Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Yesterday, it was reported that various counties in California were suing Tesla for violations of the State’s health code for “intentional or negligent disposal of hazardous waste.” The post Here’s a list of every county suing Tesla for its handling of hazardous waste appeared first on TESLARATI.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

QUANTRON is presenting the Q-Light fuel-cell-electric transporter at the NUFAM trade fair for the commercial vehicle industry in Europe. As a hydrogen fuel cell transporter in the 3.5 The transporter is available with different body variants and can be used in a variety of ways. tonne range, the Q-Light FCEV is unique in Europe.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2024

An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. continued] The post Making More Batteries With Fewer Materials appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

The Peterbilt Model 579EV will deliver the RNG to the Dane County landfill facility, where it will be injected into the natural gas pipeline to be used as clean transportation fuel on the west coast. offtakes the RNG for distribution to the transportation market in California. US Gain, a division of Wisconsin-based US Venture, Inc.,

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JANUARY 9, 2021

one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li- Cycle Corporation. We are thrilled to work with New Flyer in spearheading closed-loop resource recovery of electric bus batteries.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue three sustainable transportation technologies funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in Spring 2021.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Each main line has the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium-ion battery material per year. Germany represents the largest market for both battery manufacturing scrap and the expected supply of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in Europe. A definitive feasibility study for the project is currently underway.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Vera is controlled and monitored via a cloud-based service, and has the potential to make transportation safer, cleaner and more efficient. The driveline and battery pack are of the same type that are used in Volvo Trucks’ electric trucks. The full potential of the transport industry is yet to be seen.

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JUNE 9, 2021

The Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) ( earlier post ) has released the National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries 2021–2030 to guide investments in the urgent development of a domestic lithium-battery manufacturing value chain. Stimulate the US electrode, cell, and pack manufacturing sectors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 17, 2022

Toward the end of last month, we missed an important press release from GM in the shuffle of cleantech news, but it’s something that’s worth going back to, because it’s an important piece of a big efficiency problem that plagues every automobile: getting some good from waste heat.

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JULY 21, 2021

A study recently published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center assesses how best to identify at the European level an additional fifth category of batteries—those used for Light Means of Transport (LMT) such as e-bikes and similar new products—which would ensure their appropriate collection and recycling.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Cirba Solutions, a recycled battery management and materials company, will form a joint venture with 6K Inc., This partnership provides the battery manufacturing sector with a secure and steady source of recycled cathode material that will help the United States achieve a sustainable domestic supply chain. —6K’s CEO, Aaron Bent.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

One of the six awards goes to Ford, to support the development of a high-fidelity CFD model for solvent evaporation and transport in porous structures during battery electrode drying. An accurate 3D CFD model for drying is essential for predicting the drying mechanism and optimizing its parameters. Solar Turbines Inc.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

The European Commission is proposing modernizing EU legislation on batteries; this would be the first initiative delivered among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NFI Group, a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, has expanded its partnership with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li-Cycle Corp., to offer heavy-duty electric vehicle battery recycling to public transit customers in North America through Li-Cycle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 1, 2023

While the US will waste a lot of time, money and energy getting there and end up less competitive as a result, most US transportation will decarbonize regardless, although often not as the new transportation blueprint supposes.

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APRIL 3, 2023

The tankers will transport a wide variety of liquid cargoes including renewable raw materials such as waste and residue oils and fats to Neste’s refineries. At the refineries, products such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be loaded for transport.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Lithium Australia subsidiary VSPC reports significant progress towards improving the energy density of LFP (lithium ferro phosphate) Li-ion battery cells by adjusting its proprietary manufacturing processes to incorporate manganese into the cathode active material during production.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Cobalt is an important metal in the production of EV batteries, and the cobalt processed from Australia will be used in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Cobalt is a metal that makes up only 0.001% of the earth’s crust.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Under the terms of the agreement, XL Fleet and Curbtender will jointly develop a series of battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) commercial trucks for use in waste management applications. The Quantum is the US Waste Industry’s #1 selling small rear loader. XL Fleet Corp. Curbtender Quantum.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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MARCH 17, 2023

The customer is the refuse collection company Arma, and this is the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa. Volvo Trucks has the broadest line-up of electric trucks available for commercial transports.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Refining the circular economy for battery materials. However, to extract ever more minerals by mining and dispose of the waste in landfills, would be to continue the practices that got the world into its current environmental mess. As the e-mobility transition accelerates, demand for critical minerals is growing exponentially.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

The Volvo Group has created the new business area Volvo Energy to strengthen the Volvo Group’s business flow of batteries over the life cycle as well as the customer offer for charging infrastructure. This is of course very positive as it accelerates the transition towards more sustainable transport solutions. —Martin Lundstedt.

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APRIL 29, 2022

and Eni signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to explore potential cooperation on sustainable mobility initiatives in the commercial vehicle sector in Europe and accelerate the decarbonization of transport. IVECO, a brand of Iveco Group N.V. High-quality HVO biofuel can be used in its pure form in all of the most recent diesel engines.

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MARCH 30, 2020

As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. The driveline is powered by a battery pack with a (gross) energy content of 170 kWh; sufficient for covering regular garbage collection routes.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

As the world transitions to sustainable transportation through electric vehicles (EVs), some are considering ways to reduce EV battery waste. One such company includes Volvo, which has announced a partnership to recycle old EV batteries into new energy storage systems.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 4, 2023

However, as the number of EVs on our roads continues to grow, so too does the number of old EV batteries requiring responsible disposal. According to estimates from EECA, an EV battery is expected to last 10 to 20 years (and more than 350,000km!) So, what happens to EV batteries once they have done their dash?

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 2, 2023

The US will waste a lot of time, money, and energy on bad decarbonizing transportation approaches and end up less competitive as a result.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

Porsche and joint venture partner Customcells, a spin-off from Fraunhofer, also announced the launch of production of high-performance battery cells at Porsche’s Weissach Development Center. BASF is the exclusive cell development partner for the next generation lithium-ion battery. Earlier post.). Taycan Turbo S 800-volt system.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. Port Authority of Allegheny County: A $1,104,000 grant to replace two diesel transit buses with two new battery electric buses and install two charging stations. Allegheny County.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Keliber, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, has analyzed the CO 2 emissions generated by its future production using two studies. Keliber plans to begin production in 2024. tonnes/produced tonne. —CEO Hannu Hautala.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. The battery capacity of the iONTRON eMixer is 350 kWh; one battery charge is sufficient for a full workday of around eight hours with five to six tours in inner-city traffic.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Battery-electric and fuel cell electric power will be crucial to achieve this major transformation towards carbon-free transport. meet the requirements of urban transport, delivery, distribution and waste collection. tractor to meet the needs of regional and inter-regional transport from 2023. D Wide Z.E.

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JUNE 18, 2014

The UK’s LowCVP has published twin reports which set out how the UK could meet its 2020 targets defined in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, and proceed on a pathway to decarbonize road transport fuel in the period to 2030 and beyond. Fuels Roadmap.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. The Swedish mining group Boliden is becoming one of the first in the world to start using battery-electric trucks for heavy underground transport starting 2023.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A containerized 600 kWh marine battery system will be installed in a trial on board the Maersk Cape Town in December 2019 to improve vessel performance and reliability while reducing CO 2 emissions. Propelling marine vessels with battery power alone is still years away from being a technically- and economically-viable option, Maersk says.

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