Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions. Even the highest energy density lithium ion cells currently available, e.g., 2.8–2.9 V cell voltage and have low ion concentrations (typically 1.2 Source: Duduta et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). –2.9

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APRIL 22, 2016

The lithium-ion batteries are being manufactured by the Daimler subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE and distributed through selected sales partners and partner companies. The concept devised by Daimler Business Innovation provides for a variety of applications. The systems are scalable—i.e., Further projects are already planned.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

A team from Stanford University and Ruhr-Universität Bochum have demonstrated the novel concept of a “desalination battery” that uses an electrical energy input to extract sodium and chloride ions from seawater and to generate fresh water. A constant current is then applied in order to remove the ions from the solution.

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

exhibited five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including three trucks all based on the Atlas 24 model equipped with Nissan LEAF components and other EV-related technologies at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show: the e-NT400 Atlas Concept; the Atlas F24 Refrigerator Van by Li-ion Battery; and the Atlas F24 Power Supply Truck.

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APRIL 1, 2011

John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The high energy storage has stimulated a worldwide study of Li-air batteries. A typical Li-air battery discharges at 2.5-2.7 V vs. Li/Li + at room temperature.

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MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Volkswagen unveiled the T-Prime Concept GTE all-wheel drive plug-in hybrid in a world premiere at Auto China 2016 in Beijing. The concept fulls-size SUV previews the future Volkswagen SUV. The T-Prime Concept GTE features Volkswagen’s new Curved Interaction Area—a new digital display and control concept. Powertrain.

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JULY 17, 2020

Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes. AOI 01b: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research, Development, and Validation. Project description. Federal share. Enovix Corporation.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP). The requirements for CES are very demanding.

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Blink Charging

JULY 28, 2022

An EV doesn’t use only one Li-ion (lithium-ion) battery, though. Li-ion batteries have been around since 1991, but only in 2008 were applied to cars. These components are much less dense than Li-ion, have a shorter lifespan, and must be recharged more often. A New Composition. Efficiency in Numbers.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 31, 2023

When an EV is plugged into a charger, it can give back energy to the power grid or any other required places during peak demand and only charge when the overall demand is lower.  They may take up a lot of clean energy produced by solar panels during the day and return it to the grid at night. There is yet another element at play.

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JUNE 13, 2011

The car, to be a remodeled version of the Swift hatchback, will use a small lithium-ion battery capable of powering it for about 30 km (19 miles) on a full charge, according to the report. The concept Swift plug-in is powered by a 55 kW, 180 N·m AC synchronous motor and a 2.66 kWh Li-ion battery pack. mpg US, or 2.7

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JULY 25, 2016

An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V versus Li/Li +. Courtesy of the researchers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new zinc-polyiodide redox flow battery offering more than two times the energy density of the next-best flow battery used to store renewable energy and support the power grid. Source: Li et al. Click to enlarge. Flow batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Concept electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Of that weight, the 18 kWh Li-ion battery pack represents 240 kg (529 pounds). bears a resemblance to previously presented concept vehicles of this new model series—the Up! The concept car has a touch-screen based HMI (Human Machine Interface) with intelligent E-Up!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany). In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries.

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MAY 14, 2010

Powertrain concept for the Swift plug-in. Suzuki Motor Corporation’s newly developed Swift Plug-in Hybrid, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 as a concept ( earlier post ), gained type approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 12 May. kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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JULY 20, 2013

R&D in this area is looking into controls for vehicle energy management systems, power grid communication, battery life monitoring, temperature management systems, EV sensors, and predictive control. ID4EV); controls allowing grid integration (i.e. —“Paving the way to electrified road transport”. Energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2010

Demand is being driven by several key trends, including the proliferation of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, the onset of the smart grid concept and a shift to plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The ideal response time is in many cases instantaneous. Pike senior analyst David Link.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

These appliances are part of the broader concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), where everyday objects are connected to the internet, enabling them to collect and exchange data for improved functionality and user convenience. Flow Batteries: These batteries store energy in liquid electrolytes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., 35 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Top speed 95 mph Dick Johnson, AutoPort’s director of business development, said that AutoPort will work with major companies in the area to demonstrate the V2G concept.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Advanced Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Ion Chemistries. Critical barriers exist for the implementation of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in electric drive vehicle applications. The critical performance metrics for Li- ion batteries in EDVs are: Energy Storage Requirements. Characteristics.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Moreover, our battery team is already starting work on new concepts that will further decrease the cost of the Volt battery pack quite substantially in a second-generation Volt pack. Actually, as I read the conclusions of the study I had a feeling of déjà vu.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The paper outlines the technology landscape and the opportunities that exist in the area of improved Li-ion battery safety. The two have decided that Li-ion battery safety is an area of opportunity for each. The organizations intend to pursue further efforts directed toward safety in relation to Li-ion battery technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Power is provided by a liquid-cooled 95 kWh Li-ion pack.

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JULY 10, 2019

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. IsoTherm Inc., SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

For the longer term, (2017-2027) while “beyond Li-ion” battery chemistries such as lithium-sulfur, magnesium-ion, zinc-air, and lithium-air, offer the potential of significantly greater energy densities, breakthrough innovation will be required for these new battery technologies to enter the PEV market, according to DOE.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. Details of the 28 companies awarded a total of $4.2

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JULY 5, 2011

Schematic diagrams showing (a) the prelithiation of SiNWs on stainless steel (SS) foil, and (b) the internal electron and Li + pathways during the prelithiation. Yi Cui, have developed a method for pre-lithiating a silicon nanowire (SiNW) anode for use in a Li-ion battery. Two possible electron pathways are shown in (b).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The AVTA’s testing of PHEVs demonstrates PHEV concepts in real-world usage by using fleet and public drivers. All batteries are Li-ion unless otherwise noted. The 1 million test miles and more than 26,000 charging events have been accumulated in on-road operations across the United States and Canada.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Stanford University researchers have devised a new way to make lithium-ion battery packs last longer and suffer less deterioration from fast charging. It was later explained that the million-mile battery concept was not really a new chemistry, but just a way to operate the battery by not making it use the full charge range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

It can be used in many applications to improve or replace existing transport solutions and deployed at electricity grid scale. MJ or 213 Wh/kg, competitive with high energy density Li-ion batteries. Liquid Air technically does not store any energy, as energy has been removed to create it.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

The ultimate goal is the concept of a Megacity Vehicle (MCV) that meets the demands of a sustainable mobility solution for congested urban areas. Further lithium-ion cells are located at the front end in front of the cowl. The lithium-ion battery units featured in the BMW ActiveE can be recharged from multiple external power sources.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Specifically, the project will demonstrate a 50-kW capacitive wireless charging system with 150 kW/m 2 power transfer density and 95% efficiency, while meeting fringing-field safety standards and increasing grid reliability by minimizing power pulsations. Stanford University.

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JUNE 29, 2011

In addition, a scenario is being tested in which some of the daily peak electrical demand might be buffered by the cars’ lithium-ion batteries in the future. Li-ion packs. Volkswagen is studying two different lithium-ion battery systems for the Golf Variant (Golf Generation VI). kWh of energy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

JCESR combines the R&D capabilities of five DOE national laboratories, five universities, and four private firms in an effort to achieve revolutionary advances in battery performance, with electric cars and the electricity grid as the targets. I think the difference [with Li-ion] is that there is a limit. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

Ltd (GAC Group) is showing the Trumpchi GS5-BEV Pure Electric Vehicle Concept at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The electric SUV concept is based on the conventionally-engined Trumpchi GS5 SUV which was introduced in March of 2012. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC Trumpchi GS5-BEV. Click to enlarge.

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