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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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As part of the vertical integration strategy Elcora is securing high-grade graphite and graphene precursor graphite from operations in Sri Lanka and other countries which are already in production. Elcora has developed a cost-effective process to make high-quality graphite, graphite products and graphene that are commercially scalable.

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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

Cars That Think

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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Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time. The reason is that western governments are not much interested bicycles.