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

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) developed a model to determine the lifetime costs (i.e., levelized cost)—as opposed to the investment cost—of 9 electricity storage technologies for 12 different applications between 2015 and 2050. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Joule.

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Tesla says ‘nearly half’ of the vehicles it produced in Q1 equipped LFP batteries

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Currently, LFP batteries are used in most of our standard range vehicle products, as well as commercial energy storage applications. As a result of our energy efficient motors, a Model 3 with an LFP battery pack can still achieve a 267-mile EPA range.”

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

The Truth About Cars

“With this offer, we’re making it easier for everyone to go electric by providing our EV customers with an expert Energy Advisor who can personally walk them through the process of outfitting their homes with the proper charging, energy storage and collection equipment using our Hyundai Home Marketplace.”

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. “It’s a very new way of doing things,&# said Gerard Magnin of Energie-Cites, a group of green local authorities.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

And because the entire point of EVs is to replace fossil fuels, the grid would need more renewable sources of energy, which typically generate energy intermittently. To smooth out the supply and ensure reliability, the grid will need to add energy-storage capacity, perhaps in the form of.