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Redwood Materials to build next Li-ion battery recycling and remanufacturing center in South Carolina

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Map via Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. A corridor from Michigan to Georgia is becoming known as the “Battery Belt” and is where hundreds of GWh a year of battery cell production capacity will be built and start operating between now and 2030.

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UT Dallas researchers use 2D MoS2 as protective layer for Li-metal anodes in Li-S batteries; extended cycle life

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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have used two-dimensional (2D) MoS 2 (molybdenum disulfide) as a protective layer for Li-metal anodes, greatly improving the performances of Li–S batteries. The deposition and dissolution process of a symmetric MoS 2 -coated Li-metal cell operates at a current density of 10?mA?cm

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Mie University team working on aqueous li-air batteries; 300 Wh/kg

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Lead researcher Nobuyuki Imanishi said that the system has a practical energy density of more than 300 Wh/kg, about twice that of many commercial lithium-ion batteries. They presented their work at the 247 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas. mAh cm -2 of capacity.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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The polyhedra aid the eye in seeing the ions grouped as (green) Fe/Mg-enclosing octahedra and (yellow) phosphate tetrahedra. The (blue) oxygen ions are made very small to permit viewing of the arrangement of the other ions. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Click to enlarge. ton trucks. “

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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. The 200 new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) join roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use and have been deployed in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Earlier post.).

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Proterra introduces 35-foot electric bus

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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will be the first customer for the new bus, receiving seven 35-foot Catalyst FC buses and two overhead semi-autonomous fast chargers. The XR Extended Range product, using NMC Li-ion cells, allows longer distances between charge events.

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PHEV Day 149, Friday, 6 March 2009. "Spirit of DC".The First EVer PHEV in Bonham, Texas!

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Later, after recharging at John & Nancy, the "Spirit" made a run to the North Texas Mensa "Texas Hold'em," in East Dallas and returned with a 69.8MPG for 81 miles, doing in the process some 99.9MPG fro 13 or so miles. Even stopping for a Quiktrip fill-up of midgrade 89 octane -- 7.823 gals x $.1869 1869 = $14.62 for starters!~

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