Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:50:07 +0000
The Chinese startup U Power stirs the EV battery swapping pot, deploying guided robotic vehicles for speed and efficiency.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:47:49 +0000
The media is full of stories about EVs that catch on fire. Actually, research doesn’t support that claim. In fact, data demonstrates that EVs are much less likely to burst into flames than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. It’s just that, at this moment in time, it’s not very sexy … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:09:09 +0000
SINT-TRUIDEN, Belgium — Since its inception in 2022, SOLiTHOR has made huge advancements in its battery technology development. SOLiTHOR’s all-solid-state lithium metal Gen1 prototype pouch cell has reached a milestone of 500 cycles, at full charge-discharge, with less than 7% of capacity loss and continues to cycle further. The pouch … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 02:50:45 +0000
A few days ago I published a reaction to a set of reactions to an article on the plummeting cost of batteries and how they enable megawatt scale charging. What were the reactions about? Battery swapping, which many people seem to think is the bees knees and should be everywhere. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 21:29:09 +0000
Fleet managers have multi-layered responsibilities to ensure that vehicles and drivers are being utilized to their fullest potential in a safe and cost-effective manner. Today’s fleet managers use data to hone processes, create efficiencies, and conserve the fleet budget. Now that the electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly becoming part of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 13:56:57 +0000
Perhaps Biden has forgotten the last time America’s land yachts, marketed to the most affluent, became impossibly expensive symbols of conspicuous consumption. It was the same year he entered Congress after all, 52 years ago. But America and its car companies have indeed faced almost exactly the same situation as … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 05:14:23 +0000
Researchers have developed a new cathode for lithium ion batteries that is a drop-in replacement for cobalt and nickel.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 17:11:23 +0000
HEFEI, China — Gotion High-tech hosted its 13th Technology Conference on May 17, unveiling its new products and new technology, including 5C ultra-fast charging G-Current battery ready for immediate mass production, high-nickel NCM cylindrical Stellary battery and the much discussed all-solid-state battery technology in the industry. 5C ultra-fast charging G-Current … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 17:03:07 +0000
Microstructure Simulations Reveal Strong Influence of Elastic Deformation on the Charging Behavior of Layered Oxides Used as Cathode of Sodium-ion Batteries Which factors determine how quickly a battery can be charged? This and other questions are studied by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with the help of computer-based … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 13:59:16 +0000
We’ve waited for this moment in the EV Early Adopter community for a long time: the gap in price between electric and gas vehicles is getting oh-so close. Maybe it’s the right time to convince our friends, family, and neighbors to take the plunge into buying a used EV. There’s … [continued]
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