Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Starting on 22 April (Earth Day), Volkswagen of America and Redwood Materials will offer consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. If adopted across the industry, battery recycling programs like this could help reduce battery costs as well as the need to mine and ship raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2019

has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and its battery validation lab to analyze viable business and technical approaches revto reuse and repurpose electric vehicle batteries effectively. Batteries retired from electric vehicles still maintain significant battery capacity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Endera, a technology company specializing in commercial electric vehicles, charging stations and software solutions, delivered 18 all-electric passenger shuttles to ACE Parking, for use at the San Diego International Airport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. Lithium metal is a preferred anode for high-energy rechargeable batteries. —Wang et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

The discovery, published in Nature , challenges the conventional belief that lithium metal batteries fail because of the growth of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) between the lithium anode and the electrolyte. The findings could pave the way for bringing rechargeable lithium metal batteries from the lab to the market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

A collaboration including the city of San Diego (CA), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), GE, UC San Diego and CleanTECH San Diego launched Smart City San Diego to develop and implement local initiatives that will improve the San Diego region’s energy independence, empower consumers, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and drive economic growth.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smart City San Diego and City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City San Diego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the San Diego Zoo parking lot.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego, with their colleagues at other institutions, have developed a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. volts versus a Li/Li + reference electrode. other intercalation anode candidates (Li 3 VO 4 and LiV 0.5 —Liu et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

In January, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a competitive solicitation ( GFO-20-308 ) to fund applied research and development (ARD) projects that improve, scale-up, and increase the technology readiness of high-value direct recycling processes for lithium-ion batteries. e00152 (open access).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

University of California San Diego nanoengineers, in collaboration with researchers at LG Energy Solution, have developed a battery that combines a solid-state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode. The initial rounds of tests show that the new battery is safe, long lasting, and energy dense. —Darren H.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2023

California posted new light-duty zero emission vehicle (ZEV) sales—battery-electric (BEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCEV)—of 124,053 units in Q1 2023, representing 21.1% market share of the total 588,455 light-duty vehicles sold, according to the California Energy Commission.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

(EDI), a developer of high-efficiency hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions, was selected as a drivetrain provider and vehicle integrator for an electrification program driven by the San Diego Port Tenants Association ( SDPTA ). Also selected as part of the San Diego project were BYD and Transportation Power.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 5, 2022

A research team from the University of California, San Diego, have developed temperature-resilient batteries that perform well at both cold and hot temperatures, whilst storing abundant amounts of energy. The post Temperature-resilient batteries: Pioneering the functionality of EVs appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have improved their recycling process that regenerates degraded cathodes from spent lithium-ion batteries. Zheng Chen, a professor of nanoengineering who is affiliated with the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, led the project.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Engineers at the University of California San Diego and the University of California Los Angeles have developed an energy-efficient approach to regenerate Li-ion battery cathode materials (using LiCoO 2 as a model material) by hydrothermal treatment of cycled electrode particles followed by short annealing.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2017

San Diego Gas & Electric has joined a host of other utility companies in the state in offering incentives towards the purchase of an i3 or a Leaf. For southern California residents, it's an excellent time to start considering the purchase of a BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf electric car.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched its first lithium-ion battery recycling center, called the ReCell Center. A goal of the ReCell Center is to drive toward closed-loop recycling, where materials from spent batteries are directly recycled, minimizing energy use and waste by eliminating mining and processing steps.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

Improvements to a class of battery electrolyte first introduced in 2017—liquefied gas electrolytes—could pave the way to replacing the graphite anode with a lithium-metal anode. However, one of the main technical hurdles to making the switch is that lithium metal anodes are not compatible with conventional electrolytes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At the other end of the grid, electric vehicles need charging for only a certain amount of time every day, and when not in use could be used as temporary batteries to store energy from renewables. UC San Diego is building on experience from NODES, a three-year, $2.88

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 30, 2022

as a lithium-ion battery cell supplier. Specifically, Aptera will utilize Eve’s 21700 NMC 811 cylindrical cells in its vehicle’s structural battery packs. These structural packs will be produced in San Diego. Aptera Motors announces EVE Energy Co.,

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InsideEVs

JUNE 29, 2022

San Diego-based startup will utilize Eve's 21700 NMC 811 cylindrical cells in its solar electric vehicle's structural battery packs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2024

Longer-lasting, higher-performing batteries would help spark EV sales, and a new solid state lithium-sulfur formula could do the trick. The post The Search For The Perfect Solid-State Battery Continues, Self-Healing Sulfur Edition appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. Specifically, Aptera has chosen to use EVE’s 21700 NMC 811 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in its structural battery packs.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2016

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is the latest electric utility to support the expansion of electric-car charging infrastructure. But the Southern California utility won't just build charging stations for plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles. It also plans to invest $7.5

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2021

San Diego-based Juiced Bikes has just launched the brand’s latest electric bicycle, the Juiced RipCurrent S Step-Thru. more… The post Juiced RipCurrent S ST launched as latest fat tire electric bike with a giant battery appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of California and public utility company San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), started the demonstration of the United States’ largest redox flow battery system in California. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Background.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

The LightningElectric is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the heavy-duty Ford Transit, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets. Depending on battery option and drive cycle, LightningElectric has a payload capacity of up to 4,000 pounds.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

San Diego-based electric bicycle company Juiced Bikes unveiled today a new e-bike model with a smaller format than the company’s other popular e-bikes. more… The post Juiced Bikes unveils RipRacer, a ‘fun-sized,’ fat-tire electric bike with Apple AirTag battery tracking appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

million to a team led by the University of California San Diego for battery research in advanced vehicle technologies. The project is aimed at developing cobalt-free cathode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. The US Department of Energy awarded $2.5 The new electrolyte can withstand more than 4.8V—others

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

4 models offer an 82kWh (gross) battery along with a permanent-magnet synchronous motor in the rear and an asynchronous motor in the front offering a combined maximum 295 horsepower and 339 pound-feet of torque. The AWD ID.4 At a public DC fast-charging station, with 125 kW charging, the ID.4 The 2021 ID.4 Rear-wheel-drive ID.4

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

San Diego-based Juiced Bikes already offered a seriously fun ride with the original RipCurrent S electric fat tire e-bike. The post Juiced Ripcurrent S electric bike gets big updates: Larger motor, docking battery, ‘Race Mode’ & more appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

The trip is set to go from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to Dog Beach in San Diego, California, featuring four different groups taking the Tesla Cybertruck, the Chevy Silverado EV, the Rivian R1T and the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2023

With San Diego and Alameda counties for the top 5, the total is 219,257, or 63.4% In terms of actual sales, three California counties—Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara—account for almost 50% of the state’s new ZEV sales: 169,869 units out of 345,818. of the total.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recommends expanding fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as campuses and businesses start planning for a post-pandemic world. Energy dispatched at Level 2 chargers on the main UC San Diego campus decreased by 84%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Since the consortium’s launch, the team has made significant strides in battery research and development. This research is leading to a significant increase of the cycling life of high-energy rechargeable lithium batteries. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Batteries that are light, resilient, and low cost in addition to lasting the lifetime of the vehicle.

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EV Obssesion

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Electric Buses in the News Massachusetts Electric School Bus Helps Power Electricity Grid in Breakthrough for Vehicle-to-Grid Technology San Diego MTS orders 12 NFI zero-emission, electric, articulated transit buses Fossil Free Steel VOLVO LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST VEHICLE USING FOSSIL-FREE STEEL Battery News LiNa Energy closes out a £3.5m

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