Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2018
In addition to trolleybuses, under the contract, the company will also provide batteries that will allow the modernization of 21 other vehicles, by replacing nickel-cadmium batteries with lithium-ion ones, together with appropriate power electronics. —Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spycha?
Setec Powerr
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Others solid battery types are nickel-cadmium and sodium-sulphur, while zinc-air is emerging. According to a recent study by Bloomberg NEF (BNEF), the cost of lithium-ion batteries will be significantly reduced in the coming years — beyond even the 85% reduction that occurred from 2010 to 2018.
Cars That Think
JULY 30, 2023
Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3 John Goodenough and his coinventor, Koichi Mizushima, convinced the Atomic Energy Research Establishment to fund the cost of patenting their lithium cobalt oxide battery but had to sign away their financial rights to do so.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth.
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