Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is switching to a more powerful generation of lithium-ion batteries in its electric buses ( earlier post ). The two new eCitaro G buses for ÜSTRA feature second-generation NMC lithium-ion batteries. The first eCitaro G articulated buses have now been delivered to Hanover’s transport operator, ÜSTRA.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

GODI crossed a milestone by developing India’s first in-house NMC811 cathode material-based Li-ion cells, BIS certified in mid-2022. As a proud signatory to The Climate Pledge by Amazon, GODI is actively pursuing solvent-free and dry electrode coating processes, aiming to reduce the cost per kWh by over 5%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

With a new pilot plant that will produce lithium-ion battery cells, the company is taking the next step in addressing all aspects of the battery cell value chain: from selection of materials, to battery cell composition and design, all the way to near-standard production and recycling.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Enevate’s silicon Li-ion battery technology in EV cells (NCM-based) can be charged in 5 minutes at up to a tested 10C charging rate to 75% capacity with energy densities of more than 750 Wh/L. Conventional graphite cells with lower capacities suffer significant degradation with extreme fast charging.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Saft has won €35-million (US$46-million) of orders to supply specialized Li-ion telecom battery systems for Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) broadband mobile base stations in India. The order is Saft’s largest to date for Li-ion telecom batteries. It operates over a wide range of temperatures from -40°C to +75°C.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Financial support for this work was provided by the UC-Riverside and UC Faculty Climate Champion initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2022

Romeo Power has been selected by a US manufacturer of low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) as the sole provider of lithium-ion batteries for its next-generation vehicle. Romeo’s modules also come with industry-leading lithium-ion cells and applicable certifications to meet mandatory US transportation and other regulations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ampcera will develop a solid-state battery incorporating a thermally modulated cell technology (TMCT), developed by EC Power, that was used in conventional lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to power buses during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Award amount: $2,120,120). Award amount: $3,876,363). Award amount: $3,700,000).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Saft has won a contract to supply Li-ion battery systems to Imtech Marine, a leading maritime technology supplier. The vessel is being funded by the Scottish Government to help meet the target set in its Climate Change Delivery Plan to reduce CO 2 emissions in the transport sector by at least 20% by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

The temperature of a Li-ion battery has a major influence on its performance and its lifespan. Harsh climatic environments and severe solicitations can rapidly degrade cells if their temperature is not correctly managed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

Saft won a major contract from Rolls Royce Marine to supply the specialized marine lithium-ion (Seanergy) battery system for an innovative hybrid multi-application vessel under construction in Denmark for Kystverket, the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Solvay Ventures, the venture capital fund of Solvay, invested in Sepion, a California-based start-up that specializes in advanced membranes for batteries with Li-metal anodes and liquid electrolytes. The $16-million funding round was led by Fine Structure Ventures, and also includes other climate tech investors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Kynar CTO PVDF grades using the mass balance approach under the ISCC+ certification process will be produced first in Arkema’s Pierre-Bénite plant in France for its European customers, focusing initially on grades specifically targeted for the lithium-ion battery market. These grades are expected to be commercialized by mid-2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2020

A joint research team led by Professor Nam-Soon Choi and Professor Sang Kyu Kwak in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed an ion concentrate electrolyte using a solvent containing fluorine atoms. Li/Li + ). —Lee et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

A123 Systems introduced Nanophosphate EXT ( EX treme T emperature), a new lithium-ion battery technology capable of operating at extreme temperatures without requiring thermal management. We feel that we have erased the cold cranking deficit—the Achilles heel [for Li-ion] from a performance perspective against lead acid. ”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing about €19 million (US$24 million) to a new €36-million ($US46 million), 3-year, public-private research project to improve further the safety of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. SafeBatt began in July 2012 and will end on 30 June 2015.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2010

a designer and manufacturer of cab climate systems for heavy duty commercial trucks, off-highway machines and specialty vehicles—and Johnson Controls-Saft have developed a lithium-ion battery for NITE no-idle systems that will improve power efficiency, result in longer run times and enhance the environmental benefits of its no-idle units. —a

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Researchers at Wuhan University in China have developed a new electrochemical cell, PANI/Li x Mn 2 O 4 , for selective recovery of Li + ions from brine water with high impurity cations (K + , Na + , Mg 2+ , etc). free technology for Li + extraction from brine waters. —Zhao et al. Zhao et al. Zhao, A. , and Cao, Y.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

