article thumbnail

Hanwha and LG Energy to build battery production in US, targeting ESS and UAM

Green Car Congress

The joint investment will pave the way for Hanwha to lead the rapidly-growing energy storage market and future Urban Air Mobility business. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in Seoul for comprehensive battery business cooperation for ESS (energy storage systems) and other clean-tech energy solutions.

Building 199
article thumbnail

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

Green Car Congress

These projections necessitate finding new approaches to transporting cargo with a lower demand for energy and lower CO2 emissions. In the study, researchers from IIASA, Brazil, Germany, and Malaysia looked into how an airship-based industry could be developed using the jet stream as the energy medium to transport cargo around the world.

Hydrogen 268
article thumbnail

Impressions Of The Tesla Model Y With 4680 Battery Cells

CleanTechnica EVs

The 4680 batteries have 5 times more energy with 6 times the power and enable a 16% range increase. At the battery-pack level, the form-factor improvements alone result in a 14% reduction in cost per kWh.