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EV Project on Reunion Island

Green Car Congress

Renault, EDF, GBH (Groupe Bernard Hayot), Total Réunion, GE Money and the GERRI agency signed a letter of intent on the experimentation of 50 electric vehicles in Reunion Island—La Réunion, one of France’s overseas départments (DOM)—together with battery charge infrastructure powered mainly by renewable energies.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

Some advanced designs use a small amount of silicon, which can store more energy. However, the use of silicon is limited by its tendency to expand significantly during charge and discharge, so graphite is expected to remain the main anode material for the foreseeable future. Charged : Do all anodes use graphite?

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