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Dirt Cheap Batteries Enable Megawatt-Scale Charging Without Big Grid Upgrades Right Away

CleanTechnica EVs

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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Ford-Tesla charging, cheap Hyundai EV leases, US EV batteries: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And Hyundai plans for a lot of batteries for U.S.-built This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford and Tesla tie up for charging. Tesla leads other EVs in miles driven. Hyundai lease prices undercut Tesla.

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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

Green Car Congress

An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. The use of LFP batteries in EVs is increasing rapidly, especially in China, due to low-cost, safety, excellent thermal stability and superior cycling performance. Earlier post.) —Jin et al. The researchers found that 99.3% Hao Jin et al.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries. There are two additional components in the hybrid Prius, an inverter that translates electricity from the battery to the motor.

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Stellantis, Volkswagen And Renault Consider Cheap EV Team-Up To Fight BYD

InsideEVs

Plus, the environmental value of hybrids gets questioned by green groups, and yes, batteries are getting cheaper.

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Hyundai $20,000 EV, Blazer EV patrol car, solid-state CO2 benefits, VW’s Scout: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Solid-state batteries could help give EVs a lighter carbon footprint. Hyundai is working on a cheap electric small car. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen shifts its top U.S. executive over to Scout. And GM confirms electric police vehicles.

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