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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

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A Volkswagen-funded Chinese automaker has a new type of battery that offers some benefits over lithium-ion batteries, namely cost and cold weather performance, but it’s unclear if we’ll see them in the United States.

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

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In this context, we … compare the driving range of electric vehicles from a full recharge and note that the driving miles per recharge time (min) for commercially viable battery technology is ~0.1–0.4 plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). Herya and Sundaresan (2016).

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Electric Smart Car ForTwo Delivered by Mercedes

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The energy storage is a sodium nickel chloride battery. Same battery the first new Th!nk Only stat missing in the report is the size of the battery pack. nk City cars are said to be using. Rated output 30 kW/41 bhp 0-60 km/h 5.7 s (0-37miles in 5.7secs) Maximum speed approx. 112 km/h (just shy of 70mph) Range approx.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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GE claimed the largest of the battery-related awards, with a $25.5 Other battery awards were: Grantee Description.