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JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. A first step will be plug-in hybrids [PHEVs] used for daily commuting.

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MARCH 12, 2012

According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. battery over others. billion annually in 2011 to more than $14.6

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. Anderman projects a global EV/PHEV 2016 market at around 0.6%

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JUNE 25, 2013

Navigant automotive Li-ion Leaderboard. Navigant Research expects the Li-ion industry to produce 49 GWh of battery capacity for vehicles in 2020, a more than tenfold increase over 2013 production numbers. However, the market researcher notes, the vendor landscape within the Li-ion industry is still unsettled.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

LG Chem announced that it won a contract to supply the 16 kWh Li-ion battery pack and controls for the new Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan introduced earlier this year at the Detroit auto show. Chrysler estimates that the Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an all-electric range of 30 miles. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 20, 2015

In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts the global market for Li-ion batteries in light duty and medium/heavy duty vehicles will almost quadruple from $7.8 Overall, Navigant expects the Li-ion battery capacity serving the automotive market (including light and heavy duty vehicles) to grow from about 15.9

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JUNE 14, 2011

Components of the flex-fuel PHEV minivan. The 25 Chrysler minivans will join a fleet of 140 Ram 1500 PHEV pickup trucks ( earlier post ) that are being deployed to 12 partners including local municipalities, state governments, universities and energy companies across the United States. Click to enlarge. Electrovaya Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Geely Auto’s flagship B-segment hybrid sedan Bo Rui GE has been selected as an official diplomatic concierge vehicle by the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions. The Bo Rui GE comes in either a MHEV 48V mild hybrid or full PHEV plug-in hybrid version. The mild hybrid system improves response to 0.3

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JUNE 20, 2016

Intersil Corporation, a leading provider of power management and precision analog solutions, announced the ISL78610 12-cell lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack monitor. This combination enables automobile manufacturers to achieve the higher ISO 26262 automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) D rating.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Pike Pulse grid for automotive Li-ion manufacturers. Lithium ion batteries currently dominate the nascent market for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and are slowly becoming selected for use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and stop-start vehicles (SSVs), the report notes.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

and Toyota Motor Corporation have agreed to start a verification project that entails construction of a large-capacity storage battery system that reuses electrified vehicle batteries, as well as examination of the recycling of used batteries. Chubu Electric Power Co.,

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MARCH 27, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In a departure from its usual approach of supplying high-capacity prismatic Li-ion cells for automotive applications, Samsung SDI will supply cylindrical 18650 format Li-ion batteries for JAC Motors’ new electric SUV iEV6S, unveiled at the 2015 Guangzhou International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Li-ion battery maker LG Chem will supply the 16-kWh Li-ion battery pack system and controls for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan. LG Chem will supply the completed battery packs, which integrate Li-ion cells, a number of electronic components, and control software.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Advanced Traction Battery Systems (ATBS), A123 Systems’ Shanghai-based joint-venture company with SAIC Motor ( earlier post ), has been selected to develop battery packs for a new plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) sedan from Geely, one of the fastest-growing automakers in China and the parent company of Volvo Car Corporation.

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JULY 6, 2018

The team fabricated large-size lithium-ion batteries using the HD-TNO anode and a LiNi 0.6 Development of large-size lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications such as electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) has focused on enhancement of energy density. 2018.06.059.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

XALT Energy and Efficient Drivetrains (EDI) announced a tentative agreement through which XALT will supply EDI with its NMC graphite Lithium-ion battery energy storage packs for use in EDI’s PHEV PowerDrive and electric power export solutions. The packs will be used for commercial truck fleet replacement orders.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Mitsubishi is bringing the plug-in hybrid crossover Outlander (the best-selling PHEV in Europe) to the US. The 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will arrive in dealerships in December 2017 with an MSRP of $34,595. It is also the only PHEV with DC Fast Charging capability (CHAdeMO).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. earlier post ) recently launched its Ensemble Module System; a “kit” of standard components that provides OEMs and pack assemblers with a simple, cost-effective way to assemble large format battery pack solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) applications.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

On Friday, Chrysler Group LLC announced it was withdrawing from service its test fleet of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) to conduct a battery-pack upgrade. Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The company says that the energy version of technology (MN-eHP) exceeds 200 Wh/kg—one of the highest energy densities for a commercial Li-ion cell in a large prismatic design, according to the company. Electrovaya provided the Li-ion battery packs for Chrysler’s test fleet of plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

