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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

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To stay in the game, Renault is among the European automakers rushing to produce EVs that are at a similar price point to ICE vehicles – to avoid losing out to Chinese rivals that have Europe in their sites with low-cost EVs – BYD’s vehicles are arriving by the shipload. The Twingo will also use an LFP battery to cut costs.

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Hercules EV opens $20M Series A round; targeting electric pickup in late 2022; Prieto solid-state batteries

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Hercules vehicles will offer integrated solar charging, long-range batteries and optional fuel-cell range-extender options. Hercules is commencing the Series A financing to support product development and add team members; the company currently is scouting locations for production of its components, including solid-state batteries.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Unifrax, a manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, introduced its Battery Advisory Board, which will meet regularly to provide strategic guidance as Unifrax grows its battery portfolio and enters the silicon anode market with its new SiFAB Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Technology. Earlier post.).

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Georgia Tech team develops melt-infiltration technique for scalable production of solid-state batteries

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A new fabrication technique could allow all-solid-state automotive lithium-ion batteries (ASSLBs) to adopt nonflammable ceramic electrolytes using the same production processes as in batteries made with conventional liquid electrolytes. This study could affect his personal financial status. Turcheniuk, K.,

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Ionic Materials raises $65M in Series C; polymer electrolyte for solid-state batteries

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The investors include companies from the battery manufacturing, consumer electronic and electric vehicle ecosystem which will be working with the company to speed the development of its solid polymer electrolyte battery material. Low cost precursors. Key properties of Ionic Materials’ polymer include: Up to 1.3

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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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Schematic of a redox flow battery. Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.

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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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It is an ideal fun hatch which offers premium, safety and technology features, eco-friendly footprint, spirited performance, all made even more desirable with the added advantage of a low cost of ownership. We are confident that this move will help more and more customers embrace EVs as their preferred mode for personal mobility.

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