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ProLogium to build €5.2B gigafactory for solid-state batteries in France

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Taiwan-based ProLogium has chosen France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing facility outside of Taiwan. Solid-state batteries can also reduce the time for EV recharge to a level similar to the time it takes to refuel an ICE car, the company said. ProLogium will invest a total of €5.2

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Mitsubishi Heavy selling MLiX Li-ion rechargeable battery business to Delta Electronics; focus shifting to ESS systems

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(MHI) is selling its Li-ion rechargeable battery business to Delta Electronics. The batteries are used in diverse products ranging from electric buses to ESS products, including container-based systems. MHI will focus on energy storage system (ESS) products using Li-ion batteries.

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Visedo introducing new SRPM motor design for buses; 10% increase in power, better cooling

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Visedo says that the upgrades enable it to offer the highest efficiency in the market across the RPM range, with the Visedo system being 31% more efficient than average. The upgraded range includes motors in 4 different sizes: XS-short, XS, XSe and S, ranging from 50 to 343 kW. Machine efficiency at lower speeds is also good.

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Bosch launches eScooter sharing service under new Coup brand

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The eScooters have a range of around 100 kilometers (62 miles). Coup handles recharging. Gogoro introduced the Gogoro Smartscooter EV and the Gogoro Energy Network at the Consumer Electronics Show in early 2015 and launched in Taipei Taiwan in August 2015. In the future, a second helmet will be provided.

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Taiwanese smartphone giant Foxconn reveals electric ute, global sales planned

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Not much detail was revealed, but Hon Hai did say the dual-cab ute had a 420km range, 800mm wading depth, one-tonne payload and 3000kg towing capacity. drag coefficient and 450km range between recharges. sec 0-100km/h time and 700km electric range. long hatch has 2.8m wheelbase, a 0.26 It boasts a 3.8

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Umicore and 3M Form NMC Cathode Materials Relationship

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Under the agreement, 3M grants Umicore a license to patents US6964828, US7078128 and equivalents in Taiwan, China, Japan, and the EU, thereby granting Umicore access to a family of NMC cathode material compositions for manufacture and sales to lithium-ion battery manufacturers.

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Improving the Charge-Discharge Capacity and Cycleability of Carbon Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries

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As one of the many approaches under investigation to increase the power density, specific capacity, and cyclic efficiency of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, researchers are seeking to develop higher-capacity anode materials (such as silicon- or tin-based materials). The core material is mesophase pitch carbon, which is highly crystalline.

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