Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

For several months now, 20 teams of Australian high-school students have been designing fuel-cell cars to compete in the country’s inaugural Hydrogen Grand Prix. Welcome to Australia, where a green-hydrogen boom is in full swing. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Rio Tinto approved a $98-million investment in a new solar plant at the new Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. billion Koodaideri mine was approved in November last year with construction commencing earlier this year. square miles).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The balance of FEED is being undertaken by Amec Foster Wheeler Australia (trading as Wood) in Perth, Western Australia in an integrated owners team with EVM. The Lithium Chemicals Plant is designed to process spodumene concentrate containing 6% lithium oxide (SC6) imported from upstream spodumene concentrators in Western Australia.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

OCTOPUS will take this leading-edge motor, power electronics and packaging transmission design, adding next generation materials, manufacturing processes, simulation and test cycles to deliver a full e-axle powertrain with unique levels of integration and revolutionary performance characteristics suitable for real world application by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

Australia-based Magnis Energy Technologies Limited announced that Imperium3 New York (iM3NY) has produced its first full-sized prismatic cells ahead of schedule for limited testing and customer sampling in Q3 2021. The first cells were produced using manual settings to refine the product design for future automated production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2022

In an open access paper published in Nature Communications , researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia report that their capillary-fed electrolysis cell demonstrates water electrolysis performance exceeding commercial electrolysis cells, with a cell voltage at 0.5 2 and 85 °C of only 1.51 kWh/kg hydrogen (vs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. The emissions factor of electricity for the solar module supply chain is a critical sensitivity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2020

Primero Group will undertake the engineering study and key vendor package integration, supported by Veolia HPD to design and estimate the hydrometallurgical process package; Sichuan Calciner Technologies (SCT) will design and estimate the pyrometallurgical process package.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2022

Suncor Energy and Australia-based Hazer Group Limited will use Hazer’s innovative methane pyrolysis technology for the first time in North America to produce hydrogen from natural gas. The addition of hydrogen to FortisBC’s renewable and low carbon gas supply is critical to the company’s ongoing efforts to decarbonize the gas system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

The CP hydrogen-powered locomotive pioneering project, first announced in December 2020, will retrofit a line-haul diesel freight locomotive with hydrogen fuel cells and Leclanché's European-manufactured lithium-ion batteries to power the locomotive's electric traction motors. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Tritium , an Australia-based designer and manufacturer of power electronic systems for electric vehicles, has introduced the Veefil fast charger for plug-in vehicles. The Veefil is the first release in Tritium’s new line of electric vehicle charging solutions and was fully developed in Australia as part of a $2.3-million

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Resources and Energy Quarterly, the Australian Office of the Chief Economist (AOCE) predicted that as the market moves into a phase of excess supply, lithium prices will probably fall this year and BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey predicts the price of the Lithium-Ion battery will also likely to reduce.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The new Competence Center maps the entire value chain of battery cell technology—from research and development to a cell’s composition and design, and its suitability for large-scale manufacture. The relevant agreements guarantee a reliable supply of these materials until 2025 and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

a subsidiary of Emitec GmbH, has signed an agreement with Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) of Australia to supply low backpressure catalytic converters for its line of high performance vehicles powered by Ford’s new 5.0L Emitec Inc., Coyote V8 engine.

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EV Central

AUGUST 18, 2022

Australia now has a Government “that gets it” and there’s opportunity to give Australians access to the “world’s best transport technology.” Mr Bowen said: “Apart from Russia, Australia is the only OECD country to not have, or be in the process of developing, fuel efficiency standards.”

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

SEA Electric Asia-Pacific chief Bill Gillespie flew back into Australia last weekend fresh from discussions with Toyota in Thailand that included a proposal to build a battery electric version of Australia’s top-selling vehicle. Diesel utes are Australia’s top-selling new vehicles. Designed for vans up to 4.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

24M is leveraging existing, preferred energy storage chemistry but using a new cell design with semi-solid (a mixture of solid and liquid phases) thick electrodes and manufacturing innovations to deliver what it says will be up to a 50% reduction in current Li-ion costs. Earlier post.). —NT Chief Minister, Michael Gunner.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The technologies in Alcoa’s roadmap, including a new, proprietary post-consumer scrap recycling process, have the potential to decarbonize a significant portion of the upstream aluminum supply chain and provide a competitive advantage in a carbon-constrained world. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

The Queensland (Australia) Government has made a A$2.5-million million) investment in Brisbane-based technology developer and manufacturer Tritium—the first company to receive investment under a new Business Development Fund (BDF) scheme established to encourage innovative businesses. million (US$1.87 Earlier post.).

