Green Car Reports

MARCH 21, 2018

The main impediment to mass electric-car adoption is price, and the driving force behind that is the cost of lithium-ion battery cells. Batteries lithium-ion battery pack research and development plug-in carsThe performance of those cells improves at about 7 percent a year, give or take: Either the same cell costs 7 percent less after a year, or a carmaker gets 7 percent more energy capacity for the same price. Those.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2017

lithium-ion battery pack costs plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) battery capacityBattery-pack prices are the lowest they've ever been, and like a yoga-obsessed limbo contestant, they're primed to go even lower. A report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, based on a survey of "more than 50 companies," states the average cost of a electric-car battery pack is now $209 per kilowatt-hour. But the real shocker is the report's claim.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 31, 2016

lithium-ion battery pack plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV Toyota is one of the world's three largest carmakers, along with General Motors and Volkswagen Group. Having placed its bets for the future of zero-emission transport on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, it's by far the most resistant of the three to the notion of battery-electric cars. But a recent news story might possibly indicate a crack in the.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2017

The limitations of current lithium-ion battery-cell technology pose a hindrance to more widespread adoption of plug-in electric cars. Relatively short ranges and long charging times accorded by current lithium-ion cells still limit the appeal of electric cars in the minds of many new-car buyers. Batteries lithium-ion plug-in cars Samsung

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Batteries lithium-ion Apple plug-in carsOne of the biggest news stories in the automotive industry has been a car that still isn't officially confirmed to exist. It's "Project Titan," Apple's much-discussed project to allegedly develop an electric car. Now, reports out of South Korea indicate that the most unusual feature of this rumored electric car—if it exists—could very.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Batteries lithium-ion winter driving research plug-in cars Winter WeatherFor some electric-car drivers--and potential buyers--range loss in cold winter weather is a significant concern. Range anxiety" is already an issue for many consumers, and the potential for a loss of up to one-third of the total rated range in cold weather compounds the problem. To tackle that problem, Penn State researchers are working on a.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

Siemens and Northvolt, a company working to build a European Li-ion gigafactory with 32 GWh of battery capacity ( earlier post ), are partnering for the development of best-in-class technology to produce high-quality lithium-ion batteries. Supply of lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 16, 2007

A123 Systems has introduced Automotive Class Lithium-ion cells. Tags: california air resources board lithium-ion a123 systems The California Air Resources Board may still be living in an alternate universe where hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles are making meaningful (if glacial) progress toward commercialization, but back here on earth battery power is where it's at. Read the press release here.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2016

24M is leveraging existing, preferred energy storage chemistry but using a new cell design with semi-solid (a mixture of solid and liquid phases) thick electrodes and manufacturing innovations to deliver what it says will be up to a 50% reduction in current Li-ion costs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Panasonic Corporation will start production of automotive lithium-ion batteries at a factory in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, expanding domestic production amid increasing demand for such batteries. To further boost the capacity, the company has decided to produce prismatic automotive lithium-ion batteries at the Himeji factory, which currently produces LCD panels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Johnson Controls is supplying the Lithium-ion battery pack for the Hybrid Range Rover ( earlier post ), announced in 2013. Cutaway of the Li-ion battery pack for the Range Rover.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

in Hungary and build a new plant for lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries will be assembled in a new plant with lithium-ion cells made in Japan. GS Yuasa will also consider manufacturing lithium-ion cells in this plant in future. GS Yuasa Corporation will establish a manufacturing subsidiary company, GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2012

The price of a lithium-ion battery pack (pictured) for passenger cars could be set to tumble – from around $500-$600/kWh now, to just $200/kWh in 2020: and as low as $160/kWh in 2025. Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries batteries green cars lithium-ion battery costsThat’s the verdict of a new analysis by McKinsey & Company, with the figures taking into account battery management systems, battery cells [.].

