article thumbnail

Electrovaya Partners on Approx. $7.5M Utility Energy Storage Demonstration

Green Car Congress

Canada-based Li-ion maker Electrovaya Inc. is the energy storage partner for a utility demonstration project led by CEATI International Inc., headquartered in Montreal. Other partners include major utilities and universities. The total project cost is estimated at approximately $7.5

article thumbnail

Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen is involved in a number of newer partnerships related to lithium-ion batteries and electric drive units: In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. Hackenberg.

BYD 150
article thumbnail

European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

provided three examples of multifunctional power-generating and energy-storing materials: structural lithium-ion batteries, structural proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and structural capacitors. The laminated architecture of fibre composites mirrors the configuration of many current electrical storage devices.

article thumbnail

AVL Concept Turbohybrid Mild Hybrid System Approaches Full Hybrid Fuel Savings at Lower Cost; Improved Driveability

Green Car Congress

In addition, it plans to evaluate electric driving after changing the electrical storage module to a Li-ion battery pack. Robert Fischer, Richard Schneider, Peter Ebner (2008) The Turbohybrid – The Realization First Results (20th International AVL Conference) The initial powertrain consisted of the 1.6-liter

Hybrid 150
article thumbnail

EKODA consortium exploring direct reuse or repurposing of batteries, gearboxes

Green Car Congress

A camera moves slowly over a lithium ion battery, which has just been extracted from a car that was damaged in an accident. It records the battery type, model, serial number and power class (in kilowatts) and compares this information with an internal database. The battery system does not need to be thrown away.

Batteries 259
article thumbnail

PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

Green Car Congress

Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. To smooth out the intermittency of renewable energy production, low-cost electrical energy storage (EES) will become necessary. electricity) to hybrid and electrical vehicles, although the cost of implementing EES is of great concern.

Li-ion 231
article thumbnail

Will the world run out of lithium?

Drive Electric

Here’s some insight on this from the experts at Drive Electric. How much lithium is available globally? According to data from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory , a single EV’s lithium-ion battery pack contains approximately 8 kgs of lithium. So, will the world run out of lithium?

Oil 82