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DeMoBat project developing robot-assisted dismantling for EV batteries and motors

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from reassembly to replacement batteries and use in second-life applications such as stationary energy storage to high-quality recycling of cell materials. —Environment Minister Franz Untersteller. In this way, we conserve rare raw materials and also advance the German industrial location.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Nickel-metal hydride batteries.

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Bosch Investing 400M Annually on Powertrain Electrification; Anticipates EVs and PHEVs to Gain 3% Global Market Share by 2020

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However, the company cautions, these figure may vary depending on future legal requirements, rising fuel prices, and progress in battery technology. PSA Peugeot Citroën and Bosch have formed an engineering alliance to develop diesel hybrids with electric four-wheel drive, which will go into series production in 2011.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE RULES IN INDIA: Everything That You Must Know

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It includes requirements of a vehicle with regards to specific requirements for the electric power train and requirements of a Rechargeable Electrical Energy Storage System concerning its safety. AIS-039 It is concerned with the Electric PowerTrain Vehicle’s Measurement of Electrical Energy Consumption.

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MIT study attributes > 50% of Li-ion rapid cost decline to investment in materials & chemistry R&D

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The findings could be useful for policymakers and planners to help guide spending priorities in order to continue the pathway toward ever-lower costs for this and other crucial energy storage technologies, according to corresponding author Jessika Trancik, a professor in MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society.

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