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Air Line Pilots Association Calls for Temporary Ban on Li-ion and Li-metal Battery Shipments on Airliners

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The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling on the US government to prohibit shipments of lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries on passenger and all-cargo aircraft until new regulations are in place to ensure the safe transport of these materials. ALPA letter.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM billion, and spends $60 million annually on Li-ion battery research and development. LG Chem provides the Li-ion battery system for Hyundai’s Blue Gen System.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes. AOI 01b: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research, Development, and Validation. Regents of University of Minnesota. Federal share.

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DOE awarding $10M to 8 transportation technology incubator projects; single-fuel RCCI with reformer

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High-Performance Li-Ion Battery Anodes from Electrospun Nanoparticle/Conducting Polymer Nanofibers This project will develop a novel electrospun anode material utilizing a conductive polymer binder. 1,400,000.  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Vanderbilt University. 1,090,653.

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Study finds nanoparticle NMC material used in Li-ion batteries harms key soil bacterium

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Nanoparticle nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), an emerging material that is being rapidly incorporated into lithium-ion battery cathodes, has been shown to impair Shewanella oneidensis , a key soil bacterium, according to new research published in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials. —Hang et al.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Develop fluorine containing carbonate solvents that will allow existing lithium ion batteries to operating above 4.5

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The University of Minnesota will develop an ultra-thin separation. manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries that reduces. The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) will develop a new, fire-resistant electrolyte to make today’s Lithium-ion (Li-ion). Today’s Li-ion batteries use a flammable.

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