industry and offer important strategic opportunities.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The powertrain system features an advanced battery liquid cooling system, an innovative motor efficiency optimizer, a rechargeable energy storage system mated to a low gear design, and low-rolling resistance tires. The Sail SPRINGO EV costs RMB 4.6 (US$0.74) and 6:00 a.m.). The Sail SPRINGO EV is the first example.

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MAY 8, 2017

Umicore will invest €300 million (US$328 million) between 2017 and 2019 to further increase its production of NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) cathode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. NMC is a preferred cathode material technology for rechargeable batteries used in vehicle electrification and global demand is increasing fast.

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JUNE 22, 2015

By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh). —“Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery”. 24M’s cells are currently undergoing customer trials with large, global integrators of power systems for the grid. Chiang was also a co-founder of A123 Systems; 24M originated as an A123 spinout.

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JULY 31, 2020

A global team of Rio Tinto experts have developed a small-scale test plant at Rio Tinto’s research center in Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia to test the new technology. The company completed the detailed exploration of the jadarite deposit in February 2020.

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MAY 13, 2021

The experiences from operating the industrial pilot will be key input in the work of building the large-scale plant for battery materials at Herøya Industrial Park, the first step in building a leading global advanced battery materials producer. —Chris York, Vice President at Vianode.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The first fully electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle to launch globally under the new EQ brand, the EQC 400 4MATIC will arrive in US dealerships in early 2020, with prices starting from $67,900. The onboard charger makes the most from available external power, with the battery able to recharge from 10% to 80% in just 40 minutes.

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JULY 23, 2018

Burgeoning demands for mobility and private vehicle ownership undermine global efforts to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we develop state-of-the-art representations of consumer preferences in multiple global energy-economy models, specifically focusing on the non-financial preferences of individuals.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2021

In April 2020, China’s Ministry of Finance announced that EV subsidies would be extended until the end of 2022 for new energy passenger vehicles priced below $45,700. In our view, such government support could impair NIO’s global ambitions in the long term,” Korus wrote in Ark’s weekly newsletter.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Umicore, a global materials technology group, is a pioneer in the recycling of rechargeable batteries; its battery recycling plant in Hoboken, Belgium, has an annual capacity of 7,000 tons of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and battery production scrap, the equivalent of 35,000 electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

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APRIL 21, 2015

In collaboration with Toshiba, the technology used in the 12-volt Lithium-ion battery is effective at quickly recharging, works well in a wide range of temperatures and can be easily integrated into a vehicle’s 12-volt electrical system. liters per 100 km in 2015—a 27% improvement. liters per 100 km in 2015—a 27% improvement.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The EIC Horizon Prizes are part of the first phase of the European Innovation Council under Horizon 2020, the EU’s Research and Innovation Framework Programme. The deadline to apply to the EIC Horizon Prize on Innovative batteries for eVehicles is 17 December 2020. This prize will boost the use of electric vehicles. Earlier post.)

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JULY 5, 2011

million units per year by 2020, according to the report. million in 2015 and 7 million in 2020. By 2020, global sales should achieve at least 5 million EVs and PHEVs (combined) per year. The more aggressive BLUE Map scenario suggests 7 million in 2020. Develop and implement recharging infrastructure.

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