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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

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Photo: Alsym Energy Boston-based Alsym Energy, which is developing a nonflammable rechargeable battery that’s cobalt and lithium-free, has announced a $78 million funding round. Alsym Energy, which was founded in April 2015, has developed a non-flammable, high-performance rechargeable battery chemistry that’s lithium- and cobalt-free.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. Like this post?

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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The Karma, a luxury four-passenger sedan, can be recharged by plugging it in; it can then be driven on power from a battery alone for 50 miles. After that, an onboard gasoline generator kicks on to recharge the battery, extending the range by 250 miles between fill-ups. The Karma can be refueled quickly.)

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. Reuters news service and the independent Volt fan site, GM-Volt.com , both reported today that GM has decided to select Compact Power Inc., that got the nod.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Newsletter LinkedIn Twitter Facebook News and ideas for a sustainable world Search 04.17.09 If we wanted to recharge this from 110V domestic service we would need to pull 10,800,000/110 = 96,000 amps. Personally I think that we don’t need to charge the car even in 10 minutes. Join Matter Now!