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2018

He's one of the pioneers of lithium-ion battery technology. DON'T MISS: Lithium-ion battery packs now $209 per kwh, will fall to $100 by 2025. We tend to take batteries for granted. Day after day, we recharge batteries and expect them to work without giving a thought to how they work or to their state of health. But Akira Yoshino is different.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2014

Structure of the flexible wire-shaped lithium-ion battery. 3 , which are an order of magnitude higher than the densities reported for lithium thin-film batteries. In addition to other barriers, the safety problems associated with lithium-ion batteries are a factor.

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2013

8.4million that is aiming to boost the life and energy density of lithium-ion batteries. Latest News Green cars Electric cars Lithium-ion batteries Europe is launching a research project worth ?8.4million

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 26, 2014

Lithium-ion batteries are the hearts of modern electric cars, but could this battery chemistry have other automotive uses? Juno Power has applied lithium-ion technology to a different type of car battery. The Jumpr is a jump-starting pack that Juno Power says is the world''s "most portable." With a weight of just 7 ounces, it''s hard to argue with

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

a carbon science company engaged in the design and build of energy storage carbon materials, and a battery manufacturing partner will build a high-powered full-scale lithium-ion battery with recycled/upcycled material from an electric car power pack and upcycled anode material from Saint Jean Carbon. Saint Jean Carbon Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

Hydro-Québec (HQ) and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) recently signed a license and a research and development agreements concerning the processing of graphite for use in lithium-ion batteries. This collaboration is intended to enable NMG to commercialize battery material technologies developed by HQ over the past 30 years, helping to position Québec strategically in the lithium-ion battery market.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2014

As anyone with a smartphone, laptop or indeed a whole electric car will know, lithium-ion batteries degrade over time. Each time you charge and discharge the batteries, they lose a little capacity. Day to day you don''t really notice, but over a year, or two, it means being able to use your phone (or car) a little less. Now, research scientists

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bet that he'd build the world's largest lithium-ion battery in Australia in 100 days. If his company failed, Musk would personally pay for the project, but the battery is now ready for its first test ahead of full operation—and on schedule. The massive 129-megawatt-hour battery will plug into South Australia's. Batteries Elon Musk Australia electric utilities renewable energy clean energy grid storage

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Electric Cars are for Girls

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Why aren't lithium ion batteries being used in electric cars instead of lead-acid? First, Li-ion batteries are more expensive Hi, Drew - Several reasons.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This afternoon, Tesla Motors released details on its proposed "Gigafactory" to build lithium-ion cells for its future electric cars. To provide enough cell capacity to build a projected 500,000 electric vehicles in the year 2020, Tesla would require more cells than last year''s entire global production. Hence, as CEO Elon Musk has said several

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 21, 2014

Aging is a part of life, even for lithium-ion batteries. And battery life is an important consideration for electric-car owners, especially in these early days before there''s sufficient real-world data on actual life of electric-car battery packs over the 10- or 15-year lifespan of a typical vehicle. Just like any other car part, batteries degrade

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

the Canadian provider of sustainable drive systems for the mining industry, now incorporates AKASOL GmbH’s AKASystem AKM NANO lithium-ion battery systems into its designs for electrically powered equipment and drives. Medatech Ltd.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2015

The 30-month contract will focus on the development and delivery of lithium-ion 12-volt modules for vehicle stop-start battery applications consistent with USABC goals based on Saft’s advanced lithium-ion battery technologies along with battery management electronics.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2013

Well, if a new report is to be believed then few industries are going to be more successful than the production of lithium-ion batteries (pictured) for light duty transportation. Electric cars Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries electric cars green cars Pike Research

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Samsung SDI will be a major supplier of lithium-ion cells for Lucid’s first vehicle, an electric executive sedan scheduled to begin production in late 2018. Samsung SDI and luxury EV startup Lucid Motors have entered a strategic partnership for battery cell supply.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2012

