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Sandia Labs Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory undergoing $4.2M renovation to enable testing of larger batteries for EVs and PHEVs

Green Car Congress

Sandia National Laboratories’ Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory is undergoing a major renovation so Sandia researchers can test larger batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. We’ll have the capability to test batteries in the 5- to 15-kilowatt-hour range, which we’ve never done before.

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Sandia’s Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory Awarded $4.2M

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million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. With the recent stimulus funds, the BATLab will be able to greatly increase the number of tests it does.

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Ricardo responds to electric drive stimulus package

Green Cars News

The company has already established a Battery Systems Development Centre at its Detroit Technology Campus, which provides one of the world’s most comprehensive and integrated range of capabilities for turnkey development and application of high voltage battery pack systems in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

Sensors that mount on buildings can just plug into a wall outlet. This has been the experience of hundreds of Californians. In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We We are thinking aboutextending that application to plug-in hybrids.” at 4:01 p.m.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].