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UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

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The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and in improving the lives of millions of people. Progress is insufficient. However, challenges remain.

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Year-long testing of Leclanché 60 Ah G/NMC cells shows high energy density, high cycle life

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The presentation of results was made by Dr. Petronela Gotcu, manager R&D Cells and Dr. Hilmi Buqa, vice president R&D Cells, Leclanché, at the International Battery Production Conference 2020 Braunschweig, Germany, held online this year from November 2 - 3. 1C/1C continuous for a 100% DoD at room temperature conditions.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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The report lays out an assessment of sectoral mitigation options that can close the gap before 2030 by adopting already known and cost-effective technologies, often by simply adopting or adapting best practice examples already deployed. The 1 Gigaton Coalition is supported by UN Environment and the Norwegian Government.

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Argonne hosting webinar on profitably recycling EV batteries; EverBatt tool

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Qiang Dai, sustainability analyst at Argonne, will show how anyone can measure the costs of recycling lithium-ion batteries and how the process affects the environment with Argonne’s free EverBatt tool. This can cut costs by nearly one-third while using almost two-thirds less energy.

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A deep dive into the power electronics used for battery testing (Webinar) – Charged EVs

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Other sessions at our Spring Virtual Conference include: Durability Measurement Technology For xEV Testing Testing of durability poses great challenges for the measurement equipment to be used, especially in the high-voltage environment. See the full session list for the Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering here.

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IonQ and Hyundai Motor expand quantum computing partnership; object detection and metal catalyst simulations

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Of particular interest in this new endeavor is the analysis of spatial and environmental data from lidar and other sensors, which could improve vehicles’ understanding of the nature and location of objects, people, and environment around them.

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Envia Systems hits 400 Wh/kg target with Li-ion cells; could lower Li-ion cost to $180/kWh

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Demonstrated in a 40 Ah pouch cell, the new system could lower Li-ion cell costs to $180/kWh, according to Sujeet Kumar, Co-founder, President & CTO, with further reductions to come. Cost roadmap. Operating environment. -30 Kumar said that the results have been verified by ARPA-E at an independent cell test facility. Si-C Anode.

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