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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

Green Car Congress

In addition to trolleybuses, under the contract, the company will also provide batteries that will allow the modernization of 21 other vehicles, by replacing nickel-cadmium batteries with lithium-ion ones, together with appropriate power electronics.

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Saft and ESMA to Cooperate on Supercapacitor Development, Production and Commercialization; Heavy Diesels First Target

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Saft manufacturers a range of advanced batteries for a large range of applications using lithium and nickel chemistries, including lithium-ion, lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl 2 ), lithium-sulfur dioxide (Li-SO 2 ), lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO 2 ), nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel-hydrogen (Ni-H 2 ), and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH).

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

Others solid battery types are nickel-cadmium and sodium-sulphur, while zinc-air is emerging. With the desirable low weight and high efficiency, only one obstacle has so far prevented lithium batteries from becoming the standard storage technology for renewable energy: their high cost. Batteries encompass a range of chemistries.

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PSA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for start-stop systems

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Stop-start technology has already been widely deployed in Europe, where 70% of all vehicles sold by 2017 are expected to carry the system as a standard feature. Nickel-zinc batteries are chemically similar to nickel-cadmium, but differ significantly in their voltage.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

The vehicle will be recharged at night, plugged into a standard home outlet. it stands for “Build Your Dreams”—claims to supply 65 percent of the world’s nickel-cadmium batteries, and 30 percent of its lithium ion mobile phone batteries. Toyota also is developing a plug-in hybrid, expected on the road by 2010.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

Cars That Think

For comparison, the Advanced Encryption Standard , which is used today to protect sensitive information in government, banking, and many other sectors, typically uses a 128- or a 256-bit key. The HX-63 includes, in addition to the hand crank, a nickel-cadmium battery to run the rotor circuit and printer if no mains power is available.