Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Racing
Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research [...]
Engineering News. South Africa is reinvigorating its efforts to develop automotive lithium-ion batteries, with the government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) now determining the commercial feasibility of battery manufacturing in the country.
South Africa’s drive to build batteries include the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Industrial Development Corporation [...]
Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.
In May, Quallion had [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in
Filed under: EV/Plug-in
Lithium-ion batteries are part of the path to the Promised Land of electric vehicles. The all-electric 2009 Tesla Roadster was the first sports car to run on lithium cells, and the 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 was the first hybrid electric vehicle to feature them.
Now Porsche has joined in, offering [...] Korea Times. SB LiMotive, the 50:50 Li-ion joint venture between Samsung SDI and Bosch (earlier post), has struck a 10-year exclusive lithium-ion battery supply deal with Delphi of the United States.
Under the partnership, SB LiMotive will supply batteries to the American company from 2012 through 2021, Samsung [...]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $100 million in funding for the second round of transformational energy research projects to be supported by the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million [...]
Business Standard. India Hero Group subsidiary Hero Electric and Canada-based Electrovaya have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Details reportedly will be finalized within the next six weeks.
“We have today signed a MoU with Electrovaya for forming the [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault
Renault Fluence ZE Concept - click above for high-res image galleryAccording to a new report from Pike Research, a rapidly growing global market for electrified vehicles—particularly plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles—will create a Li-ion transportation battery industry with nearly $8 billion in sales [...]
According to a report in EETimes, UK start-up Nexeon Limited, a spin-off from Imperial College London based on work [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mazda
EnerDel Th!nk City - Click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, LA Auto Show
Capstone Turbine CMT-380 - click to enlarge
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, China
Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel is entering the utility-scale energy storage market, supplying batteries for one of the 16 new smart grid regional demonstration projects recently awarded funding by the US DOE. (Earlier post.) EnerDel will build the batteries for five 1MW power systems that will be used by [...]
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) will develop next-generation liquid electrolytes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) using a new and stable fluorinated electrolyte salt (Li2B12FxH12-x), aiming to soon commercialize the liquid electrolytes for use in large LIBs for vehicles.
The new electrolyte salt, which can replace conventional electrolyte salts, was developed [...]
