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Report: VW invests in novel energy storage company QuantumScape and its solid-state “All Electron Battery”

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Volkswagen executives have been hinting for awhile now about taking a different approach to high-energy-density electrical storage for long-range electric vehicles than the more “conventional” next-generation Li-ion or Li-metal battery pathways. Click to enlarge. work functions.

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Commerce Secretary Releases Draft Smart Grid Interoperability Plan; Plug-in Vehicle Standards One of the Priorities

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Produced by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the approximately 90-page document identifies about 80 initial interoperability standards and 14 priority action plans that address the most important gaps in the initial standard set. Electric storage. Electric transportation.

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Western Lithium to Acquire Rocky Mountain Resources for Vanadium Resources

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The companies believe that a combination of Nevada based strategic metals for applications in electrical storage and other industrial uses will provide operational and corporate synergies, and accretive value to shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in January 2010.

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NIST Releases EPRI Report on Smart Grid Development; Priorities, Standards, Architecture

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These use cases included wide area situational awareness (WASA); demand response; electric storage; electric transportation; AMI systems; and distribution grid management. Electric transportation. Both FERC and the Obama administration recognize electric transportation as a key area of focus for the Smart Grid community.

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Two studies exploring battery costs for hybrids and plug-ins: LEESS, PHEV20, and PHEV40

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In 2009, USABC outlined requirements for a Lower-Energy Electric Storage System for power-assisted hybrid electric vehicles (PAHEV) that resulted in generally higher power, with significant reductions in system weight, volume and energy. (The last a point further elaborated upon in subsequent technology presentations.).

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Smart Grid draft plans revealed

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Produced by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the 90-page document outlines 80 initial standards and 14 priority action plans referencing all stages of the system including the large utility companies, individual homes, electronic devices and plug-in electric vehicles.

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