Posts Tagged ‘batteries’

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    Explosion at GM Battery Lab Injures 1-2 People
    An explosion at a battery lab facility on the campus of GM’s Technical Center in Warren injured at least one employee, according to WXYZ, the local Detroit ABC affiliate. Deputy Fire Chief Gary Wilkinson said the explosion happened around 8:50 a.m. Wednesday in the research facility’s Alternative Energy Center. He said the cause of the explosion most likely has something...
    by at April 11th, 2012 at 08:04 am
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    Magna E-Car Forms Battery JV with Hyundai Heavy Industries
    Magna E-Car Systems (Magna E-Car) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) agreed to form a joint venture named MAHY E-CELL to develop battery cells and battery packs for hybrid and electric cars. Under the agreement, HHI and Magna E-Car will jointly conduct engineering, design, development and testing activities with the goal of preliminary validation of battery cell and battery...
    by at April 5th, 2012 at 12:04 am
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    Envia Promises Big Breakthrough for Electric Car Batteries
    Envia Systems is announcing at the ARPA-E conference that it has achieved a critical milestone: a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with an “energy density” of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, the highest energy density known to be recorded for a rechargeable lithium-ion cell. When commercialized, this 400 Wh/kg battery is expected to slash the price of a 300 mile...
    by at February 27th, 2012 at 07:02 am
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    A123 Finds Potential Safety Issue in Fisker Batteries
    Michigan EV battery maker A123 Systems said it found a “potential safety issue” in up to 50 battery packs it supplied to Calif.-based Fisker Automotive. David Vieau, chief executive of the Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems, issued a memo, saying many of the lithium-ion battery packs have faulty cooling systems that create safety concerns. Misaligned hose...
    by at December 26th, 2011 at 01:12 am
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    GM Partners with ABB to Use Volt Batteries for Backup Power
    Grid equipment supplier ABB and General Motors demonstrated on Tuesday an energy storage system that combines electric vehicle battery technology and a grid-tied electric power inverter. The two companies are building a prototype that could lead to Chevrolet Volt battery packs storing energy, including renewable wind and solar energy, and feeding it back to the grid. The...
    by at July 21st, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    Electrovaya to Provide Batteries for Chrysler Electric Minivan Demonstration Fleet
    Electrovaya Inc. said today that it has signed a contract Chrysler to provide Lithium-Ion SuperPolymer battery systems for a test fleet of Town and Country minivans for a demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The 25 Chrysler minivans are part of Chrysler’s demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in partnership with the U.S. Department...
    by at June 14th, 2011 at 03:06 pm
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    Report: Recycling Rate for Metals in EV Batteries Les than 1%
    A report released by the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) finds that many metals used in batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles have a recycling rate less than one percent. Less than one-third of some 60 metals studied have an end-of-life recycling rate above 50 per cent and 34 elements, including neodymium, dysprosium, lanthanum and lithium, are below one percent recycling,...
    by at June 7th, 2011 at 04:06 am
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    New MIT Battery Could Make Charging as Quick as Pumping Gas
    Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today published details on a radically new approach to the design of batteries that could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric cars and the power grid. In a paper published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, they said the approach has the potential to boost...
    by at June 6th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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    Small Batteries Mean Big Sales – Report
    The small is new big for the electric car market when it comes to battery-packs, according to a new report provided by Lux Research. The overall market for energy storage technologies that power electric cars is set to grow from $13 billion in 2011 to $30 billion in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. But, while prominent plug-in passenger cars like the...
    by at April 13th, 2011 at 06:04 am
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    LG Chem Builds World’s Biggest Electric-Car Battery Plant
    LG Chem on Wednesday completed what it described as the world’s largest battery plant for electric cars with an annual battery production capacity for about 100,000 cars. LG Chem said it plans to spend $1.84 billion by 2013 on building one more plant in South Korea and another in the United States to expand its electric-car battery capacity. LG Chem said the plants,...
    by at April 6th, 2011 at 08:04 am
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