Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

BDS produces and commercializes MOLECULAR REBAR, a proprietary technology of modified carbon nanotubes that offers potential for enhancing the performance of energy storage applications using lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. BDS is being added as part of SABIC’s Specialties business.

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Energy Storage Carbon Saudi Arabia Lead Acid 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Skeleton Technologies signed a distribution agreement with Sumitomo Corporation Europe with the aim of providing energy storage solutions for the rapidly growing hybrid electric and electric vehicle industry. Ultracapacitors play an important role for high power applications in the transportation sector.

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Corporation Europe Lithium Ion Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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Li-ion Waste Lithium Ion Battery 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The Ricardo HyBoost concept is based on a downsized, highly boosted turbocharged direct injection gasoline (TDGI) engine giving improved fuel economy at low cost, linked to a 48V electrical architecture including a belt starter generator (BSG), DC-DC converter and a lithium-ion battery for energy storage.

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Fuel Economy Economy Concept Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter diesel engine (downsized from the usual 12-liter engine) as the genset to provide power for a lithium-ion battery pack located on the roof. The energy storage unit in the new Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid is a lithium-ion battery with maximum output of 240 kW.

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Mercedes Lithium Ion Hybrid Downsizing 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. Ah cell has a nickel cathode and an energy density of 675 Wh/L. Ah lithium-ion battery with a nickel positive electrode (energy density: 620 Wh/L) in 2006. Volumetric energy density. The new 3.1 Earlier post.). 675 Wh/L.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Production Downsizing 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The positive results from this test indicate that we can downsize our battery pack, reducing cost and weight of the vehicle, and still achieve the 40 mile all-electric range needed for optimized typical driving. A liquid-cooled, 41 kWh lithium-ion battery pack operates at 700V and provides the energy storage.

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Hummer All-Electric Miles Range 231