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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With a combined city and highway fuel economy of 112 miles per gallon equivalent, the i-MIEV outpaces all other vehicles currently sold in United States. The greenercars.org website also identifies top, widely-available models in each vehicle class. ACEEE 2012 “Greenest” Rankings. Make and Model. Specifications. Green score.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems LLC, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Wanxiang America Corporation, has acquired substantially all of the non-government business assets of bankrupt A123 Systems, Inc. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive. Lead-Acid Replacement.

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Ni-Li Lead Acid Li-ion Grid 310

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MAY 1, 2010

Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) for the development of practical, economical and safe lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for powering electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

A mid-sized ICE vehicle driven in the United States was also investigated as a basis for comparison. In all three cases, power generation methods were chosen based on best-in-class or near best-in-class components that are nonetheless widely commercially available. Credit: ACS, Dai and Lastoskie. Click to enlarge.

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Gas Li-ion Gas-Electric Conversion 218

Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

To have any shot, the United States alone may need 20 to 40 gigafactories over 15 years, with a combined terawatt of new battery capacity, to meet projected demand, says Venkat Srinivasan, director of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science. Will the EV battery world be able to meet the EV demand?

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Batteries Battery General Motors 2020 137

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will investigate the use of ionic liquids as a new class of multi-functional (anti-wear and friction modifier) lubricant additives to allow the use of lower viscosity engine oils, to improve engine efficiency. United States Automotive Materials Partnership, LLC. United States Automotive Materials Partnership, LLC.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Built from the ground-up to be completely optimized as an EV, the Catalyst is the only purpose-built bus in its class. The modular configuration is a part of Proterra’s approach to electrifying mass transit routes across the United States. Proterra has demonstrated that this option can travel more 700 miles in 24 hours.

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Washington Energy Storage Federal Grant Li-ion 150

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Li-ion 459

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Fuels currently sourced or that can be sourced in the United States are highly encouraged. Applications submitted within this AOI shall propose a demonstration project for a prototype multimaterial light-weight vehicle that is part of the Clean Energy Dialogue between the United States and Canada. Li/air and Li/S systems.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC. Penn State University Park. Description. Federal funding.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. The target liquid fuel is isooctane, which fits well into the existing transportation fuel system in the United States. Electrofuels. OPX Biotechnologies Inc.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

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MAY 30, 2021

The developments and innovations that happened in the Internal combusting engine and the newly found oil reservoirs along with other few reasons made the gasoline cars favourite among the growing middle-class families in the U.S Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Game Changer. How Does A Lithium-Ion Battery Work. during the early 1900s.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Industrial Industry 52

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain. Applied Materials, Inc. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery 435

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain. Applied Materials, Inc. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery 370

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JULY 7, 2016

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new way to increase the robustness and energy storage capability of a particular class of “lithium-rich” cathode materials by using a carbon dioxide-based gas mixture to create oxygen vacancies at the material’s surface. —Qiu et al. C-rate and 1.0 Click to enlarge.

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San Diego Li-ion Ni-Li Lithium Ion 170

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MARCH 19, 2009

The battery manufacturing area is focused on battery manufacturing plants, material and component supplier manufacturing plants, and recycling plants, including facilities and manufacturing equipment, for Li-ion and other advanced batteries for advanced vehicles such as electric drive vehicles (EDVs) and micro-hybrids.

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PHEV Batteries Battery Vehicles 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

To be introduced in two weeks at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Spark EV will arrive in California showrooms in summer 2013 offering what GM says will be among the best EV range in its class—as yet unspecified. The Spark EV will offer a few firsts. Earlier post.) near Baltimore. This notion of GM.we

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Extended Range GM Light Plug 286

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The lithium-ion battery comprises 168 prismatic cells and is liquid-cooled. Its emphasis is on lithium-ion battery systems, which are put together using a flexible, modular concept. Installation of CCS charging stations has already begun in Europe and the United States. With a capacity of 17.3 Click to enlarge.

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