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Hydro-Québec, US Army Research Laboratory develop 5V high-capacity substituted LiCoPO4 cathode will no capacity loss

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Hydro-Québec and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have used Cr, Fe and Si to improve the performance of olivine LiCoPO 4 in cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. In a paper in the Journal of Power Sources , they report that a substituted-LiCoPO 4 in a half cell delivered a reversible capacity of 125?mAh/g at C/3 rate, with no capacity loss after over 100 cycles at 25?

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Tesla Model 3 orders open, 2019 Chevy Volt, dieselgate update, Volvo plans: The Week in Reverse

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Which country plans to put a million electric cars on its roads by 2022? What mountain did an electric car climb this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 29, 2018. Friday, we reported that Tesla opened orders to all Model 3 reservation holders in the U.S. and.

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Sweden invests US$111M in testbed for electromobility: SEEL

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RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), and Chalmers University of Technology have now begun , with support from the Swedish government, the establishment of a Swedish testbed for electromobility. Overall, contributions from the government, and the industrial partners CEVT, Scania, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, enable an investment of 1 billion Swedish krona (US$111 million) for the testbed.

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