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Ford, University of Michigan open $8M battery lab focused on test production of advanced technologies

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This is sorely needed, and no one else in the auto industry has anything like it. Last year, the company invested $135 million in design, engineering and production of key battery components, and doubled its battery testing capabilities. —Ted Miller, Ford’s manager of battery research.

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ALABC and CPT to introduce 48V LC Super Hybrid demonstrator at Vienna Motor Symposium

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The Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) and Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will introduce a low-carbon 48 volt LC Super Hybrid technology demonstrator at the International Vienna Motor Symposium this week. —Allan Cooper, European projects coordinator at the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

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For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering. The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The researchers estimated that, if applied to the task of generating electricity, all of the engines in the U.S. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid.

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PowerGenix enters micro-hybrid market with Nickel-Zinc batteries

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PowerGenix has begun engineering qualification activities for the new battery with several automotive OEMs and will be fielding demonstration vehicles later this year. PowerGenix’s NiZn batteries can offer several advantages over the lead-acid batteries found in current micro-hybrids (start-stop systems). Form Factor.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Production of advanced lead-acid batteries, using lead-carbon electrodes for micro and mild hybrid applications.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

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The aggressive plans illustrate Chinas growing commitment to electrified vehicles and its strategy to support auto makers developing various types of electric cars and components with research subsidies. But the gasoline engine in the BYD rattled and could be noisy when it kicked in, the reviewers said. Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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