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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. ReJoule ’s battery diagnostics technology can ensure EV batteries are more reliable, safer and longer-lasting. Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing.

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Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series C funding

Charged

Battery swapping is an old idea with a troubled history. Better Place , an Israeli startup that was a promising early promoter of EVs, made battery swapping a centerpiece of its strategy—it went bust in 2013. Tesla demonstrated a swapping system for Model S in 2013, but dropped the technology in 2015.

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Forsee Power to supply next-gen batteries for IVECO France electric buses

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Forsee Power, a French specialist in smart EV battery systems, has renewed its partnership with IVECO France, which sells vehicles under the brands IVECO Bus and Heuliez. Forsee and IVECO have been working together to develop zero-emission public transport since 2013.

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One bright side of 2020: A surge in battery storage

Grist

The amount of battery storage connected to the grid, capable of saving extra wind and solar energy and dispatching it when the wind dies or the sun goes down, shot up dramatically. All this battery storage will enable California to add more wind and solar to its energy mix and make its grid less carbon intensive. “I’ve

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Li-ion battery risks reduced by VOC sensors

Envirotec Magazine

Li-ion is the principal battery chemistry used in EVs, for example. Photoionisation detection (PID) sensors are able to detect potential problems before they occur in the manufacture and use of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, and the enormous variety of devices that use rechargeable batteries. Famously, in 2016, around 2.5

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Companies around the world offer replacement LEAF batteries

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The false assertion that EV batteries wear out quickly, and can’t be replaced or recycled, is a favorite of the anti-EV crowd, so it was interesting to hear an exec from Nissan (one of the few automakers that has actually sold large numbers of EVs) clearly and unequivocally rebut the idea. How is that being green?”.

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Michigan seems the likely site of Graphex’s new battery materials plant

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Graphex hopes to have a facility operational before the end of Q2 2023, with an initial capacity to deliver 10,000 metric tons per year of coated spherical graphite, which is used in EV battery anodes. The company says it will be able to increase the plant’s capacity to 20,000 tons per year quickly to meet increased demand.

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