Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Groupe Renault is creating the REFACTORY in Flins, the first European circular economy site dedicated to mobility. It will be based on a wide network of partners from all sectors and will revolve around 4 poles of activity, putting into practice the principles of the circular economy at each stage of the vehicle life cycle and mobility.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2024

Automakers and other energy storage stakeholders are lining up to test new lithium-sulfur EV batteries from the US startup Lyten. The post Lithium-Sulfur EV Batteries To Be Tested By Automakers appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

Current Direct , a new €12-million research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, is proposing an innovative lithium-ion cell optimized for waterborne transport, using novel manufacturing techniques allowing for a consistent cost reduction compared to the current market prices.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Li-ion battery provider Octillion Power Systems is working with the reborn FNM (now Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) in Brazil to produce battery-electric trucks; FNM has selected Octillion as the official battery supplier for the coming lineup. FNM was founded in 1942 and was the first truck manufacturer in Brazil.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Battery recycling and second life grid storage applications for used EV batteries are expanding, but is that happening too soon?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The European Commission is proposing modernizing EU legislation on batteries; this would be the first initiative delivered among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2024

A new report explores how Europe can successfully build a sustainable battery value chain Executive summary As Europe is decarbonising its economy, it is facing a monumental challenge to rebuild the fossil-based system into a carbon free one. Batteries and the materials that go into making them are central to.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2015

Analysis by Lux Research suggests that the market space represented by the emerging lower-cost, 200-mile-range EV will be the biggest coming growth opportunity in electric storage for transportation. According to Lux Research’s Automotive Battery Tracker, in 2014 EVs used $2.1-billion billion worth of energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0000559 ) for a Batteries and Energy Storage Energy Innovation Hub. The Batteries and Energy Storage Hub will be the fourth such Hub established by DOE. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe is expanding its battery recycling partnership with SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) to advance the sustainable usability of its end-of-life traction batteries. Safe and low carbon transport is utilized for the collection of used traction batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Dannar is taking its new mobile energy storage unit on the road with BMW i3 EV battery packs and a plan to decarbonize off-road working vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2021

Hydro-Québec’s Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage (CETEES) and the University of South Wales (USW) have signed commercial agreements to transfer patented hydrogen storage technology arising from USW research to Hydro-Québec to enable its commercialization. Lower manufacturing costs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

The Volvo Group has created the new business area Volvo Energy to strengthen the Volvo Group’s business flow of batteries over the life cycle as well as the customer offer for charging infrastructure. Volvo Energy will be a business area with full profit and loss responsibility. —Martin Lundstedt.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Electrifying is most appropriate to describe the emotion of being among the creators of renewable and energy storage systems that. continued] The post Meeting the Creators of Renewable Energy & Battery Storage Technologies Recognized at the 2023 VinFuture Prize Awards appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2023

Introduction What are the problems in the EV battery supply chain and how can we improve it? The transportation sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US economy, and about half its emissions come from light-duty vehicles alone. To avoid the disastrous effects of a 1.5°C

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 23, 2024

PORTLAND, Oregon – Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) is committed to reducing the company’s overall carbon footprint by integrating a comprehensive circular economy approach across its operations. continued] The post Daimler Truck North America Provides 2nd Life to Commercial Vehicle Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

billion in funding to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and the nation’s grid, as well for battery materials and components currently imported from other countries. Bolstering American Battery Manufacturing, Strengthening Domestic Supply Chains.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Lithium Australia subsidiary VSPC reports significant progress towards improving the energy density of LFP (lithium ferro phosphate) Li-ion battery cells by adjusting its proprietary manufacturing processes to incorporate manganese into the cathode active material during production.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2024

Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced $45.8 million in new funding for projects that will advance research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) critical to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2014

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, is selling its grid storage business and other assets related to energy storage for telecom and IT data storage applications to NEC Corporation for approximately $100 million.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2024

Battery prices have continued to plummet, frankly faster than even battery optimists such as myself dreamed of. In 2022, a kilowatthour of battery capacity cost US$159. We’re seeing commercial, scaled, price points that we didn’t expect to see until 2030 or later. That has big implications for electric trucking.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced up to $60 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. ( DE-FOA-0002420 ) This funding opportunity supports priorities in batteries and electrification, advanced engine and fuel technologies, materials, and new mobility technologies.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The oil-killing solid-state EV battery of the future will put the squeeze on oil for transportation, but the petrochemicals problem persists.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Fortune 100 companies, including automakers and utilities, have joined labor groups, consumer advocates, environmental organizations and others to sign the Transportation Electrification Accord — a written set of principles meant to inspire and continue the conversation around electrified transportation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2024

The sodium-ion battery of the future is coming to decarbonize US data centers and backup generators, now do electric vehicles. The post Buh-Bye, Conflict Minerals: US Gets First Sodium-Ion Battery Factory appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 19, 2023

Great Wall Motor, an automobile manufacturer based in the province of Hebei, China, intends to construct electric vehicle batteries in Thailand and may conduct research and development for battery electric pickup trucks.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

However, this shift introduces a new challenge: the recycling of EV batteries. These batteries, essential to the operation of EVs, eventually reach the end of their life cycle. This duration is influenced by several factors: Battery Type: Different battery chemistries have varying lifespans.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The ultracapacitors’ two-times higher energy density is enabled by Skeleton’s latest material technology innovation, making them a valuable addition to hydrogen fuel cells in emissions-free transportation. Earlier this year, the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) announced a 5-year, £5-billion (US$6.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The United States has started to realize that China could dominate the future of transportation—electric transportation—if it does not counter the current Chinese influence over critical parts of the EV supply chain, from battery metals sourcing and processing to battery manufacturing. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 27, 2024

A few days ago I published a reaction to a set of reactions to an article on the plummeting cost of batteries and how they enable megawatt scale charging. Battery swapping, which many people seem to think is the bees knees and should be everywhere. What were the reactions about?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2019

Voltaiq, a developer of advanced battery analytics solutions, has released , in partnership with Total Battery Consulting, an industry survey examining many of the challenges and opportunities battery manufacturers, suppliers and integrators currently face. The global battery industry is facing unprecedented growth and change.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Texas-based solid-state EV battery innovator Solidion plans on accelerating the vehicle electrification movement with new materials and a radical new battery architecture. The post Texas-Based Solid-State EV Battery Startup Lays Out Oil-Killing Plans appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Electrifying our transportation system is essential for mitigating emissions that cause climate change and adverse health impacts. This electrification will require a lot more batteries and therefore a lot more minerals. Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

With our highly regarded battery scientists and state-of-the-art equipment at Berkeley Lab, the CalCharge consortium will be able to leverage these resources to enable the development of battery solutions for electric transportation and other clean energy applications in California.

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