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OXIS Energy and Lithium Balance partner on Li-sulfur battery system for China e-scooter market; targeting spring 2018

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Li-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy UK ( earlier post ) and Lithium Balance of Denmark are partnering to build a prototype Lithium-sulfur battery system primarily for the e-scooter market in China. Crucially, production costs will be reduced to meet the demand of the Chinese market.

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U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund new round of 6 energy and biomedical projects; Li-S batteries

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The renewable energy projects are: Safe, high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries for electric vehicle applications. and Chinese governments, as well as from industry. In 2001, U-M became the first non-Chinese academic institution approved to offer graduate engineering degrees in China, at SJTU.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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million grant from the U.S. News arrives nearly daily of yet another lithium-ion advance. One report from researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences boasts of a 711 Wh/kg lithium-ion battery. Then there are the new battery chemistries that are not lithium based—for instance, sodium-ion and graphene-based batteries.