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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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Our ultimate goal is to enable a commercially viable lithium metal battery. The answer has to do with how lithium deposits on the anode when the cell is charging. For example, in an electrolyte specially designed by Meng’s collaborators at General Motors, lithium deposits as dense, column-shaped chunks. student at UCSD.

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Motoring News - - Verdict On Cars

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Browse the news archive Electric car company announces first all-electric production car 27/4/09 The Electric Car Corporation (ECC) has announced its first all-electric four-seater production car. It is capable of 60mph and has a 60-70 mile range when fully charged. The C1 evie is available directly from ECC.

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ORNL Researchers Modify Plug-in Hybrid Electric Traction Drive Power Electronics to Function as On-Board Charger; Mobile Power Generation and V2G Support as Well

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The approach for hybrids using multiple inverters and motors (left) and a single inverter and motor (right). The system comprises a 55 kW motor inverter and a 30 kW generator inverter that is capable of Level 1 and Level 2 charging rates (1.8 ~ 19.2 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), pp.

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