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JULY 31, 2020

This will primarily fund the feasibility study, including the completion of detailed engineering designs, as well as permitting and land acquisition by the end of 2021, in line with the initial project schedule. It would also supply borates which are used in the manufacturing of detergents, cosmetics and other consumer goods.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Corvus Energy is designing and manufacturing more than two megawatts of Li-ion batteries to be at the heart of four new 542 kWh hybrid tugboats now being. One of the world’s largest natural gas projects, Gorgon is currently under construction 130 km off the west coast of Australia. built for the Gorgon Project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Rio Tinto has shown the effectiveness of a low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in Germany, and is now planning the development of a larger-scale pilot plant to further assess its potential to help decarbonize the steel value chain. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It is now estimated that green hydrogen could supply up to 25% of the world’s energy needs by 2050 and become a US$10-trillion addressable market by 2050. —Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam. Rocky Mountain Institute, a global non-profit think-and-do-tank, will facilitate the initiative alongside partners.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck Tesla Cybertruck The top of the pile when it comes to attention, the Cybertruck just about broke the internet when Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen broke two of its windows during the global unveil late in 2019. Will it come to Australia? The BYD ute will kick off with a plug-in hybrid system that pairs a 1.5-litre

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

An AECOM-led study of plug-in electric vehicle economics for the New South Wales, Australia government concluded that electric vehicles are economically and financially viable in the NSW market today. Global supply constraints : A major issue to the take-up of EVs in the short term (next 5 years) will be supply constraints.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

If we can replace fossil fuels with clean hydrogen in the refining process for alumina, this will reduce emissions in the energy and emissions intensive refining stage of the aluminum supply chain. Exploring these new clean energy technologies and methods is a crucial step towards producing green aluminum. —ARENA CEO Darren Miller.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Preh will include Qualcomm Halo WEVC technology in its product portfolio and will focus on commercializing WEVC systems for Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturers. Based on the agreement, Preh intends to develop, make and supply WEVC systems based on Qualcomm Halo technology. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Tritium is currently revamping its supply chain to make the sleek liquid-cooled DC fast chargers built at its new Tennessee factory compliant with NEVI and Build America regulations. In any industry, savvy manufacturers know that success depends on more than just delivering hardware. Can you walk us through the company’s evolution?

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Submissions are now being called for by the federal government to shape how Australia makes the shift to electric vehicles. NEVS will be designed to improve the affordability, supply and uptake of electric vehicles. Increase local manufacturing. Reduce emissions. Save Australians money on fuel.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2024

The upgraded Tesla Model 3’s Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) and All Wheel Drive (AWD) versions were unveiled in late August 2022, but it soon became evident that the vehicle would only be available in territories that are supplied by Gigafactory Shanghai. Interestingly enough, some of the upgraded Model 3 units were marked as engineering vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

The ES8 features the “design identity” of every NIO vehicle: the X-bar and signature “Spark Beat” tail lights. The manufacturing and supply chain that will produce the ES8 is already in place, the company said. NIO intends to equip the ES8 with a swappable battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

Australia-based CAP-XX Limited, a developer of thin, prismatic supercapacitors, has developed a supercapacitor module which supplies the cranking current to start the engine in Stop-Start vehicles (also known as start-stop, idle-stop, or micro-hybrid vehicles), reducing wear on the battery and eliminating the need for larger, more expensive ones.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

. “Our team has demonstrated an unparalleled ability to react quickly and mitigate disruptions to manufacturing caused by semiconductor shortages,” Tesla said in its Q2 2021 Shareholder Deck. ” Tesla expects to continue combating supply chain issues this year. I can reassign stuff here and there.”

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

The new strategy will be focused on exporting to other countries, commercial product, and reinforcing the necessary supply chain for all-electric vehicles. Ford has introduced new models specifically designed to cater to Chinese customers. So far, direct sales haven’t been a part of that. Ah, transparency.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Later this month, Mercedes-Benz will provide further insights into the new pickup truck’s design, strategy and markets.

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JULY 10, 2022

The project will successfully construct, operate, test, refine and evaluate the CO 2 LOC processes and technologies and provide data to support a computer model of a full-scale plant designed to deliver 50kt CO 2 capture per annum. Technology’s manufactured limestone (M-LS) production, into greater focus. CO 2 CirculAir B.V.,

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