Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an alloying strategy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. The new electrode enables sodium-beta batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.

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Sodium Batteries Battery Energy Storage 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

Before CO 2 can be safely and successfully stored, these brines must first be removed from underground geologic formations to manage pressure in the reservoirs during CO 2 injection.

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Wyoming CO2 Production Sodium 246

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Distinguishing features versus the M157 include new intake air ducting, new cylinder heads, the modified valve drive, an adapted oil supply system and an optimized crankcase. The cylinder shut-off system is enabled by an engine management system with 16 hydraulic actuators and a complex oil supply system in the cylinder head.

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Mercedes Fuel Engine Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Hybrid-electric vehicles have significantly reduced the time the engine is on, which inhibits the ability to purge fuel vapor stored in the carbon canister. The system comprises a deactivation rocker arm and oil control valve. The new system is expected to be in production vehicles by 2011.

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Eaton Emissions Fuel Range 218

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). The particles can compose up to 80 percent of the liquid’s weight while leaving it no more viscous than motor oil. This battery, though, uses a completely new kind of fluid, called a nanoelectrofuel.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion 145

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

This allows storage of charge at a higher volumetric or gravimetric density, which translates to a higher stored energy density or storage capacity for a given size or weight. Other work focuses on sodium as an earth-abundant alternative to lithium, but while it could lower cost, sodium ions also carry just a single charge.

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MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery 150

Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The batteries that use sodium instead of the pricey and rare lithium are the ones that are the closest to being on the market. The charge point operator (CPO) can store grid energy when it is affordable or locally produced solar energy and utilise it as backup power for rapid DC charging or during peak hours when electricity is costly.  

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging 75