Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. The carbon fiber acts as a host for the lithium and thus stores the energy. 1 , an elastic modulus of 25?GPa,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In Los Angeles, Ford unveiled the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 kWh battery) options with either rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive powered by permanent magnet motors. Top: Standard range battery with AWD. Bottom: Extended range battery with AWD.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

The International Tin Association (ITA) released a new report detailing its latest research on potential new market opportunities for tin in lithium-ion batteries. For the same reason, it can adapt well to meet emerging needs for new materials that can generate, store and deliver tomorrow’s energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Scientists at Stanford and SLAC redesigned current collectors to make lithium-ion batteries lighter, safer and more efficient. This is especially important when batteries are charged super-fast, creating more of the types of battery damage that can lead to fires.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

Scientists have made a major advance in harnessing machine learning to accelerate the design for better batteries. He said the results overturn long-held assumptions about how lithium-ion batteries charge and discharge and give researchers a new set of rules for engineering longer-lasting batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 15 winners of Phase 1 of the Battery Recycling Prize, a prize that aims to reclaim and recycle critical materials (e.g., cobalt and lithium) from lithium-based battery technology. Only five percent of spent lithium-ion batteries in the United States are recycled.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 16, 2023

The Berkeley Lab has created a conductive polymer coating known as HOS-PFM that could be used for coating lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). This could increase the range and life of EV batteries. Now we know the recent developments in the coating of EV batteries, let us look into the basics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Volvo Trucks North America’s customers and carrier partners, Watsontown Trucking Company and Camrett Logistics, have placed orders for their first Volvo VNR Electric trucks. The Volvo VNR Electric model entered serial production at NRV earlier this year. The Volvo VNR Electric model entered serial production at NRV earlier this year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

For batteries to fit into narrow and crooked spaces and to store more energy for e.g. electric mobility, flexibly adaptable cells are required. So far, however, lithium-ion battery cells have been produced in standardized formats and rigid systems. —President of KIT, Professor Holger Hanselka.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

One month ago, Volkswagen introduced the first new model in its electric mobility campaign, the new e-Crafter, with pre-sales of the electric van beginning this month. The electric campaign is now gaining momentum at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles show. Family and the modular electric drive kit (MEB). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. —Dong et al. Dong et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2019

Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages. Normally, a solid-state battery’s ability to store energy is halted when the resistive cathode?electrolyte

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

The next step involves fitting all the other components to produce a complete fuel cell system. Finally, all the different components are fitted together in the assembly area to produce the complete system. In coasting overrun and braking phases, the motor also serves as a generator, feeding energy back into a power battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2019

Because of their high energy-storage density, materials such as metal oxides, sulfides, and fluorides are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and other technologies. However, their capacity fades very rapidly. Magnetite, among other conversion-type electrode materials (i.e.,

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Automotive dealerships must prioritize upgrading their electric infrastructure to support the anticipated increase in electric vehicle (EV) sales, projected to reach 2.5 Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

liter V12 mid-mounted engine is complemented by three electric motors, one of which is integrated into the new double-clutch eight-speed gearbox. In what has been the transmission tunnel since the days of the Countach, there is a lithium-ion battery instead, which powers the electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2020

Mercedes-Benz reports that it already has definitive orders for more than 60 fully-electric eCitaro G articulated buses, with first deliveries slated for later this year. Shortly after its market launch, the new articulated bus will be available with new battery technologies. Chemically speaking these are lithium-polymer batteries.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It’s a battery with no runny stuff inside. This tech will lead to better EV batteries, for reasons we’ll get to in a moment. Solid-state batteries being developed for automotive applications use lithium-based chemistries, just like the batteries in EVs you can buy today. So what’s an electrolyte?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2020

Fisker is pricing its new Ocean electric SUV with an MSRP of US $37,499. Reservations are now open through the Fisker mobile app on the App Store and Google Play store, or the Fisker website and are set at US$250. 80 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. 80 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Lightning Systems, a global developer of efficiency and emissions improvement solutions for fleets, announced that it is on schedule for March deliveries of its new battery-electric LightningElectric conversion system for Ford Transit. Earlier post.) —Tim Reeser, CEO for Lightning Systems.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Battery cells are assembled into standardized battery modules in production. The products utilize the latest lithium-ion technology and are characterized by their high energy and power density as well as their long service life even under high loads.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Equipped with the drive system components of the latest Volkswagen electric vehicles, the concept vehicle is based on a T1 Samba Bus produced in 1966 and comprehensively restored. The combination of the high-end classic and high-tech electric vehicle will be available to buy for real. As in the new ID.3

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2022

Dodge unveiled the all-new 2023 Dodge Hornet compact SUV in R/T and GT trims with a lineup of multi-energy powertrains. The Hornet R/T offers more than 30 miles of all-electric range. An electric induction motor powers the rear axle; the 90-kW electric motor can deliver 184 lb-ft (250 N·m) of torque from 0 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2021

All benefits should be detailed in the application and quantified, if possible. Improving the systems and processes for how energy is stored, converted, and used, including manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries to support electric vehicles. Topic Area 3: Energy Systems.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2022

Recent reports have emerged suggesting that Tesla has signed long-term battery materials supply deals with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. The reports come amidst the efforts of veteran automakers like Ford and General Motors to acquire as much battery materials as possible. revealed the battery materials suppliers’ deal with Tesla.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links. When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. Here’s a brief overview.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2018

This autumn, AKASOL will begin serial production of the first-generation battery system AKASYSTEM OEM for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric bus. AKASOL is also starting to develop second-generation lithium-ion battery systems in close cooperation with Daimler Buses. —AKASOL CEO Sven Schulz.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India. Before we jump into the list of top EV battery manufacturers in India, let us discuss some things about electric vehicles batteries. Firstly the batteries are one of the important components of electric vehicles in India. million metric turns.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2017

Other notable updates to the 2018 Buick LaCrosse include expanded availability of AWD and an all-new nine-speed automatic transmission for V-6 models that will provide customers with a smooth and refined shifting experience. It also acts as an electric generator providing the energy stored in the lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After all, it is one of the most efficient ways of storing and transporting renewable energies. The next step involves fitting all the other components to produce a complete fuel cell system. Finally, all the different components are fitted together in the assembly area to produce the complete system.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and grid energy storage all rely on efficient and affordable energy storage solutions, primarily lithium-ion batteries. But the price of these batteries had been a major roadblock to electric vehicle adoption.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. The metal then shrinks again during discharge, as the battery is used.

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

From how much they cost and weigh to the amount of power they store and how long they take to charge, electric vehicle (EV) batteries have a significant impact on EVs themselves, the EV industry as a whole, and ultimately EV buyers. All three components offer opportunities for improvement.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2014

Woven carbon fiber can act as an electrode for lithium ion batteries. Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. In this €3.4-million

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As electric cars and other electric vehicles (EVs) become more popular, many consumers hoping to make the switch want to know: How long does an EV battery last? A lithium-ion battery’s high energy density means it produces more power for its size, making it ideal for an electric car.

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Electra Vehicles

JUNE 7, 2023

With the rise in production of lithium-ion batteries, , projected to soar over the next decade from about 700 GWh in 2022 to around 4.7 TWh by 2030, batteries are poised to play an even larger part of our lives. But what will happen when these batteries reach the end of their usable life?

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