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Revealed: General Motors battery guru explains why lithium – not hydrogen – is central to our EV future

EV Central

“Well, mostly throughout the universe, hydrogen is bonded up with other stuff, usually, so it’s not so easy to use, because as soon as it bonds with oxygen, for example, it creates water, so it’s no longer available as energy storage,” Oury explained. GM battery tech. Lithium is central. 2025 Cadillac Lyriq.

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Tips for Wintertime Off-Road Travel: How to be Best Prepared

The Truth About Cars

A good first step is to make sure your vehicles battery is in great shape and fully charged. We tossed ours into the back of the Pajero and once it thawed, we re-rolled it for future use. Make sure smaller water containers are double walled, so they dont freeze. Pack more water, food, and fuel than you think youll need.

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Rad Power Valentine’s Day e-bike sale from $1,199, Anker SOLIX 40% off flash sale, Segway GT3 e-scooter extended preorder, more

Baua Electric

One notable return during this sale is the newly re-released RadCity 5 Plus Commuter e-bike that has dropped to $1,499 shipped. The upgraded SOLIX C800 Plus power station brings along two water-resistant LED camping lights with three different lighting modes both of which snugly fit inside the onboard storage space mentioned earlier.

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

Green Car Congress

The nanostructured photoelectrode results in spontaneous hydrogen evolution from water without any external bias applied with a faradaic efficiency of 30% and excellent stability. One way this could be achieved is by using photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting which directly converts water and sunlight to solar fuel (hydrogen).

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GE and Berkeley Lab developing water-based high energy density flow battery for EVs

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Conceptual design of a water-based flow battery GE scientists are researching as part of ARPA-E’s RANGE program. This battery could be one-fourth the cost of current car batteries, and could nearly triple the distance electric vehicles could travel on a single charge. Click to enlarge.

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Bosch more broadly commercializing water injection system; up to 13% fuel savings under some conditions

Green Car Congress

Bosch is now more broadly commercializing its water injection system for turbocharged engines ( earlier post ). Bosch currently supplies water injection parts for the BMW M4 GTS—the first production vehicle to feature a water injection system. Water injection can also boost power by up to 5%, Bosch says.

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Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

Green Car Congress

The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home. A 10 kWh battery energy storage system in the garage, using the same lithium-ion cells that are used in the Honda Fit EV, allows stored solar energy to be used at night, when household demand typically peaks and electric vehicles are usually charged.

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