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Exide and Leclanché launch Li-ion battery JV in India

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Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Elcora awarded NSERC-ENGAGE grant to support development of graphene supercapacitors

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Factors such as high storage capabilities, need for power conservation, high performance supercapacitors for consumer and automotive applications, and additional capabilities such as moisture resistance, light weight and low equivalent series resistance are key drivers for supercapacitor market. billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 20.7%

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Test Report: One Electric Kridn Electric Motorcycle

Plug In India

The battery is 72 V, 49 Ah - about 3.5 Had been testing with a degraded battery - and had gotten a 70 km range with 2 bars still showing. Have been promised a new battery vehicle in a few weeks - and would love to do a ride on that to validate the range. Coming back to Africa, ruggedness has to be built into the design.

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A Health-Monitoring Wearable That Measures Vital Signs

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The health-monitoring bracelet that Pramuka Sooriyapatabandige designed can measure vital signs such as heart rate, skin temperature, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation. What’s more, the device should be inexpensive to manufacture and could be made in his native country of Sri Lanka, where access to health care can be difficult.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Emissions, however, are produced elsewhere, when the electricity used to power the vehicles is generated. Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change.