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SLAC, MIT, TRI researchers advance machine learning to accelerate battery development; insights on fast-charging

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The goal is to bring together foundational research and industry know-how to develop a long-lived electric vehicle battery that can be charged in 10 minutes. Battery technology is important for any type of electric powertrain. Hongbo Zhao/MIT). —Will Chueh. Red particles are full of lithium and green ones are empty.

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MIT researchers pursuing increasing human-vehicle collaboration

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Researchers at MIT are developing systems that could allow humans, robots and other autonomous vehicles to collaborate on everything from navigation to trip planning, and eventually pave the way for the operation of personal aircraft and driverless cars.

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Lamborghini licenses MIT’s Cobalt-free organic battery tech for EVs – ET Auto

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Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), including one of Indian-origin, have designed a new battery material that could offer a more sustainable, cobalt-free way to power electric cars. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT. Automaker Lamborghini has licensed the patent on the technology.

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MITEI Mobility Systems Center awards four projects for low-carbon transportation research

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To break down these changes by sociodemographic groups, with a particular emphasis on low-income and marginalized communities. The economics of electric vehicle charging. In the transition toward a low-carbon transportation system, refueling infrastructure is crucial for the viability of any alternative fuel vehicle.

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China’s GAC Debuts Ammonia-Powered Car Engine

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Meanwhile, China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group Company (GAC) has announced it had developed an engine powered by ammonia with help from Toyota Motor Corporation during its annual technology showcase. That’s a tall order when so much money is already tied up in battery-electric vehicles.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours. The company is one of a growing group targeting grid-scale applications, particularly for solar installations. Such a condenser is essentially a large synchronous machine that spins freely; however, a flywheel connected to its shaft can store kinetic energy.

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Researchers propose new aluminum–sulfur battery with molten-salt electrolyte; low-cost, rechargeable, fire-resistant, recyclable

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An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. 2022) “Fast-charging aluminium–chalcogen batteries resistant to dendritic shorting.”