Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2015

As renewable-energy use becomes more widespread, energy storage could become a major business. Using stationary battery packs to store energy increases the effectiveness of wind and solar. Tesla Motors hopes to exploit this potential market with packs that use the same lithium-ion cells as its electric cars.

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Affordable Lithium Ion Energy Storage Batteries 60

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network.

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Lithium Air Energy Storage Li-ion San Jose 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

BYD also developed the motors and software for the system. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in Plug-in hybrids make little sense in a car with current battery technology," he said. GM Press Release ).

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