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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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Gas Li-ion batteries thwart extreme cold South 8 Technologies demonstrates the cold tolerance of its Li-ion battery by burying it in ice at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. That’s a big improvement on conventional Li-ion batteries, which start to degrade when temps reach 0 °C and shut down at about –20 °C.

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ABB develops and demonstrates “flash charging” system for electric buses

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Close-up of the charging mechanism on the demo TOSA bus. The system enables onboard batteries to be charged in 15 seconds with a 400 kW boost at selected stops using a roof-mounted system (“Flash station”). At the end of the bus line (“Terminus station”) a 3 to 4 minute boost at 200 kW tops up the batteries. Source: ABB.

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Solaris participating in electric road trial in Sweden

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EVolution Road will enable battery charging for buses and eventually for other electric vehicles both while driving as well as at a standstill. The traction batteries of the vehicle will be charged as the pick-up receiver under the trolleybus connects with the conductive rail installed in the road.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS electric luxury sedan

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The EQS marks the launch of a new generation of batteries with significantly higher energy density. The larger of the two batteries has a usable energy content of 107.8 The battery management software, developed in-house, allows updates over the air (OTA). kWh—around 26% more than the EQC.

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Harley-Davidson Livewire electric motorcycle makes European debut in Milan; more specs and details

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Drawing from the experiences of the Project LiveWire demo tour and following an intensive development program the Harley-Davidson LiveWire model offers the rider a new, high-performance motorcycling experience. The TFT screen also allows the rider to access the interface for Bluetooth connectivity, navigation, music and more.

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Better Place Demonstrates Battery Switch Technology

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Demo vehicle moving into position for battery switch. Better Place officially opened the Yokohama, Japan EV exhibit with the public debut of its automated battery switch system, designed to make long distance travel by EV convenient for customers. Top view of a fully-charged battery moving up for insertion into the vehicle bay.

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Mitsubishi Heavy, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corp. to begin $65M project on EV transportation infrastructure for smart community system demo project in Spain

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Development of an integrated service system based on the data accumulated at the EV management center.

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