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Data On Battery Swapping For Heavy & Light Vehicles Is Nuanced

May 30, 2024 admin batteries, Battery, battery swapping, China, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery, ev battery charging, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, India, investment, Manufacturing, Shipping

Credit 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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Fleet Managers Now Have More Complex Responsibilities Due To The Addition Of EVs

May 29, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, renewable energy

Credit 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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Biden’s 100% China EV Tariff Fails History 101

May 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hybrid electric cars, investment, Manufacturing, phev, policy & politics, usa

Credit 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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Researchers Claim Batteries With Iron Cathodes Outperform Traditional Materials

May 28, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, cobalt, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, iron, lithium-ion batteries, nickel, research

Credit 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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Charge Up To 80% In Just 9.8 Minutes! Gotion High-Tech Unveiled New Products & New Technology.

May 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev charging stations, gotion, press releases

Credit 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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Batteries: Modeling Tomorrow’s Materials Today (Sodium-ion Batteries)

May 27, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, research, sodium-ion batteries

Credit 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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To Buy Or Not To Buy A Used EV Market: Point/Counterpoint

May 25, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, tesla, used electric cars, used evs

Credit 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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Behind-The-Scenes At The Tesla Supercharger Staff Firings

May 22, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev batteries, ev charging, ev charging stations, tesla, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 16:39:02 +0000

Tesla’s Supercharger network is recognized as the gold standard that all other charging companies aspire to match if they can. So far, none have. Tesla Superchargers make up 60%+ of US high-speed charging ports, and their reliability has been a significant factor in Tesla’s top electric vehicle (EV) sales numbers. … [continued]

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CATL Shenxing Battery Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Governments & Automakers

May 20, 2024 admin batteries, catl, China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 17:17:23 +0000

The CATL Shenxing PLUS battery is a big step forward for the EV revolution but a significant risk to traditional manufacturers.

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Electric Trucks Are Already Lower Carbon Than Rail In Much Of North America

May 20, 2024 admin air quality, autonomous vehicles, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, Coal, daimler, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, railroads, Shipping, tesla, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 16:39:26 +0000

In 2010, I was consulting to Canadian National Railroad, at the time with the legendary Hunter Harrison as CEO. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space. At the time, … [continued]

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