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Porsche Behind World’s Biggest Factory For Silicon Battery Materials

CleanTechnica EVs

Silicon battery technology gets the seal of approval from Porsche, which has put up the big bucks to help Group14 build the world's biggest silicon battery materials factory in Washington State.

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Group14 Technologies begins construction of second commercial-scale silicon battery materials plant

Green Car Congress

Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, has begun construction of a second commercial-scale US Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory in Moses Lake, WA, in support of domestic efforts to advance the electric vehicle (EV) market.

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Genesis G80 aims to disrupt the highly competitive luxury EV sedan market

Teslarati

According to AutoBlog , the Genesis G80 will be available in 8 states as of September this year: California, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York first, and then Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Washington. This powertrain is hooked to an 87.2kWh battery that will get you a range of 285 miles. Not as well as one would hope.

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That Was the Year That Was

Clean Fleet Report

In addition to taking deep dives on vehicles, Clean Fleet Report has looked at EV batteries , various infrastructure issues and other issues for this growing market. Volvo, Lucid, Porsche and Jaguar had low sales while Mini, Genesis, Toyota and Subaru were just beginning their sales. We spent time dispelling EV myths. Looking to 2023.

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Volkswagen Group acquires Ballard automotive fuel cell patent portfolio, extends engineering services contract in US$80+ million deal

Green Car Congress

Although the Volkswagen Group’s current production emphasis is on battery-powered electric drive (full BEV and PHEV, e.g., Volkswagen e-Golf, e-up! Hackenberg is also Coordinator of the Technical Development of all brands in the Volkswagen Group.

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VW Group head of research says its time for electrification, but progress has been extremely low; We need more

Green Car Congress

That car, Leohold noted, had a lead-acid battery pack with about 24 kWh of energy, was propelled by wheel hub motors and had a range of about 50 km—“ not that much different than today. Since the ideal battery is not around yet, we have to introduce hybrids. The main challenge is the battery. So what has changed?

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Shelling out Real Money

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I also bit the bullet and decided to try out the Belktronix system for the controller, charger, battery-managment and DC-DC. I had the privilege of showing off the Porsche 914 at the kick-off meeting for the EV club in Longview, Washington. The local paper was there and about 30 people showed up.

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