At the upcoming 83 rd Geneva International Motor Show in March, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will showcase its full electro-mobility engineering palette—Pure Electric (EV), Hybrid Electric (HEV), and Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV)—through two world-premiere concept cars next to the New Outlander PHEV.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

said that it has been chosen by a “major North American automotive OEM” to supply battery packs for its second plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) platform, and delivery has commenced. Electrovaya is already delivering battery systems for the Chrysler LLC Ram PHEV vehicle program. Electrovaya Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Peugeot is introducing gasoline plug-in hybrid systems for the Peugeot 3008 and 508 and 508 SW engines. The HYBRID engine and the HYBRID4 (four-wheel-drive) engine will be available for the second quarter of 2019. Peugeot 3008 PHEV. It reaches 180hp on HYBRID and 225hp on HYBRID4. KWh (HYBRID4).

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MAY 20, 2015

Menahem Anderman, released this week, projects that the combined annual global electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) market will grow fourfold from 350,000 to 1.4 The report reveals sharper growth for PHEVs than for EVs, with government regulations heavily impacting regional market direction.

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APRIL 17, 2015

FEV North America will be displaying a liquid-cooled, high performance battery pack for plug-in hybrid applications. The battery will be at the 2015 SAE World Congress next week in Detroit. During operation, the battery pack provides 200 kW of peak power and 80 kW of continuous power with a stored energy content of 10.4

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Powertrain elements in the Outlander PHEV. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will present the global debut of the new Outlander SUV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at the 2012 Paris Motor Show later this month. Series Hybrid Mode. Parallel Hybrid Mode. Battery pack. Click to enlarge. mpg US, 1.6

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APRIL 21, 2011

Flow diagram of the battery system, defined by the functional unit of 50 MJ stored and delivered to the powertrain. Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have performed life cycle assessments (LCA) of three batteries for plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and full performance battery electric (BEV) vehicles.

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

Researchers at the Beijing Institue of Technology have developed a battery model to estimate the state of charge (SoC) and peak power capability of a Li-ion battery in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The AEKF-based method is employed to achieve a robust SoC estimation. 2012.12.003.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

The manganese spinel system, Amine said, has excellent power capability—much better than any other existing lithium-ion system—allowing the possibility of designing small batteries, which could lead to significant cost reduction. XRD of new Argonne nano-Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 spinel. but a 4.3V, the life of the battery is poor.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Volvo Cars will introduce a front-wheel drive (FWD), 3-cylinder engine variant of its Twin Engine plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system in 2018, followed by its first production battery-electric vehicles and a new 48V mild hybrid system in 2019, according to Mats Anderson, Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The XJ_e plug-in hybrid. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will display the XJ_e plug-in hybrid engineering research vehicle at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The XJ_e demonstrates how an advanced parallel plug-in hybrid design can deliver reductions in CO 2 emissions of more than 70%, without compromising vehicle performance.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

The third generation of the plug-in hybrid from Mercedes-Benz is due to be launched. The efficiency of the 9G-TRONIC plug-in-hybrid transmission and a new lithium-ion battery support an all-electric range of around 50 kilometers (31 miles). The new cell chemistry with lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt (Li?NMC)

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MAY 20, 2009

The actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system has four primary components. and Gold Peak Battery-USA are research partners in the project. The ultracapacitor bank actively coupled via the power electronics allows the use of an energy optimized battery by reducing peak loads and minimizing internal battery heating.

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MARCH 11, 2011

kWh lithium-ion battery system built with Hitachi third-generation power-optimized cells. Improvements in the anode structure and new electrolyte additives resulted in improved calendar life over the prior generation of cells; the improvement in lifecycle of batteries kept at high temperature allowed the battery size to be reduced.

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JUNE 12, 2009

South Korea-based SK Energy has now developed six lithium-ion cells: two targeted at hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications and four targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications. SK Cells for HEV, PHEV and EV applications. PHEV Cells. Battery Management System. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

are jointly building a facility at the Chiba Works of MES for commercial production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) with a capacity is 2,100 tons/year for Li-ion battery (LIB) cathode materials. (MES) and Toda Kogyo Corp. The new facility for LFP production will start its operation in fiscal year 2012.

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