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Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

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Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. When charging with electricity generated through fossil fuels, that difference becomes much smaller.

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UMD, Army Researchers design new electrolyte enabling high energy density rechargeable Mg and Ca batteries

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Rechargeable magnesium and calcium metal batteries (RMBs and RCBs) are promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries because of the high crustal abundance and capacity of magnesium and calcium. It’s the first time a magnesium battery theoretically reached a similar energy density as a lithium-ion battery. —Chunsheng Wang.

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Electrify America unveils its first application of megawatt-level energy storage

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Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at more than 150 stations across the US, including more than 100 installations in California.

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H&T Recharge to supply EV battery cylindrical cans to Panasonic Energy – Charged EVs

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Battery supplier Panasonic Energy has signed a long-term agreement with H&T Recharge, a German battery component manufacturer, for the supply of battery cans in North America.

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Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

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Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. The charging stations used in the test are delivered by Momentum Dynamics, a leading provider of wireless electric charging systems.

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INL, UCSD researchers find slow, low-energy charging of Li batteries creates glassy lithium; high-performance Li-metal batteries

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Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. Lithium metal is a preferred anode for high-energy rechargeable batteries.

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Japanese researchers unveil rechargeable magnesium batteries that could challenge li-ion dominance

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Researchers at Tohoku University have made a groundbreaking advancement in battery technology, developing a novel cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) that enables efficient charging and discharging even at low temperatures.

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