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Deep Cycle Batteries vs. SLIs
Electric Cars are for Girls
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Deep cycle batteries or regular auto batteries for your electric car? Don't waste your money
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EV traction battery with thermal storage
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Among the OPTEMUS projects is a traction battery with thermal storage, which the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF has helped to design. Batteries D-I-Y Electric (Battery
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Toshiba making SCiB battery business an independent unit; higher energy density batteries with titanium niobium oxide anodes for EVs
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. Batteries Electric (Battery
Study finds crystallinity reduces resistance in all-solid-state batteries
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2019
Reducing electrical resistance at the interface of a solid- electrolyte and electrode (solid-electrolyte/electrode) is crucial for the development of fast charge/discharge solid-state Li batteries. We stress here that the Li-ion pathway is defined in this thin-film battery.
Nickel Cadmium Batteries
Electric Cars are for Girls
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Nickel cadmium batteries can be scavenged from used electric buses and vans for your electric car. Here's what you need to know
Lithium Air Batteries for EVs?
Electric Cars are for Girls
JULY 20, 2012
Maybe there's something even better for EVs than lithium ion batteries. These have never been very robust, but maybe that's all changing now
Lithium Air Batteries for EVs?
Electric Cars are for Girls
JULY 20, 2012
Maybe there's something even better for EVs than lithium ion batteries. These have never been very robust, but maybe that's all changing now
Lithium Polymer Batteries
Electric Cars are for Girls
DECEMBER 14, 2011
New lithium polymer batteries for electric cars - cheaper, lighter, and.400 miles on a charge
ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2019
The model predicts lithium-ion batteries to be the cheapest technology in the coming decades. We have found that lithium-ion batteries are following in the footsteps of crystalline silicon solar panels. Batteries
Honda presents new battery chemistry that could succeed lithium-ion
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Researchers from around the world are looking for the successor to the lithium-ion battery for electric cars, power tools, and electronics—one that will store more energy with less size and weight, charge more quickly, and have improved safety. All battery chemistries come with tradeoffs. battery tech
Car Battery Charger
Electric Cars are for Girls
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Can you save a lot of money using one car battery charger for each EV battery? Here's how it's done
Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Volvo Buses is participating in a research project in which used electric bus batteries are used as solar energy storage units. Batteries from electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden are being used for solar energy storage in a second-life application.
(Reverse) Engineering Explained: What happens to old electric car batteries?
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
It's the same philosophy for electric-car batteries as for plastic grocery bags—almost. BatteriesReduce, reuse, recycle.
Electric Car Batteries: Lithium!
Electric Cars are for Girls
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Best electric car batteries for conversions are LiFePO4 prismatic cells. Interview with Lithium Storage and EVTV on the marriage of lithium and EVs
Toyota, UH researchers improve performance of high-energy magnesium-ion batteries
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. Batteries
Renault plans Europe's largest battery storage network
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
European electric-carmaker Renault plans to build the continent's largest stationary battery storage network next year using old electric-car batteries. Renault announced on Tuesday that it will install used (and some new) electric car batteries in three locations: two Renault factories in France, and the site of a former coal-fired power plant in. Batteries power grid
Lithium Battery Management Systems
Electric Cars are for Girls
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Lithium battery management systems for your electric car: When you need it, and when you don't. Controversial interview included;
Karsan using BMW i3 motors and batteries for 6m electric city bus
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The BMW Group and Turkish manufacturer Karsan have signed an agreement for the supply of BMW i3 motors and batteries for the battery-electric 6-meter city bus “Jest electric”, which is produced in Bursa in Turkey for both the domestic market and for international markets.
Next-Battery secures strategic relationship with China-based Lvchi Automobile Technology
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Next-Battery , a start-up developing high energy-density Li-ion battery technology, has secured a strategic relationship with Lvchi Automobile Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd. Source: Next-Battery. Batteries Electric (Battery
Exide Battery Cycle Life
Electric Cars are for Girls
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
What is cycle life of Exide 8 volt golf car batteries? Hi, John! Well, I called Exide's customer service hotline to get the answer straight from
Who Makes Pacer Batteries?
Electric Cars are for Girls
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Who is the manufacturer of the Pacer 6 volt electric golf cart battery? Hi, Joe - (Sorry if your name is Jerry and you're from New Brunswick, but
Electric cars cheaper than gas ones by 2020, says Chinese battery supplier
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Envision Energy, a Chinese company that bought Nissan's former AESC battery business, says it will be able to make battery packs for less than $100 per kilowatt-hour in the next two years. Batteries youtube
Battery entrepreneur releases new invention to reduce cobalt
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
As other battery scientists are working to develop the solid-state lithium batteries of tomorrow, technology entrepreneur Kenan Sahin is working to make the batteries of today more affordable. Sahin announced at a conference in Berlin this week that his company TIAX has invented a new battery compound that he calls GEMX that reduced the need for. Batteries
Sustainable aluminum for battery housing of Audi e-tron
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2018
With the Performance Standard certification, the ASI confirms that Audi meets the ASI requirements for industrial users of aluminum and sustainably designs and manufactures the aluminum components of the battery housing of the Audi e-tron.
