article thumbnail

New Airbus lab in Shenzhen to push battery technology for electric aerial vehicles; collaboration with BYD

Green Car Congress

To develop new battery solutions that can be applied to commercial aviation, the ACIC team will collaborate with local partners in Shenzhen, including BYD, one of the world’s largest electric vehicle and battery makers. —Mustang Guo, ACIC Project Manager.

BYD 285
article thumbnail

City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

Green Car Congress

In addition to trolleybuses, under the contract, the company will also provide batteries that will allow the modernization of 21 other vehicles, by replacing nickel-cadmium batteries with lithium-ion ones, together with appropriate power electronics. —Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spycha?a, a, deputy Mayor of Gdynia.

Li-ion 225
article thumbnail

Navigant: 2016 advanced battery shipments through Q3 = 323M cells and $3.8B in sales

Green Car Congress

Battery chemistries not included in the report are traditional lead-acid batteries, such as absorbent glass mat and valve-regulated lead-acid, nickel-metal hydride, and nickel-cadmium chemistries.

2016 150
article thumbnail

Chemetall Lithium Awarded 5.7M to Set Up Pilot Li-ion Battery Recycling Plant

Green Car Congress

As few electric vehicles have entered the market, there is limited knowledge and expertise on the collecting and recycling of large lithium-ion batteries. This facility is also only one of two technologies in North America that can recycle nickel cadmium batteries, which is a common consumer type of rechargeable battery.

article thumbnail

Tesla files patent to recover and recycle nickel and cobalt in old batteries

Teslarati

Nickel and cobalt are two materials that would be ideal for this patent: nickel due to its low availability and cobalt due to its environmental effects and commonly immoral mining practices. The patent, if granted, would open doors for Tesla to recover some of the most crucial elements of an electric vehicle or energy storage battery.

article thumbnail

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. The best known and in widespread use in portable electronic devices and vehicles are lithium-ion and lead acid. So what exactly is energy storage? This article will answer your confusion.

article thumbnail

Electric bicycles classifications, history & development 

Electric Vehicles India

The ICE vehicles are one of the main causes of polluting the environment, the exhaust emissions of internal combustion engines such as hydrocarbons (HC), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM), the need for alternate energy methods is greater than ever. Types of electrical energy sources.