The firms will work together on a company that will produce and market lithium-ion battery systems with SK Innovation having developed both battery cells and separators [.]. Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Continental green cars SK InnovationAutomotive supplier Continental (logo, pictured), perhaps most famous for its brand of tyres, is taking its business in a new direction after signing an agreement with Korea’s SK Innovation.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The bright minds at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have made an important breakthrough that could help warn about impending lithium-ion battery failure. They have developed an inexpensive sensor based on a study between the internal temperature of lithium-ion cells and the electrical parameter of the cell itself.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Boston Power has set its sights on dominating the lithium-ion battery market in China after announcing $125million in new funding in the country. Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Boston Power China GSR Ventures lithium-ion battery

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

That’s because the 2013 Honda CR-Z (pictured), which goes on sale tomorrow, will feature a host of powertrain upgrades as well as a new lithium-ion battery pack that replaces [.]. Green credentials Honda Hybrid cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries green cars Honda CR-Z hybrid cars

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

A new study has found that rapid-charging a lithium-ion battery and using it to do high-power, rapidly draining work may not be as damaging as researchers had thought, and that the benefits of slow draining and charging may have been overestimated. The results, Chueh said, can be directly applied to many oxide and graphite electrodes used in today’s commercial lithium ion batteries and in about half of those under development.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Panasonic Corporation has opened a new automotive lithium-ion prismatic battery cell factory in Dalian, China—the company’s first automotive battery cell production site in China. Panasonic has provided automotive lithium-ion batteries to a number of auto manufacturers on a global basis—notably Tesla—and currently leads the automotive battery market.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference saw Daniel Andree, a battery development engineer at Audi, take centre stage as he outlined how a Sanyo lithium-ion battery pack would be used in the upcoming 2012 Audi Q5 compact crossover hybrid. Audi Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Audi Q5 Audi Q5 Hybrid Audi Q5 Quattro Hybrid Lithium-ion batteries lithium-ion battery pack

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Green Cars News

MARCH 12, 2012

It is one of the most prohibitive aspects of electric cars – the price of lithium-ion batteries. Pike Research suggests that with manufacturing efficiencies improving and access to lithium starting to expand; the installed cost of lithium-ion batteries is set to [.]. Electric cars Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries electric cars green cars lithium-ion battery costs Pike Research

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries A123Systems IHI Corporation japan lithium-ion batteryBattery technology giant A123Systems has expanded its partnership with IHI Corporation, and subsequently secured a $25million equity investment. A123 will licence its battery system to IHI, which is one of the largest industrial equipment manufacturers in Japan, with IHI offering the equity investment in return.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2013

Recent high-profile battery failures have been seized with zeal whether automobile-related or not, but one product safety company is aiming to curtail that with tighter safety standards for lithium-ion batteries Electric cars aren''t cut much slack in the mainstream media, and any issues are usually jumped upon before facts have time to surface.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 14, 2011

PSA Peugeot Citroen has established an agreement with GS Yuasa Corporation to supply its lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Citroen Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Peugeot GS Yuasa Mitsubishi Peugeot CitroenGS Yuasa is already supplying batteries for Mitsubishi Motors to use in its’ i-MiEV vehicles and so it is a natural step for PSA Peugeot Citroen, which already has an agreement with Mitsubishi on electric vehicles [.].

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2015

As fuel-economy rules get stricter, lithium-ion batteries may no longer be limited to electric cars. An increasing number of new cars are now being fitted with engine start-stop systems to reduce fuel consumption, and the most advanced of those systems require a stouter battery. DON''T MISS: Conventional Gasoline Engines A Minority In 2 Years?

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With demand constantly increasing, the NEC Group is aiming to boost its production of rechargeable high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Japan Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry lithium-ion battery production NEC

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2013

Reuters reports that the company aims to boost production of more common lithium-ion technology by six times for its future products. Toyota has intended to use lithium-ion batteries before Toyota is one of few automakers still using nickel-metal hydride batteries in its hybrid vehicles, but that could change for its next generation vehicles.

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