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Octillion Power Systems enters US bus market to supply batteries for motorcoaches, city buses

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The order marks the company’s first time supplying batteries for motorcoaches and buses in North America. Coaches will be powered by an all-electric powertrain from Lightning eMotors, a developer of zero-emission vehicles for commercial fleets. Electric buses also offer the passenger less vibration, less noise, and zero exhaust.

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UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

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China is the leading graphite producer, dominating the entire supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Considering that the number of EVs is estimated to increase to 145 million by 2030, 10 million tons of graphite will be required to cover the fleet. Every battery manufacturer is challenged by insufficient raw materials.

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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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A fleet of fifteen Zoe vehicles with V2G charging will be introduced in Europe over the course of 2019 to develop future offerings in reversible charging and to lay the groundwork for the future standards. In this way, the electricity grid optimizes the supply of local renewable energy and reduces infrastructure costs.

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BAE Systems to supply up to 600 electric power and propulsion systems for new transit buses in Ireland

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BAE Systems has been selected by Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and the Republic of Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA) to supply up to 600 electric power and propulsion systems for its new fleet of buses in Ireland. Series-ER builds on that foundation, maximizing the efficiency of the energy storage system.

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LG Chem to supply Li-ion battery modules for AES Advancion energy storage; 1 GWh of capacity

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AES Energy Storage and LG Chem have entered a multi-year agreement that provides access to a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of lithium-ion battery capacity with the option to procure additional capacity for the AES Advancion energy storage solution. regulation, reserves, renewable ramping, energy delivery, voltage control, etc.),

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Siemens Energy to provide electric drive train and automation to Cochin Shipyard for 23 ferries; LTO batteries from Echandia

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has selected Siemens Energy to provide advanced marine solutions for the country’s first fleet of 23 boats to be equipped with electric propulsion drive trains with energy storage integration (batteries) and vessel automation technologies. is building the fleet to strengthen Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.’s

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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The company says that it has the largest fleet of operating flow batteries in the world. By investing in VoltStorage, we are taking steps to advance solutions focused on the grid and energy storage. —Jennifer Rumsey, President and COO, Cummins. The cells of a vanadium redox flow battery each consist of two half cells.

Batteries 467