EMBATT-goes-FAB project developing bipolar Li-ion batteries and production processes
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
With the EMBATT battery, the project partners are pursuing a new approach to achieving system-level energy densities of more than 450 Wh/l and hence making the range of electric vehicles suitable for everyday use. Batteries Electric (Battery
Bombardier Transportation presents a new battery-operated train
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Bombardier Transportation has introduced a new battery-operated train: the BOMBARDIER TALENT 3 train. The new battery-operated train is the first of its kind to enter passenger operation in Europe in more than 60 years. Electric (Battery) Rail
Zinc air battery project claims $100/kwh cost, could be headed to vehicles
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Until now, solid-state lithium-ion cells have been the likely path forward for battery technology, potentially finding their way into some production vehicles by 2025. But one other battery possibility is increasingly looking viable for the near future: zinc-air. Batteries Zinc-Air Battery metal-air battery
Panasonic says solid-state batteries are still 10 years off
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
While scientists and automakers around the world are racing to develop solid-state batteries for electric cars, Panasonic says don't hold your breath. In an interview, Panasonic North American chief executive officer Tom Gebhardt told Business Insider that the hotly-anticipated battery breakthrough won't make it to production electric cars for. Batteries lithium solid-state cell
Daimler Trucks North America delivers its first battery-electric commercial truck to Penske Truck Leasing
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2018
The batteries of the new electric version provide 325 KWh for up to 480 hp. The batteries can be recharged to around 80% within 60 minutes, sufficient for a range of around 300 km (184 miles). Electric (Battery) Fleets
BMW boosts i3 and i3s batteries to 120Ah; 42.2 kWh pack almost doubles original range
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
BMW has released the new 2019 i3 and i3s electric vehicles with 120 Ah batteries. Since launch in 2014, the battery capacity and range of the i3 has grown from the original 60Ah / 81 miles to 94Ah / 115 miles in 2017 and now 120Ah for 2019. Batteries Electric (Battery
Electric Car Battery Chargers
Electric Cars are for Girls
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Electric car battery chargers are expensive, and for some reason are the last thing folks want to spend money on
Researchers report advances toward room-temperature fluoride-ion batteries
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Rechargeable fluoride-based batteries could offer very high energy density. However, current fluoride batteries use molten salt electrolytes, and thus need to operate at high temperatures. Now, a team of researchers from Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (managed by Caltech for NASA), the Honda Research Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report two advances that could lead the way toward room-temperature fluoride batteries. Battery testing is underway.
BMW sets up end-to-end battery recycling in Europe
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Teaming with a new Norwegian battery supplier and a Belgian recycling company, BMW is aiming to build a fully sustainable future battery supply chain. The company announced on Monday that it formed a partnership with Northvolt, which is building Europe's largest battery factory for electric cars in Sweden. Battery recycling
Today's Electric Cars and Battery Recycling
Electric Cars are for Girls
AUGUST 31, 2011
So you may have heard a little about the not-so-clean business of lead acid battery recycling.but hey, what about all the lithium ion batteries being used in today's electric cars? This NYT article connects the electric car manufacturers with their long-term battery recycling plans
Groupe Renault launching project to build biggest energy stationary storage system from EV batteries in Europe
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Groupe Renault is launching its “Advanced Battery Storage” program, which aims to build the biggest energy stationary storage system using EV batteries yet designed in Europe by 2020 (power: 70 MW / energy: 60MWh). Batteries Electric (Battery
Battery Racks, Continued
Open Source Civic EV Kit
JULY 13, 2008
I did some more work on the battery racks over the past few days. Here is a closeup of the front battery rack on the driver side. Here's the front battery rack again, but on the passenger side of the vehicle. Moving onto the firewall battery rack.
Amprius’ silicon nanowire Li-ion batteries power Airbus Zephyr S HAPS solar aircraft
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2018
a manufacturer and developer of high energy and high capacity lithium-ion batteries, announced that the company is supplying advanced lithium-ion cells to the Airbus Defence and Space Zephyr Program. Aviation Batteries SolarAmprius, Inc.,
EC launches €10M EIC Horizon Prize for innovative batteries for EVs; EU Battery Alliance progressing
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
The European Commission (EC) has launched the fifth of six European Innovation Council (EIC) Horizon Prizes, on Innovative batteries for eVehicles, worth €10 million (US$12.3 The battery should also be of relatively low cost, durable, safe and fully recyclable. EU Battery Alliance.
BMW Group Dingolfing factory to supply batteries for MINI EV from 2019
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2018
The BMW Group’s Dingolfing plant in Germany will supply the batteries for the all-electric MINI to be built in late 2019 in Oxford, South England. Since 2015, the Dingolfing plant has been producing batteries and electric motors for plug-in hybrid models of the BMW Group.
Workhorse Group secures $35M in financing from Marathon Asset Management; $1.3M battery purchase by Duke Energy
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2019
On November 28, 2018, as the first step in the relationship, a subsidiary of Duke Energy purchased 615,000 Panasonic battery cells for $1.3 The transaction is intended as an initial step toward an arrangement between Duke Energy and Workhorse in creating an innovative battery leasing program designed to provide customers a cost competitive electric vehicle product alternative. Batteries Electric (Battery) FleetsWorkhorse Group Inc.,
ecovolta develops standardized Li-ion traction battery; saving cost and time
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The Swiss battery system manufacturer ecovolta has developed a standardized Li-ion traction battery which can significantly reduce the time and expense needed to bring electric vehicles to the serial production stage. Batteries
Waterloo researchers use MgB2 as Li-S battery cathode host to improve performance
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, despite their high theoretical specific energy, face practical challenges including polysulfide shuttling and low cell-level energy density. Batteries Li-Sulfur
AVEVAI introduces IONA e-LCVs with more than 300 km range; supercapacitor-battery hybrid technology
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Supercapacitors are able to accept and deploy electrical charge much faster than conventional batteries, and are less affected by charge and discharge cycles, thereby giving them a longer life. Batteries China
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