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Duke Energy and ITOCHU to Develop Strategies for Reusing Electric Vehicle Batteries

Duke Energy and Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corp. signed an agreement today to collaborate on advanced energy technologies, starting with the evaluation and testing of second-life applications for electric vehicle batteries. According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80 percent of their original capacity may be candidates [...]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

Eltek Valere EV Powercharger 3000 Chosen by Leading German Auto Manufacturer for New Line of Electric Vehicles

Eltek Valere, the industry’s leader in green, high-efficiency power technology, today announced it has been awarded a contract from a leading German automobile manufacturer to provide its EV Powercharger™ 3000 high-efficiency battery charger for a high volume concept line of electric vehicles.

Nov 22 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,Charging Infrastructure,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type | Read More »

Fraunhofer Institute – Fastracking Innovation of Electric Vehicles

Fraunhofer wheel hub motor on "freccO" demo vehicle

Battery systems, chargers, wheel hub motors – in the cars of the future, what will the components look like, and how will they interact with each other? Fraunhofer researchers are engineering the parts for electric vehicles and testing them on »Frecc0«, their demonstration vehicle. In a multi-disciplinary collaborative effort, 33 Fraunhofer institutes are working together [...]

May 19 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,Fraunhofer Institute | Read More »

UNEP Reports Finds Recycling of “Specialty Metals” Key to Boom in Clean-Tech Sector

Moving the global economy towards environmentally-friendly, clean technologies will increasingly hinge on rapid improvements in the recycling rates of so called “high-tech” specialty metals like lithium, neodymium and gallium. Such metals, needed to make key components for wind turbines and photovoltaics to the battery packs of hybrid cars, fuel cells and energy efficient lighting systems, [...]

May 17 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,Electric Vehicles International,Ev's,Fuel cell,Hybrid,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

DOE Awards $4 Million to Planar Energy Under Its Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy Initiative

(BUSINESS WIRE)–Planar Energy, the developer of large-format, solid-state, ceramic-like batteries at half the cost and triple the performance of lithium-ion batteries, today received a $4,025,373 award from the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) initiative to accelerate transformational energy research projects.

Apr 30 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,Planar Energy,Technology Providers | Read More »

A Break Through in PHEV Charging Mechanism that may be a Game Changer

An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed, fabricated and demonstrated a PHEV traction drive power electronics system that provides significant mobile power generation and vehicle-to-grid support capabilities. “The new technology eliminates the separate charging mechanism typically used [...]

Feb 20 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

How Should We Handle the Recycling of Electric Batteries?

In the UK new legislation will come into effect on January 1st ,2010 that is designed to ensure that all waste industrial and automotive batteries are recycled in the future. This legislation will see the responsibility will fall to the battery manufacturer. Producers of industrial and automotive batteries will be required to arrange the collection, [...]

Dec 29 2009 | Posted in Battery developments,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector,hybrid | Read More »

A123 Systems Partners with SAIC Motors to Develop Batteries for Hybrid and Pure Electric Vehicles

A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(TM) lithium ion batteries and systems, this week announced that they are entering into a joint venture with SAIC Motor Co. Ltd, a leading automaker in China. The focus of the joint venture is to develop, manufacture and sell complete vehicle traction battery systems for use in [...]

Dec 19 2009 | Posted in A123 Systems,Battery developments,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector,Technology Providers | Read More »

Alliance Announces Plans to Manufacture Lithium-ion Batteries for their Electric Car Programs

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced the location for the planned battery production site in Portugal. The new plant, which will manufacture advanced lithium-ion batteries, will be located at the Renault CACIA (Companhia Aveirense de Componentes para a Indústria Automóvel) industrial complex located in Aveiro, about 250km north of the capital, Lisbon. In July of this [...]

Dec 8 2009 | Posted in Automakers,Battery developments,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Renault-Nissan,Tech Sector | Read More »

Microcell Foam Battery Technology Developed for High Tech Military Vehicles

Firefly Energy announced recently that it has signed a $3.3 million contract extension for continuing enhancement of its first two advanced battery technology designs. This funding comes in addition to more than $7 million the company has received to date under its original contract to adapt the company’s next generation microcell foam battery technologies for military [...]

Oct 10 2009 | Posted in Battery developments,Electric,Ev's,Firefly Energy,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector,Technology Providers | Read More »