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BMW using ams data acquisition IC for battery management system in i3

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The BMW i3 model in volume production today includes an AS8510 in the battery sensor. The battery management system (BMS) monitors battery voltage and battery current of the 400V li-ion battery powering the cars’ electric motors, and ensures the functional safety of the vehicle’s battery systems.

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Yamaha introduces the NEO and E01 electric scooters in India

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Yamaha is coming up with a range of 68 km due to two interchangeable battery packs on the bike scooter (50.4 Ah Li-ion batteries). A battery-powered version of the Burgman Street is presently being developed by Suzuki and is scheduled to be available here by the end of the year.

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Consortium successfully runs silicon carbide multiport DC-DC converter in EV

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It has four ports: two connect to the traction motor and high voltage battery; a third connects to a secondary energy source, which in this test car is a super capacitor bank; and the fourth powers the vehicle’s 12V systems. Electric (Battery) Power Electronics' —Mark Willows.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. — Herya and Sundaresan.

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Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

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The truck is a battery-powered, all-electric Smith Newton produced by SEV US and SEV UK with an aerial bucket integrated by Altec Industries Inc. The Smith Newton is the world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck. Tags: Electric (Battery) Heavy-duty. Earlier post.).

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Honda to add new dedicated hybrid model with i-MMD in US in 2018; hybrid system to expand to light trucks

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The intelligent Power unit (IPU) packages a DC-DC converter and a 1.3 kWh Li-Ion battery pack. This was achieved by utilizing VDA-standard, high-energy density Li-Ion battery cells, unifying the battery ECU and cell voltage sensor into one component and utilizing a single rather than dual cooling duct.

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Volkswagen Introduces the E-Up! EV Concept

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Of that weight, the 18 kWh Li-ion battery pack represents 240 kg (529 pounds). Depending on the available charging infrastructure and the battery’s momentary charge state, the storage battery could be charged to up to 80% of its total capacity within an hour. which is 1,085 kilograms (2,392 pounds).

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