article thumbnail

IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

Green Car Congress

IBM unveiled the fifth annual “Next Five in Five”—a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., Lithium air), but targeted initially at small devices.

Personal 210
article thumbnail

Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India

Electric Vehicles India

Before we jump into the list of top EV battery manufacturers in India, let us discuss some things about electric vehicles batteries. Currently, India is importing 100% of lithium-ion batteries from China, Europe, the US and Japan. Tata Chemicals has established a circular economy in its lithium-ion battery business.

India 105
article thumbnail

ARPA-E RANGE: $20M for robust transformational energy storage systems for EVs; 3x the range at 1/3 the cost

Green Car Congress

RANGE is focused on supporting chemistry and system concepts in energy storage with robust designs in one or both of: Category 1: Low-cost, rechargeable energy storage chemistries and architectures with robust designs; Category 2: Multifunctional energy storage designs. Ceramic and other solid electrolyte batteries.

article thumbnail

Revealed: new Chinese EVs, but which could hit Australia?

EV Central

At the other end of the performance spectrum, a maximum 717km range between recharging is claimed on the CLTC standard (which is usually a bit more optimistic than WLTP) for the ultra-long range RWD model. Niutron is an EV start-up established only in December 2021 by the billionaire co-founder of the Niu electric scooter company, Yan Li.

article thumbnail

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services.

Plug-in 30
article thumbnail

Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

Spinning at up to 25,000 rpm, two permanent-magnet motors independently power the front wheels, or regenerate energy from braking to recharge the batteries. kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack (with 84 pouch-style cells courtesy of SK Innovation ) that’s laser-welded behind two racy sport seats.

Plug-in 91
article thumbnail

BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

Green Car Congress

The electric motor, power electronics and high-voltage Li-ion battery pack (except from the component cells, which are sourced externally) were developed internally by the BMW Group under its eDrive program. The 22 kWh Li-ion pack is integrated below the floor—the i3 has no tunnel or center console. Range extender.

BMW 247