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How I flew halfway around the world with an electric bike (legally)

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It’s surprisingly hard since those big lithium-ion batteries are usually not allowed in your checked luggage or in your carry-on. more… The post How I flew halfway around the world with an electric bike (legally) appeared first on Electrek. Have you ever tried flying with an electric bike?

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Daimler takes minority stake in Sila Nanotechnologies; next-generation lithium-ion battery materials

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Founded in 2011, Sila Nano is a developer of new battery materials which outperform existing lithium-ion technologies. Lithium-ion technology is currently the most efficient battery technology available, and still shows plenty of potential for the future.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. By Christmas, he had developed a battery with a titanium-disulfide cathode and a liquid electrolyte that used lithium ions. Here, the story of the lithium-ion battery’s journey to commercialization gets hazy.

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Li-Cycle receives conditional commitment for $375M loan from DOE ATVM program

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The conditional commitment follows DOE technical, market, financial and legal due diligence and marks another significant milestone endorsing Li-Cycle’s development of the first commercial hydrometallurgical resource recovery facility in North America, located near Rochester, New York. Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.

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US DFC approves $150M conditional loan commitment for Balama graphite mine in Mozambique

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The DFC loan is subject to the completion of due diligence, negotiation of detailed terms and legal documentation, DFC management approval and Syrah and Twigg Board approvals. DFC has subsequently undertaken technical, market, environmental, social and legal due diligence on Syrah, Twigg and Balama. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Blackstone may begin commercializing 3D-printed Na-ion batteries as early as 2025; testing in electric bus

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million (subject to the grant decision becoming legally valid). The chemical system of sodium-ion batteries is comparable in parts with lithium-ion cells.

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Blackstone Battery production capacity to increase tenfold

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Blackstone Resources is a Swiss Holding Company, with its legal domicile in Baar, Kanton Zug, and is concentrating on the battery technology and battery-metals market and offers direct exposure to the battery-technology revolution. Therefore, in the future, battery cells will again adapt to the ergonomic and practical shape of the products.

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