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Under terms of a multi-faceted deal, the company is investing in Aqua Metals (AQMS) and licensing the technology. These modular systems allow the lead-acid battery industry to improve environmental impact and scale production simultaneously to meet rapidly growing demand. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 8, 2016

The company says that its proprietary AquaRefining is first environmentally friendly process to recycle lead-acid batteries (LABs). Interstate Batteries controls 20% of the lead-acid battery recycling market in the United States. Aqua Metals , Inc.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Owens Corning is exhibiting its newly-branded LifeMat glass non-woven solutions for flooded lead-acid batteries or start-stop systems at Baltimore’s Battery Council International (BCI). The LifeMat pasting mat contributes to extending the lifecycle of traditional lead-acid batteries by preventing positive active mass shedding.

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MAY 23, 2014

lead-acid battery recycling facility. EPA’s investigation, prompted by community concerns as well as ongoing investigations by state and local agencies, found that Exide violated the Clean Air Act’s lead emissions standards on more than 30 occasions. The Agency is evaluating its enforcement options against the company.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Lead-acid battery maker Exide Technologies filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. The company said Chapter 11 filing is intended to facilitate the financial and operational restructuring necessary to strengthen its balance sheet and its business. The petition was filed in the District of Delaware.

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JUNE 28, 2011

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium ( ALABC ) announced the additions of several companies to its membership list, bringing its current membership to 66 companies—its highest tally ever.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This market is currently heavily dominated by lead-acid battery solutions that cannot keep up with the demands of today’s warehouse and logistics environments. Electrovaya Inc. has introduced a new Lithium-ion ceramic product line for the Class I and II forklift markets.

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MARCH 16, 2010

developer of a portfolio of next-generation lead-acid battery technologies ( earlier post ), has shut down and is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation rather than reorganization as with Chapter 11). Several military contracts totaling more than $5 million weren’t enough to keep the company afloat. PJStar.com.

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electric vans on the market, the company says, and is capable of 60 miles on a full charge of its 13 kWh battery pack. The lead-acid battery technology, adapted from military use in tanks, is maintenance-free and can operate at temperatures of up to -20 °C. Payload is 1,000 kg. The XT320E. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

This funding comes in addition to more than $7 million the company has received to date under its original contract to adapt the company’s next-generation microcell foam battery technologies for military applications. Firefly is backed by companies such as Caterpillar, BAE Systems and Husqvarna. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 1, 2012

The LC Super Hybrid, conceived by Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) and the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) to show that significant CO 2 reduction can be achieved through electric hybridization at low voltages (12-48 volts) using the latest lead-carbon batteries, will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck does without a 12-volt lead-acid accessory battery, shifting to a 48-volt electrical system. John Hayes, CEO of autonomous-driving software company Ghost Autonomy, recently posted on X (formerly Twitter).

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has developed a series of 48-volt technologies to assist its global on- and off-highway commercial vehicle customers transitioning from traditional 12- and 24-volt vehicle systems to systems that include 48-volt architecture. —Ben Karrer. —Ben Karrer. Eaton supercaps.

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MAY 28, 2014

For technical and socioeconomic reasons, 12V lead-based batteries will continue to be the essential mass-market system in Class 1 vehicles for the foreseeable future (and as auxiliary batteries in Class 2 and 3 vehicles). stop-in-motion, voltage stabilisation). Rombat, and Inci Aku).

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JULY 18, 2009

Exide Technologies entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the University of Idaho to develop and commercialize improvements on lead-acid battery technology for applications including hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 15-year agreement allows for Glencore to purchase up to 100% of ACE’s products from four of its planned lead-acid and lithium-ion battery recycling parks being built in the United States, India and Thailand. million tons of recycled metals containing lead, lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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This approximately 137,000 square foot facility is currently vacant and was previously used for the recycling of lead-acid batteries, and as such is already designed and permitted for similar operations.

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APRIL 25, 2009

The University of Glamorgan (Wales) and Atraverda, an advanced material company that owns the intellectual property rights to a conductive ceramic known as Ebonex, are collaborating to produce a commercially viable bi-polar lead-acid battery. Conventional mono-polar lead-acid battery (left) and bi-polar (right).

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JANUARY 30, 2019

The company also presented its 12V/110Ah (1.45 Epsilor’s lithium-ion vehicular battery family of products is intended to replace traditional lead-acid batteries, offering four times the energy and approximately half the weight of lead-acid batteries of similar size. kWh) LiFePO 4 battery at IAV.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Factory vehicles in Audi’s production plants such as fork-lift trucks and tow tractors have so far been powered by lead-acid batteries. This has the same dimensions and weight as the previous lead-acid batteries of the factory vehicles, so the company can continue to use all of those vehicles without any major investments.

