article thumbnail

Redwood Materials to build next Li-ion battery recycling and remanufacturing center in South Carolina

Green Car Congress

Redwood Materials will build its next Battery Materials Campus just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Currently, anode and cathode components are not produced in North America, and battery cell manufacturers have to source them via a 50,000+ mile global supply chain. billion in the local community.

article thumbnail

National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries Opts for Kentucky Site for Li-ion Plant

Green Car Congress

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries (NAATBatt) ( earlier post ) has selected a site in Hardin County, Kentucky to build a more than $600-million automotive lithium-ion battery plant. Kentucky was selected over Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Earlier post.).

Li-ion 150
article thumbnail

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). Li-S Battery : Development of High Energy Li-S Cells for Electric Vehicles.

Carbon 249
article thumbnail

BMW brand’s first production PHEV: the BMW X5 xDrive40e

Green Car Congress

kWh, 96-cell high-voltage Li-ion battery pack, the BMW X5 xDrive40e achieves a combined fuel consumption of 3.4 – 3.3 Charging of the battery from the mains power supply can also be controlled from the iDrive menu. liters per 100 kilometers (69 - 71 mpg US mpg imp) and a combined electricity consumption of 15.4 – 15.3

BMW 150
article thumbnail

BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The battery pack is comprised of 5,088 lithium-ion cells for a cummulative 35kWhrs of energy storage. These specifications sound strikingly similar to the electric drive and energy storage system found in the very impressive AC Propulsion eBox electric vehicles which also sport a 5,088 lithium-ion cell battery with 35kWhrs of capacity.

Mini E 100