Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe is expanding its battery recycling partnership with SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) to advance the sustainable usability of its end-of-life traction batteries. Safe and low carbon transport is utilized for the collection of used traction batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 23, 2024

A million-mile EV battery is one step closer to your new electric car, and Mercedes-Benz is among the automakers ready to pounce on it. The post Million-Mile EV Battery Bet Pays Off For Mercedes-Benz appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Electrifying is most appropriate to describe the emotion of being among the creators of renewable and energy storage systems that. continued] The post Meeting the Creators of Renewable Energy & Battery Storage Technologies Recognized at the 2023 VinFuture Prize Awards appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2024

We’ve got another daily roundup of solar energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle news to share. In the realm of electric cars, it appears like. continued] The post Record-Breaking Energy News, World’s Biggest Electric Road Trip — CleanTechnica Roundup appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 17, 2024

A new EV battery deploys 3-D nanostructures that resemble plastic badminton birdies but deliver on cost, performance, and safety. The post New Silicon EV Battery From CalTech Spinoff Is The Best Thing Ever appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2023

Introduction What are the problems in the EV battery supply chain and how can we improve it? The transportation sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US economy, and about half its emissions come from light-duty vehicles alone. To avoid the disastrous effects of a 1.5°C

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Lawmakers are right to ensure electric cars are made in the EU — and not only by European companies 2023. continued] The post Protecting European Auto (& Battery) Jobs — Finally EU Priority appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Along with a stronger focus on hybrid vehicles, Ford is banking on a new, low-cost LFP EV battery formula to support its EV sales strategy. The post Reading The LFP EV Battery Tea Leaves In Ford’s Big Electrification News appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

As the exclusive shuttle partner, Audi is providing a fleet of 50 Audi e-tron cars for the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019. The all-electric cars are fully powered by green electricity. MWh will ensure the rapid supply of green electricity for the intensively used e-tron fleet.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2021

Lithium-ion batteries are the most common battery in consumer electronics. They are used in everything from cellphones to power tools to electric cars and more. This […].

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India. Before we jump into the list of top EV battery manufacturers in India, let us discuss some things about electric vehicles batteries. Firstly the batteries are one of the important components of electric vehicles in India. million metric turns.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2015

Today, we discuss Tesla batteries for energy storage, the real meaning for the 54.5 mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) target for 2025, and why electric-car loving Washington state gets so few models. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Find out why.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The world’s largest 2nd-use battery storage is starting up. The 13 MWh project is now nearing completion after a construction time of just under one year; a total of 1,000 battery systems from second-generation smart fortwo electric drive cars are being grouped into a battery storage in Lünen, Westphalia.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2024

A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining. The post Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2024

A massive headache is in store for fossil energy stakeholders as the solid state battery of the future begins rolling off the assembly line. The post Even More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: Solid State Battery Gigafactories Are Here appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Texas-based solid-state EV battery innovator Solidion plans on accelerating the vehicle electrification movement with new materials and a radical new battery architecture. The post Texas-Based Solid-State EV Battery Startup Lays Out Oil-Killing Plans appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 5, 2024

This marks the world’s first announced B-sample delivery of solid-state battery cells to a global automaker Factorial’s solid-state batteries can significantly improve the range and performance of electric vehicles, while reducing overall vehicle cost The company leverages existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing processes and supply chains to produce (..)

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 17, 2024

Nissan is pumping up its presence in the EV market through the Formula E racing series, while prepping for a new all-solid-state EV battery. The post Nissan Teases New All Solid-State EV Battery For Itself, Renault, & Mitsubishi Motors appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2021

Lithium-ion batteries are the most common battery in consumer electronics. They are used in everything from cell phones to power tools to electric cars and more.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2021

“What are we going to do with all those batteries?” They’re “asking” to “prove” that EVs, energy storage, and other cleantech using lithium batteries are actually bad for the environment. That’s a common question anti-EV and cleantech skeptics are always asking. There’s just […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2022

As the electric vehicle market matures, battery recycling and reuse rapidly becomes a bigger deal. Battery recycling is a long established practice, but never before at the scale we will see for lithium-ion batteries from electric cars and trucks.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The US startup EnergyX is developing a sustainable lithium supply chain in support of a new 500,000-mile solid-state EV battery. The post EnergyX Aims New Solid-State EV Battery At The 500,000-Mile Car Of The Future appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 20, 2024

Yesterday, the EU and the Republic of Serbia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) launching a Strategic Partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2024

It's been a long nine years, but QuantumScape's new solid state battery for EVs just passed a major milestone on the way to commercialization. The post PowerCo Tests QuantumScape’s New Solid State Battery For Volkswagen, And Likes What It Sees appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In a perfect world, there would be plenty of battery materials available at affordable prices, manufacturing costs would be dropping steadily, and there would be a large supply of affordable electric cars in the world’s showrooms. The price of battery materials is soaring, the cost of electricity […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The oil-killing solid-state EV battery of the future will put the squeeze on oil for transportation, but the petrochemicals problem persists.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2024

IM Motors has indicated that its new car will be available with a solid-state EV battery option, but the devil may be in the details. The post IM Motors Teases Solid-State EV Battery, CATL Not Convinced appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 15, 2021

It seems that battery makers are hoping that Tesla will choose them to produce its 4680 tabless battery cells. The Korea Herald has reported that Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solution have completed the development of samples of the 4680 battery cells.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2022

Battery recycling is critical to moving the EV revolution forward and making every electric car a sustainable transportation choice.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Electric car prices, iconic electrified vehicles chauffeuring VIPs in Versailles, battery research, more sustainable battery components, and more — see the latest EV news below. Electric Car & SUV News The wait is finally over! Start of ID.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This electrification will require a lot more batteries and therefore a lot more minerals. Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining. Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace […]

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2014

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, is selling its grid storage business and other assets related to energy storage for telecom and IT data storage applications to NEC Corporation for approximately $100 million.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2021

GM has already started reconfiguring its Tennessee factory to build electric cars. Now it has announced a new battery factory in partnership with LG Energy Solution next door.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I recently read this article about an out of warranty EV battery failure at 170,000 km (105,633 miles) and realized that premature battery failure has the potential to become a serious issue that impedes EV adoption in the future because there are various battery formulations (some not as long lived as others) or customers will […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Toyota turns to an unlikely ally in its quest for a new solid-state battery to help accelerate the end of gasmobiles.

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