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Predictions on Energy Storage, EVs and the Future of Transportation
What does the future hold for cars and our commuting world? Industry leaders weigh in with their predictions on electric and hybrid cars, batteries, and the transportation industry.
Date: 10/25/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: batteries, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids
Quallion Seeks DOE Grants for ‘Anti-Idling’ Batteries
Quallion is asking for DOE grant money to produce lithium-ion batteries to power commercial trucks while idling. The company hopes to use this product base to break into the rest of the electric vehicle market.
Date: 07/08/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: batteries, electric vehicles, lithium-ion, transportation, trucks
President Obama.
Recovery Act Will Have Doubled American Renewable Power by 2012
Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Vice President Joe Biden announce that--thanks in part to funding from the Recovery Act--the country is on track to achieve three major energy goals set out by the Department of Energy, including cheaper, more efficient car batteries and cheaper solar power.
Date: 08/24/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Economic Impact, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, battery technology, electric vehicles, energy policy, solar panels
Safer, Longer-Lasting Batteries for Cars
Planar Energy has developed a printing method for solid-state lithium-ion batteries that could improve the stability and lifetime of batteries used in electric vehicles.
Date: 07/20/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, NREL, Planar Energy, solid-state batteries
SANYO Unveils Lithium-Ion Battery Systems for Solar Cell Systems, Electric Vehicles
Japanese electrical giant SANYO Electric has developed two new large-capacity, high-voltage lithium-ion battery systems. SANYO will begin mass production of the new products in March 2010.
Date: 11/13/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium ion, solar cell
Sensors Are Key to Better EV Batteries
Two coalitions of companies are now making tiny, lightweight sensors that could make lithium-ion batteries smaller, cheaper, and safer. These sensors can be integrated into batteries and can help detect how much charge is left.
Date: 09/17/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, hybrids
Smarter Control of Electric Vehicle Batteries
Nanoelectronics technology is improving the way that batteries and motors in electric vehicles are controlled, giving them a longer range on each charge.
Date: 01/13/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, nanoelectronics
Solar Power for a better Solution
WilderShares, LLC provides a full account of its solar installations and how PV effectively powers their building and an electric vehicle.
Date: 04/15/2010
Type: Report
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Conversion, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, grid
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle diagram.
Squeezing More Energy Out of Batteries
Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center has developed a new printing technology that promises to pack more energy into batteries for electric vehicles: the technology could increase battery storage capacity by 10 to 30 percent.
Date: 03/02/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: auto batteries, battery efficiency, battery storage capacity, electric vehicles, electrodes, energy density, lithium metal-air batteries, llithium-ion batteries
The Battery 500 Project
In this video, experts talk about the research and development behind lithium-air battery technology and why they feel it may represent the future of energy storage for electric vehicles.
Date: 07/08/2010
Type: Video
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: electric vehicles, energy storage, lithium-air

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