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SABIC acquires majority stake in carbon nanotube business for energy storage applications

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BDS produces and commercializes MOLECULAR REBAR, a proprietary technology of modified carbon nanotubes that offers potential for enhancing the performance of energy storage applications using lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. BDS was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between SABIC Ventures US LLC and Molecular Rebar Design.

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Hybrid SUVs, Faraday downsizing, Tesla CA energy storage: Today's Car News

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Today, we look at why more SUVs and crossovers don't offer hybrid powertrains, Faraday Future scales back production plans, and three battery energy-storage sites come online in California, including one from Tesla. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See the Lucid Air electric luxury sedan hit the road in this new video.

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HyBoost demonstrator debuts at LCV2011; 50% by swept volume downsizing with low-cost electrification

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The HyBoost project has been led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, with co-funding from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. Earlier post.). The HyBoost concept is based on a 2009 Ford Focus in which a 2.0L

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Flywheel Energy Storage System for Rubber Tired Gantry Cranes

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Vycon Energy has developed a flywheel energy storage technology for rubber tired gantry cranes (RTG) that can either be retrofit to existing RTG cranes or included as part of a new build. downsizing), additional fuel savings are realized during the idle periods. Components of a Vycon flywheel Click to enlarge.

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UC Riverside team fabricates nanosilicon anodes for Li-ion batteries from waste glass bottles

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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Skeleton Technologies and Sumitomo Corporation Europe sign agreement to distribute graphene-based ultracapacitors

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Skeleton Technologies signed a distribution agreement with Sumitomo Corporation Europe with the aim of providing energy storage solutions for the rapidly growing hybrid electric and electric vehicle industry. Ultracapacitors play an important role for high power applications in the transportation sector.

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Navigant Research forecasts stop-start vehicles to account for 53.4% of global vehicle sales by 2022

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Lead-acid batteries will lead in revenue for energy storage in SSVs, according to Navigant, with 99.1% In 2022, the total SSV energy storage revenue will grow to $9.8 billion, by which time Li-ion batteries will hold 12.6% Batteries Fuel Efficiency SSVs Vehicle Systems' billion total in 2013.