In EMEA, the unit is now available with an optional lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack to power the unit and maintain temperature when a vehicle is idling or turned off. Thermo King’s E-200 operates in fresh and frozen set points down to 0 ?F, F, an can be used for both engine-powered or all-electric fleets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Considerable attention has been devoted to using rational nanostructure design to address critical carbonaceous anode material issues for next-generation lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the fabrication of nanostructured carbonaceous anode materials often involves complex processes and expensive starting materials. —Chen et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

has signed a contract to supply Chrysler with Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery systems for 25 Town and Country minivans that will be part of a demonstration fleet of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) that Chrysler Group LLC has developed in partnership with the United States Department of Energy. Click to enlarge. Electrovaya Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2016

Cadenza Innovation , a Li-ion battery startup founded in 2012 by Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, former CEO and founder of Boston Power ( earlier post ), has raised more than $5 million in growth capital. Lampe-Onnerud. Cadenza says that its cell designs combines the best properties from wound jelly rolls and large prismatic cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

Wide Operating Temperature: The low freezing points of the LiGas electrolyte enable lithium batteries to perform in the most extreme climates at temperatures as low -60 °C and up to +60°C. —Robert McIntyre, Managing Director at LG Technology Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2023

In Germany, a project led by electrolyte company Elyte Innovations GmbH is pursuing the recovery of the non-metallic components—including lithium salts, solvents and electrolyte additives—from spent lithium-ion batteries. The costly extraction of these materials entails numerous ecological risks.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Our ambition is to take on a leading role not only in the development of beers and beverages, but also in beverage logistics and climate protection. Equipped with a two-speed gear box, the truck offers Li-ion battery packs in sizes ranging from 200 kWh to 265 kWh. —Thomas Amstutz, CEO of Feldschlösschen.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) are to begin work on a new lithium-ion battery technology that is capable of capturing CO 2 emissions, following a £243,689 award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). However, the development of Li-CO 2 batteries is still in its infancy stage.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

A team from Stanford University has shown a lithium titanium phosphate (LTP) material as an “ excellent ” candidate for anode material for use in aqueous Li-ion batteries. Most commercial lithium-ion cells use a highly flammable organic electrolyte. V with respect to the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) or 2.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

A Korean research team from KIST and UNIST has developed a next-generation high-capacity cathode material for lithium-ion batteries by stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides (OLO) using the DNA of salmon. Their paper appears in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

In the race against climate change, state-of-the-art energy storage solutions are paramount to leveraging power generation from clean energy sources, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers are exploring strategies to increase battery cell energy density while decreasing manufacturing costs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sylvatex has developed and is commercializing a lithium-ion battery cathode production technology that uses a sustainable, waterless manufacturing process. The collaboration with Forge Nano facilitates the delivery of next-generation Li-ion battery CAM at a commercial scale in North America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

Researchers at Penn State, with colleagues at EC Power , a Penn State spin-off, have developed a lithium-ion battery structure—the ‘all-climate battery’ (ACB) cell—that heats itself up from below 0 degrees Celsius without requiring external heating devices or electrolyte additives. —Wang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2018

AKASOL is also starting to develop second-generation lithium-ion battery systems in close cooperation with Daimler Buses. The lithium-ion battery systems of both generations are able to charge rapidly (at up to 300 kW) and supply energy to additional units such as air conditioning and electrical systems. —AKASOL CEO Sven Schulz.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

An international team of researchers from Stanford University, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is proposing the use of single nanostructure devices as a powerful new diagnostic tool for Li-ion batteries. Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

JMBM Canada includes a team with more than 360 years of collective experience, including R&D, pilot to commercial scale cathode production and product qualification and quality assurance systems qualified for tier 1 automotive lithium-ion cell manufacturers. —Liam Condon, CEO of Johnson Matthey.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, the recent climate of uncertainty and inflation arising from the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war has had a negative impact on new-build contracts, including on ship-types targeted for electrification. IDTechEx concludes that the future of the electric ship industry lies with hybrid cargo vessels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM billion, and spends $60 million annually on Li-ion battery research and development. LG Chem provides the Li-ion battery system for Hyundai’s Blue Gen System.

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