Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

Torqeedo GmbH announced a new battery option for its Deep Blue series of marine electric drives: Deep Blue Battery 80. The new battery leverages lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry and delivers 80 kWh of energy storage, twice the capacity of the previous generation of Deep Blue batteries.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

The company is building these shipping container systems, which work like giant batteries that store energy as heat and pressurized air , rather than a chemical reaction (Cheesecake’s name is derived from a nerdy acronym for their technology.) Recent years have seen the construction of large lithium-ion battery farms that do just that.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The race to develop a flow battery electric car is heating up in the US, thanks in part to the Inflation Reduction Act. The post New Flow Battery Electric Car To Be Made In The USA appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for EV charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at over 150 stations across the U.S., including more than 100 installations in California.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 25, 2023

As per Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2022 Update Letter, energy storage deployments actually grew by 152% year-over-year in the fourth quarter to 2.5 All in all, Tesla Energy was able to deploy 6.5 GWh of energy storage in 2022, the highest the company has accomplished to date. Credit: Tesla Inc.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

“At the moment, these battery packs are sat around in containers, unloved and unwanted,” Allye CEO Jonathan Carrier told Reuters. “At the moment, these battery packs are sat around in containers, unloved and unwanted,” Allye CEO Jonathan Carrier told Reuters. “We’re trying to change that.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

ACCURE Battery Intelligence , a developer of predictive analytics software to ensure battery safety, performance and extended life for energy storage, electric vehicles, and other applications, secured a €7.2-million GWh for customers worldwide, helping optimize the performance and safety of their battery systems.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Electrify America announced plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port of Long Beach, California, as part of Electrify America’s $25 million “Green City” investment in the region at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Battery swap stations are Nio’s signature replenishment facility, and it is currently the only company offering such models to the general consumer. There are also other companies in China that offer models with battery swap support, but for the taxi market. Swapping to become more efficient by using smaller batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. This energy can then be discharged back into the grid when appropriate. Hitachi Europe Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors is providing an Outlander PHEV SUV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications. Copyright: Neil Robertson.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2017

As Tesla regularly points out, the lithium-ion battery cells used in electric cars can also serve in home energy-storage units. Now, a Daimler company will go up against Tesla in that field under the branding of its most famous luxury-car make.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 21, 2024

Researchers at Tohoku University have made a groundbreaking advancement in battery technology, developing a novel cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) that enables efficient charging and discharging even at low temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

announced today a strategic global collaboration to develop new solutions for energy storage, building on their complementary strengths. The scope of the collaboration focuses on the following applications: Grid-connected energy storage. Solar energy. Global power and automation technology group ABB and BYD Co.,

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2016

Tesla Motors was the first carmaker to branch out from selling electric cars to offering standalone battery packs for energy storage, but others have followed the company's lead. At the Electric Vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The new Scania battery-electric bus platform, one part of the company’s complete e-mobility solutions covering vehicles, services, and systems made its debut at Busworld.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

TWAICE, a battery analytics company, has secured $30 million in additional Series B financing led by global investment firm Coatue. Current demand for high-performance battery technologies is driven by the acute need for reliable renewable energy storage and the move to all-electric line-ups by automotive manufacturers globally.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Northvolt today announced a state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery, developed for the expansion of cost-efficient and sustainable energy storage systems worldwide.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 19, 2023

The Taiwanese solid-state battery cell manufacturer ProLogium recently revealed its next-generation solid-state battery and manufacturing technologies at EES Expo, Europe’s largest battery and energy storage technology. With a total €5.2

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage technology company, announced its Gemini dual-chemistry battery achieved 608.1 The milestone was achieved using a WLTP test cycle, the European standard for determining the range of fully electric vehicles. miles (978.6 km) of range in a BMW iX on a single charge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

Audi has opened Germany’s largest multi-use battery energy storage unit on the EUREF Campus in Berlin. acre EUREF campus serves as a site for pilot projects for the transition to sustainable energy and networked mobility. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9 The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9

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EV Obssesion

JANUARY 7, 2022

REVEALS WORLD’S FIRST DIGITAL RADAR IN A PRODUCTION VEHICLE, BRINGING STATE-OF-THE-ART SAFETY TO FISKER OCEAN ALL-ELECTRIC SUV EV Reports CALSTART Report Shows 27% Growth in Full-Size Zero-Emission Buses in U.S. The post VinFast, CES, Battery Energy Storage Across Rural N.C.,

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A new lithium-air battery has four times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries and will extend electric car range significantly. The post Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2021

Volkswagen Group Components opened the Group’s first plant for recycling electric car batteries in Salzgitter. The Salzgitter plant only recycles batteries that can no longer be used for other purposes. The Salzgitter plant only recycles batteries that can no longer be used for other purposes.

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 2, 2023

Learn about the new research project conducted at Mälardalen University that focuses on extending the battery life of an electric car. The post Electric car battery life extended in new research project appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2016

The Nissan Leaf electric car doesn't compete directly with any of the luxury models from Tesla Motors, but Nissan is now targeting Tesla in a different arena. The Japanese carmaker will offer standalone battery packs for home energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Federal Agency Battery and Energy Storage Initiatives and Funding Obligations, Fiscal Years 2009. GAO focused the review on rechargeable batteries and certain other energy storage technologies; it excluded non-rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, and nuclear energy storage technologies.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

They realized the need for and the opportunity to build a business around triaging and repurposing second life electric vehicle batteries. Ferry is the Director of Energy Storage & […]

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The UK Government is creating a new “UK Energy Storage R&D Centre” for the advancement of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries. million) center will capitalize on the growing electric and hybrid vehicle battery market, which has been estimated to be worth £250 million (US$398 million) for the UK by 2020.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 21, 2023

After four years of design, modeling and simulation, a team of 25 people comprised of CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft engineers and researchers today unveiled an innovative prototype of an energy storage battery that integrates the inverter and charger functions.

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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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Innovation News Network

MARCH 8, 2023

Learn about an innovative polymer coating has been demonstrated to boost electric car battery life by up to 15 years. The post Electric car battery life extended by a revolutionary polymer coating appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. Applications include electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well as large-scale energy storage systems. Today, fossil-based carbon is used in the anodes of rechargeable batteries.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

British electric vehicle manufacturer Tevva has entered into a strategic partnership with Ecobat, for the repair, repurposing and recycling of its lithium-ion batteries. In the unlikely case that an issue […] The post Tevva partners with Ecobat for first-life battery management appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The National Science Foundation has selected a project by researchers at the University of Maryland and their partners from Genovation Cars ( earlier post ) for a $438,418 GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) award to develop a novel hybrid energy storage system for electric vehicles.

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