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JULY 26, 2021

Musk’s update came as a response to Tesla owner Rich Teer , who inquired if it was possible to have the company’s older vehicles be equipped with the company’s newer 12-volt lithium-ion battery. This is because low-voltage lithium-ion batteries are more expensive than conventional lead-acid batteries in the market.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia-based SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has taken a majority stake in Black Diamond Structures (BDS), a nanotechnology company established in 2014. BDS was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between SABIC Ventures US LLC and Molecular Rebar Design. Photo courtesy SABIC.

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JULY 24, 2010

The company is also investing an additional $40 million to add 2.7 The Delkor joint venture was part of Johnson Controls’ acquisition of Delphi’s global automotive battery business in 2005. Johnson Controls will invest approximately $90 million in the acquisition.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Hyundai Motor Company and the Kia Corporation plan to produce electric vehicle (EV) batteries in India. Hyundai Motor is Kia’s parent company. The company has EV expansion plans for India, starting with the leading Indian battery company, Exide Energy. to collaborate strategically in India’s EV market.

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JUNE 11, 2021

Among the many changes that Tesla implemented in the new Model S Plaid, a new, 12-volt lithium-ion battery is one of the most subtle yet significant improvements the company made to its flagship sedan. The previous lead-acid battery did not have a consistently long lifespan and was sometimes changed up to three times a year by some owners.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Under the agreement, Johnson Controls will collaborate with Toshiba to develop and manufacture lithium-ion batteries at its Holland, MI, plant and pair them with existing lead-acid battery technology as part of dual-battery systems. —Fujio Takahashi, general manager of Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation.

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JUNE 25, 2020

The company first pioneered its technology for the transit industry in 1998, when it fielded New York City’s first electric hybrid bus fitted with lead-acid batteries. BAE Systems has 20-plus years of experience in the development and integration of electric propulsion and accessory systems for transit buses.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

After a series of successful third-party test results by industry-leading companies in commercial trucking, manufacturing, and road construction, ZAF is expanding its production capacity to rapidly “seed the market” and drive demand for its nickel zinc battery as a replacement for lead-acid batteries in key market segments.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Wirtz Manufacturing, a global provider of equipment design and technology for the lead-acid battery market, has made a strategic investment in ZAF Energy Systems, a manufacturer of nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries. These investments are being used by the company to hire employees, expand production, and forge strategic partnerships.

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DECEMBER 26, 2009

Axion Power has developed several technological improvements to traditional lead-acid batteries, and owns numerous patents covering them. Axion’s future goal, after filling its plant’s lead-carbon battery production capacity, is to become the leading supplier of carbon electrode assemblies for the global lead-acid battery industry.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

Faradion’s sodium-ion technology provides advantages compared to alternative battery technologies, especially lithium-ion and lead acid, including: Sustainable – There is no dependence and use of cobalt, lithium, copper or graphite. Reliance is India’s largest private sector company, with a consolidated turnover of INR 5,392.38

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Since I'm still waiting on parts from ElectroAuto, I decided to take the plunge and do some extensive research on Lead-Acid battery technology. Given that I'm using lead-acid technology, one of the big challenges is knowing just how much charge is left in the batteries so I don't run them down below 20% SOC (or state-of-charge).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Automotive lead-acid batteries are GS Yuasa’s mainstay product, for which it holds the largest share of the Japanese market by far, covering roughly 70% of new vehicles. The company also has made more than 1.4 and Blue Energy, a venture with Honda Motor. The manufacturer also plans to work with partners on EV batteries.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The three companies will work together to develop durable, heat- and impact-resistant 12-Volt lithium-ion batteries as a viable replacement for lead-acid starter batteries in motor vehicles by 2021. Mazda Motor Corporation, ELIIY Power Co., and Ube Industries, Ltd.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Navigant ranks Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle Company as the top e-scooter company. According to a new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research, Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle Company is the best positioned company in the global e-scooter market in terms of strategy and execution. Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge.

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Instead of circulating fluids, the battery uses a proprietary gel, hence the company name gel plus ion." To commercialize the technology, the company is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange to raise 16 million pounds sterling (US$22 million). To explain, he uses the analogy of Velcro.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company based in Houston, Phillips 66 has filed numerous patent applications on battery-related technology. Current cell designs can provide gravimetric and volumetric energy densities comparable to lithium-ion and greatly in excess of lead-acid batteries. Earlier post.).

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