Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:27:45 +0000
Politics aside, EV sales have nowhere to go but up as battery costs continue to decline and battery performance continues to improve.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000
Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 02:49:14 +0000
Whether it’s child labor in cobalt mining (shhh — cobalt is used in almost all electronic devices, but don’t tell anyone), range anxiety, or the collapse of the power grid if all electric cars charge at the same time, the internet is inundated with false statements and half-truths about electric … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:44:04 +0000
A Cirba Solutions battery recycling and materials recovery facility in Lancaster, Ohio, will create battery-grade metal sulfates and lithium carbonate once it’s up and running. These will then become the raw materials for cathode active materials (pCAM) and cathode active materials (CAM) for batteries. The expansion of the site has … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:57:04 +0000
CleanTechnica reader Amos Batto caught some very interesting notes on Chery’s solid-state batteries. Following up on our story about the company developing the first solid-state battery factory in the world (1 GWh of capacity), it seemed prudent to publish his comment as a standalone article. We will surely be referencing … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:55:03 +0000
I have a lot of sympathy for Winnipeg. I’ve been there for work many times. I’ve been there in their frigid, tens of degrees Celsius below zero winters. I’ve been there in their dusty summers. I’ve even tried to get across the main intersection that pedestrians still aren’t allowed to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 04:05:51 +0000
CATL has begun manufacturing its second generation sodium ion batteries with full production expected in 2027.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:50:41 +0000
Modern electric vehicle batteries began with lithium-ion batteries, originally applied to portable electronics and other portable applications. Batteries based on sodium have now been developed. These batteries have something in common. They all use intercalation. Intercalation simply means that charged compounds are physically stuffed in between the gaps in materials. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:05:45 +0000
New lithium mines will plug a gaping hole in the US EV battery supply chain until more sustainable, alternative sources emerge.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:57:47 +0000
GM discontinued the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV at the end of the 2023 model year. During an early 2024 conference call with analysts, GM CEO Mary Barra agreed that environmental benefits of EVs continue to be compelling to the company. She also admitted that GM’s EVs need to be … [continued]
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