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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

Green Car Congress

The renewable power sources maintain a high-capacity lithium-ion battery that can power an all-electric unit from 10-12 hours at temperatures from -20° F to 60°F. Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) magazine named eNow’s eTRU system for reefer trailers one of the Top 20 Products of the year in 2020.

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Researchers propose fire-preventing "anti-short layer" for EV batteries

Green Car Reports

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have proposed a new way to prevent fires in lithium-ion batteries.

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Are Solid-State Batteries the Next Big Breakthrough for EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Are solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries a solution to some of the issues with the lithium-ion batteries powering our EVs today? See more at E Magazine. This cuts the risk of fires, and allows for more storage. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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Battery maker A123 quietly became a half-billion-dollar company

Green Car Reports

Ten years ago, lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems was a hot startup and a much-publicized company. This author, in fact, profiled the company for IEEE Spectrum in the technology magazine's September 2007 issue. The six years that followed proved enormously painful for the Massachusetts company, however.

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Honeywell’s newest partnership aims to prevent EV battery fires

Teslarati

Honeywell announced it has landed a new partnership with Nexceris, the company that developed Li-ion Tamer lithium-ion gas detection solutions, in an attempt to increase electric vehicle safety. The sensors will detect gases produced from excessive temperatures in lithium-ion batteries.

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Volkswagen Announces the All-Electric ID.7 Sedan

Green Fleet Magazine

As part of the efforts to expand its electrified fleet, Volkswagen is now producing an all-electric midsize sedan, powered by an 82 kWh lithium-ion battery, and delivers 402 lb.-ft. of torque.

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On the horizon with EV News 

Electric Auto Association

Workers sort lithium-ion batteries at Li-Cycle's recycling facility near Toronto. Canadian firm Li-Cycle announced the building of a lithium-ion recycling plant. EV 2020 Awards Lucid wins, Tesla doesn’t Forbes Magazine has chosen the Lucid Air as the best electric vehicle product of the year. Lucid Air interior.

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