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Nissan , Japan’s third-biggest automaker by volume, plans to begin producing solid-state batteries for EVs at scale by early 2029, and will also use Tesla-style gigacasting machines in order to increase efficiency and drive down costs on its future EV models. Sixteen of these will be electrified, including eight BEVs and four PHEVs.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

However, according to a new report from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, planned investments in lithium-ion manufacturing will result in significant overcapacity between 2014 and 2017 relative to the demand generated by that growth, especially in the US and in Japan. million vehicles by 2015. million vehicles by 2015.

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MAY 20, 2009

Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.

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MARCH 22, 2010

The Fiat 500EV powertrain comprises three main systems; high power electric powertrain module, advanced lithium-ion battery, and an EV control unit to manage power flows. Ram Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The Ram PHEV features Chrysler Group’s 5.7-liter to supply the Li-ion batteries for the Ram PHEV test fleet.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

The V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator highlights Volvo’s current PHEV architecture: front-wheel drive combustion engine, electric motor on the rear axle. kWh Li-ion battery pack (8 kWh is usable) under the trunk floor. The plug-in hybrid is a perfect bridge to an electric society. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 23, 2020

Jeep is taking orders in Europe for the Renegade 4xe and Compass 4xe plug-in hybrids ( earlier post )—the first electrified Jeep models in the EMEA Region. kWh, 400V, NMC Li-ion battery pack, with a fuel-efficient 1.3-liter Both Jeep Renegade 4xe and Compass 4xe integrate two electric motors and an 11.4

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MARCH 22, 2010

PRTM concludes that the large format Li-ion battery market could be under-supplied by nearly 10% by 2016. Additional capacity investments beyond those recently announced by battery manufacturers will be required to avoid a Li-Ion battery shortfall of 30% by 2017. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The RAM plug-in hybrid truck. Chrysler is showcasing its two-mode Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), equipped with a 12 kWh, 33 Ah cell, 355V Li-ion battery pack from Electrovaya, at the Washington DC Auto Show. microcycles) (75 MWh total energy throughput, for a nominal PHEV-20).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The new generation Mercedes-Benz S 560 e plug-in hybrid—the successor to the S 500 e PHEV— combines the 270 kW (367 hp) of the V6 spark-ignition engine with an electric output of 90 kW. The PHEV features combined fuel consumption of 2.1 kWh/100 km; and an all-electric range of around 50 kilometers (31-miles).

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MARCH 27, 2009

Embedded metal oxide compounds for Li-ion cathode material. million) as part of the “Lithium Ion Battery LIB 2015” alliance for innovation. As energy stores of the future, lithium-ion batteries are a key technology for a more climate-friendly energy supply. Source: BASF. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

PHEV battery pack in V70 demonstrator without damage after a full scale rear crash test. Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. A V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator.

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MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will lease more than 150 units of its experimental Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as a next step towards commercialization. In the future, the PHV will be the perfect complement to Prius. Tags: Europe Hybrids Plug-ins. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 1, 2009

maker of the long-lasting, fast-charging Sonata Li-ion battery for laptops, is planning to build a 455,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Auburn, Massachusetts that would complement its existing China-based operations. Boston-Power, Inc., Source: USABC. Click to enlarge. Energy density of 180 Wh/kg.

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JULY 26, 2011

million) to add third and fourth production lines manufacturing carbon anode materials for lithium-ion automotive batteries at Yamazaki Works. Hitachi Chemical says it plans to make significant periodic increases in capacity over the next few years in response to future growth in the market for anode materials for vehicles.

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JUNE 5, 2009

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne’s patented composite cathode materials to manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries. BASF plans to commercialize these new cathode materials for transportation and other applications.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Li-ion technology and cost directions through 2030. These developments could take the energy density of lithium-ion cells close to 300 Wh/kg. The Committee on Climate Change commissioned energy consultancy Element Energy , Li-ion manufacturer Axeon, and Prof. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 18, 2009

The current generation NiMH PHEV prototype in London. EDF and Toyota first announced their partnership in Fall 2007, with a small number of NiMH PHEVs being integrated into EDF’s fleet. Earlier post.)  EDF and Toyota expanded their European road trials of PHEVs to the UK last year. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

South Korea-based SK Energy said it has been chosen as a supplier of lithium-ion batteries for a hybrid electric vehicle project for Daimler commercial vehicle subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso; Daimler holds 85% of Fuso. Earlier this month, a source at SK Energy said the South Korean oil refiner was close to a battery deal with Mitsubishi Fuso.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Powertrain of the CrossBlue SUV PHEV concept. The CrossBlue plug-in hybrid powertrain mates a TDI Clean Diesel engine with two electric motors, a DSG dual-clutch transmission, an electric all- wheel-drive system that is dubbed “propshaft by wire”, and a 9.8 kWh Li-ion battery mounted in the center tunnel.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC).

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JANUARY 14, 2010

A123 Systems has entered a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive to supply battery systems for the Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). million conditional loan to Fisker Automotive for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids—the Karma and the new Project Nina vehicle—by 2016.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. A trajectory through time of PHEV designs allows good things to happen. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge. Steve Plotkin.

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APRIL 7, 2009

SEM of Li[Ni 0.64 A new high-energy cathode material that can greatly increase the safety and extend the life-span of future lithium-ion batteries has been developed through the close international collaboration of researchers led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Hanyang University in South Korea.

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MAY 8, 2009

Enerdel produces both high energy systems for EVs and PHEVs (left) using a hard carbon/mixed oxide chemistry and high power systems for hybrids (right) using a LTO/LMO chemistry. The Fisker Karma is scheduled to be the first OEM plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) on the US market in June 2010. Source: EnerDel.

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JUNE 17, 2011

On the order of 1 billion 40 kWh Li-based EV batteries could be built with the currently estimated reserve base of lithium, according to a recent study by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. 90% for Li-ion couples). *ESP well beyond the limit of the figure. (C)

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MARCH 9, 2016

The new generation features technology innovations in a number of areas, including driver assistance and powertrains, with new efficient engines and a plug-in hybrid version. Further model variants will later be added to the range, including the E 350 e plug-in hybrid with round 30 km (18.6 E 350 e PHEV. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed an optimization framework for hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs and PHEVs) including fuel consumption, motor efficiency, and battery capacity and lifetime. Thus, paving many pathways for future research work.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The company also showcased the production Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle), which is scheduled for release starting this July. The Concept CA-MiEV concept car gives an indication of the direction MMC (which launched its i-MiEV in 2009), believes EVs will take in the near future. Concept CA-MiEV: 186-mile range.

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JUNE 30, 2013

Generic process flow diagram for lithium-ion batteries for vehicles (color coded to present LCI data sources). It assessed three currently manufactured Li-ion battery technologies for EVs and two for a PHEV with a 40-mile all-electric range: lithium-manganese oxide (LiMnO 2 ); lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-oxide (LiNi 0.4

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JULY 30, 2009

Lithium-ion automotive battery producer EnerDel and Nissan Motor Co. are teaming up to co-fund research at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) on a new electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries. Both EnerDel and AESC, Nissan’s Li-ion JV, work with that chemistry. M LiBOB salt concentration are stable to 4.4 O 2 material.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Advanced Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Ion Chemistries. Applicants must articulate how output from this research will be made broadly available to the scientific and engineering community, and how the results can be used to support future development of high performance automotive die-casting alloys.

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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