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Univ. of Missouri team progressing with convection battery; enabling rechargeable lithium-metal batteries

Green Car Congress

The technology allows lithium-metal batteries to be recharged without the dendrite failure (short circuit) that has prevented rechargeable lithium-metal batteries from being commercially viable. Rechargeable lithium-metal batteries differ from rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are commercial and widely available.

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BYD’s Mega break-through! Mighty 1MW charger reduces EV recharging time to the same as a full tank of petrol

EV Central

READ MORE: 2025 BYD Sealion 7 Review: Chinese giant unleashes its alternative to the Tesla Model Y Juniper in Australia READ MORE: Electric ute shock! Helping unlock the super quick recharging times is BYDs latest battery tech that employs a 1500V silicon-carbide power module that boosts efficiency of a top-up.

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First drive review: 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge trades function for style

Green Car Reports

With the arrival of the 2022 C40 Recharge, Volvo is truly starting to lay the groundwork for a future after internal combustion engines. The C40 Recharge isn’t the automaker’s first electric car, but it’s the first model to be sold solely as an EV. There will be no gas-powered equivalent of the C40 Recharge.

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Review: 2024 Volvo XC40 Recharge, C40 Recharge show less can be more

Green Car Reports

It’s easy to miss the most important thing about the refreshed 2024 XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge. These models, which I drove last week near Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters, make the rear wheels the primary drive wheels for the first time in a Volvo in decades.

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XC90 Recharge review, Polestar 3, Rivian R3, EV tax credit update: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

In a review of the 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge, GCR. Which automaker said it’s aiming for its future EV batteries to last longer? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 15, 2024.

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First drive review: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid delivers more range and power

Green Car Reports

While in Brussels, Belgium to drive the 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge I was given a first look—and some first drive time—at the 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge T8 plug-in hybrid. So what’s in store for its plug-in hybrids in the interim? Bigger batteries for more electric range.

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More work reported on approaches to stabilizing lithium metal anodes for high energy rechargeable batteries

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Metallic lithium, with a high theoretical capacity of ~3,860 mAh g -1 , is one of the most promising materials for anodes in next-generation high energy rechargeable battery systems for long-range electric vehicles. Indeed, in a paper in ACS’ Chemical Reviews , Arumugam Manthiram et al. Earlier post.) doi: 10.1021/cr500062v.

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