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Easiest way to recharge an electric bike battery from the sun? QuietKat solar power charger review

Electrek

If there’s one thing I love as much as playing with batteries, it’s charging them up from the sun. And when it comes to my electric bikes, which are kind of outdoor toys by definition, being able to charge in the field is a pretty darn neat trick for extending range when camping or just spending all day in the great outdoors.

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Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

Baua Electric

With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the XC90 Recharge 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said, Volvo’s move to Android Automotive OS and its tight third row mean the XC90 won’t fit every family or tech desire. inch touchscreen.

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Kenworth, Peterbilt working with Dana on electric truck powertrain development

Green Car Congress

At CES 2020, Kenworth displayed a Kenworth K270E battery-electric vehicle—the initial result of the collaboration. Dana also supplies an e-power system, which generates, stores, and manages the energy for the vehicle and consists of electrified auxiliary systems, an on-board charger, and two battery packs.

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ASX and Spirit AeroSystems partner to develop affordable eVTOL aircraft for mass production

Green Car Congress

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

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Materials researchers at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the ETH Zurich have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance of conventional Li-ion rechargeable batteries by improving only the design of the electrodes without changing the underlying materials chemistry.

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AIST researchers synthesize new class of high-voltage, high-capacity cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Since the commercialization of Li-ion batteries by Sony in 1991, lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO 2 ) has been extensively studied as a positive electrode material in rechargeable lithium batteries. However, so far, no definitive electrode material has been utilized commercially. Hence, LiNi 0.80 O 2 , LiNi 0.33

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TU Graz researchers identify singlet oxygen as major cause of deleterious side reactions in Li-air batteries; suggested approach to counter

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Researchers led by a team from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria have shown that singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) forms in the cathode of a Li–O 2 battery during discharge and from the onset charge, and that it is responsible for a major fraction of side products that cause fast ageing in the battery. Borisov & Stefan A.

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