article thumbnail

Volvo Construction Equipment investing $7.8M in battery pack production at excavator plant

Green Car Congress

The new facility at the Changwon plant will produce a wide range of common electric storage solutions (battery packs) for Volvo Group and become a core competence center for electric excavators. We are also home to a highly skilled and motivated workforce who are fully committed to meeting our future environmental targets.

Volvo 396
article thumbnail

ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030

Green Car Congress

levelized cost)—as opposed to the investment cost—of 9 electricity storage technologies for 12 different applications between 2015 and 2050. Oliver Schmidt, Sylvain Melchior, Adam Hawkes, Iain Staffell (2018) “Projecting the Future Levelized Cost of Electricity Storage Technologies,” Joule doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.12.008.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Rolls-Royce takes majority holding in power storage specialist Qinous; storage for microgrid activities

Green Car Congress

majority stake in Berlin-based electricity storage specialist Qinous GmbH. The modular component system of the coordinated Qinous/MTU product range will in future allow the configuration of solutions from 30 kW/30kWh to several megawatts. Rolls-Royce now holds a 73.1% It is based on a standard ISO 20ft shipping container.

article thumbnail

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ The average PHEVLER would use more than 90% electric fuel and less than 10% liquid fuel to serve the annual transportation needs of a typical driver. [ About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

Clean 150
article thumbnail

Volkswagen commissions fast-charging park with 570 kWh of second-life MEB cell modules

Green Car Congress

At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh. 4 and have now been given a second purpose.

Charging 334
article thumbnail

Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

Green Car Congress

With this project, we are demonstrating for the first time how electric cars can be synchronized with the power grid in a user-friendly way. The car becomes a rolling electricity storage unit for the grid operator. Together, we are supporting the energy and transport transition locally and investing in the energy future.

Grid 293
article thumbnail

DOE releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap; 44% reduction in manufactured cost for 300-mile EV pack by 2030

Green Car Congress

DOE is taking a holistic approach to meet the ESGC goal by establishing five tracks, starting with fundamental R&D for storage technologies and following through to production and deployment. The Technology Development Track aligns DOE’s ongoing and future energy storage R&D around Use Cases and long-term leadership.