Apr 21, 2023 - 02:11 pm
WAE launches its first mass-market product, the Elysia BMS
WAE Technologies, formerly Williams Advanced Engineering, launched a new battery management system this week. WAE appeared to strike a delicate balance between bespoke and standardly predictive BMS in the press call preceding the announcement. The company claims there is potential performance waiting to be unlocked in almost any of today’s batteries.
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Apr 5, 2023 - 03:58 pm
Where Europe can lead on Critical Raw Materials
With the EU Commission having drafted the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), we talked to Vulcan Energy, Skeleton Technologies and volytica diagnostics, who all have new approaches to the supply and use of battery raw materials.
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Apr 18, 2022 - 02:34 pm
All Solid-State Battery: Could Nissan make it first?
When Nissan announced it was prototyping all solid-state batteries, the news held an ambitious timeline to start pilot producing ASSBs in 2024 and power a series EV in 2028. In a follow-up call, Nissan detailed the basics of their technology, while claiming breakthroughs that build on an advantage indeed fewer carmakers have.
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Mar 15, 2022 - 12:50 pm
Electric car battery in winter: Heating, please!
Most electric car drivers notice it every winter: Performance at the fast-charging stations drops with the temperatures. Christoph M. Schwarzer and analysts from P3 Automotive have compiled a detailed report to see how cold affects battery cells and what this sensitivity means.
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Mar 12, 2022 - 03:23 pm
Fraunhofer study: Hydrogen will not play a major role in road transport
The Traton Group sees an analysis by the Fraunhofer Institute as confirming its strategy with its focus on battery-electric drives. According to the study, electric drives will also dominate the heavy-duty sector, and fuel cells will remain a niche application. On the other hand, Daimler Truck continues to rely consistently on both technologies.
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Jan 29, 2022 - 01:20 pm
Battery reuse & recycling expand to scale in China
China is faced with an enormous wave of batteries ready for reuse and recycling stemming from the world’s largest EV uptake starting around six years ago. In the last six months, the Chinese government has issued a series of new directives to ensure the battery reuse and recycling industries can effectively expand to scale.
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Aug 23, 2021 - 06:32 pm
Sodium over lithium: The low-cost alternative to Li-ion batteries
CATL has presented a sodium-ion cell along with plans to start production in 2023. What are the advantages and disadvantages of replacing lithium? Christoph M. Schwarzer evaluated the technology by speaking to battery experts from P3 Automotive and Prof. Dr Markus Hölzle from ZSW. The potential is huge!
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Mar 3, 2021 - 03:04 pm
“Actually, we are the pioneer of solid-state battery”
They are the only manufacturer of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on an industrial scale – and yet they are hardly in the spotlight: French Bolloré subsidiary Blue Solutions developed and commercialised batteries with solid-state electrolyte years ago. Their most prominent customer is Daimler.
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Sep 23, 2020 - 02:56 am
Tesla Battery Day: ‘tabless’ 4680 cell and a $25k car
The long wait has come to an end as the Tesla Battery Day is over, and what did we get? Silence, at first, as viewers from around the world watched the stream with no audio. Then, we got some of the expected news with more detail and articulated ambitions, and a promise of a 25k […]
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Aug 2, 2019 - 04:14 pm
Solid electrolyte batteries – the next big thing?!
Battery cells with a solid electrolyte promise high energy densities. Batteries in electric cars could thus become smaller and lighter – and the range could increase. But when is an open question we here try to answer.
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Mar 6, 2019 - 08:30 pm
Battery cell production in Europe: a view from France
The Franco-German initiative to establish battery cell production in Europe is on but who are the key players and their arguments and most importantly, where could a facility best be built? An overview by our Paris correspondent Cora Werwitzke.
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Jan 31, 2019 - 05:54 pm
Kamenz: A visit to Daimler’s battery assembly factory
Daimler’s battery assembly facility in Kamenz is the cornerstone of a battery production network spanning a total of seven production facilities around the world. Our colleagues from electrive.net were recently able to accompany the assembly of Mercedes Benz batteries – an exclusive factory visit.
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Jan 20, 2019 - 05:38 pm
Myth busting: Battery recycling does work
The battery of an electric car is often denigrated as rolling hazardous waste in circles still favouring the combustion engine. We were able to convince ourselves of the opposite at the specialist firm Duesenfeld that is disposing of the myth – Battery recycling works deep into the cell. It is only down to politics to […]
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