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MAY 1, 2017

ZAF ), developer of a rechargeable Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery, announced that it is in field testing with a leading US manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, and defense vehicles. The NiZn battery also reduces life cycle maintenance costs by 50% due to idle reduction. ZAF Energy Systems Inc. (

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JULY 19, 2020

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery, eliminating the cobalt and opening the door to reducing the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways. The cathode in their study is 89% nickel. —Wangda Li.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Nonetheless, several technical challenges still limit its commercialization. The major problem of Si anodes is their drastic volume changes during deep cycling, which often leads to the severe pulverization, electrical contact loss, unstable solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI), and subsequent poor electrochemical cycling reversibility.

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MAY 18, 2012

The research was conducted to gain understanding of how consumers view fuel-saving power train technologies based on attributes such as purchase price, fuel economy, annual fuel cost and performance. The majority like the idea because of fuel cost savings, and another quarter of consumers think the idea “just makes sense.”

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MAY 28, 2014

Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. Overview of the three vehicle classes identified in the study, and their corresponding battery technologies.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

The graphene cage acts as a mechanically strong and flexible buffer during deep cycling, allowing the silicon microparticles to expand and fracture within the cage while retaining electrical connectivity on both the particle and electrode level. —Yi Cui. Here we introduce a method to encapsulate Si microparticles (∼1–3 µm).

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JUNE 4, 2013

A g -1 , the composite electrode exhibited a relatively stable reversible lithium capacity of 1,600 mAh g -1 for 1,000 deep cycles based on the weight of only Si. The electrode can be continuously deep cycled up to 5,000 times without significant capacity decay. Click to enlarge. At a charge/discharge current of 1.0

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