Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking to the roads in record numbers. Car manufacturers drive huge sums into innovating better solutions for range and battery recyclability.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

A wave of electric workhorses is coming. When most folks think of the electrification of transportation, they naturally think about electric cars. But of equal importance is all those other vehicles big and small that aren't carrying passengers on commutes or to the local Starbucks, but that are toiling behind the scenes.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 28, 2022

Five- to tenfold growth is expected in the global lithium battery market over the next decade as people shift to electric vehicles, but already lithium supplies are tight.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021. These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. and attracting major investments for its electric buses and vans still in development. Mike De Socio.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture. AGCO is testing the battery-powered Fendt e100 Vario for a range of farming and municipal applications. "It Billed as the first fully electric driver-optional tractor, the Monarch will be available in fall 2021 at a pricetag starting at $50,000. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2022

New projects in California's Salton Sea could extract the metal — needed for electric vehicle batteries — at scale.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2020

One huge potential benefit: reduced production costs for electric vehicle batteries.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Northvolt hails breakthrough in sodium ion batteries, providing big advances for battery storage and ultimately for electric vehicles. The post Northvolt hails sodium-ion battery breakthrough for storage and electric vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

On highways and in parking lots, the race is on to provide the coming influx of American electric vehicle drivers an accessible, reliable and superfast place to charge up.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

The decade-long goal could result in millions of electric vehicles purchased for ride-hailing operations, encourage greater electric vehicle charging deployments and motivate stronger city, state and federal policies that could make EVs more economical. Lyft recently announced a first-quarter loss of $85.2

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TechXplore

AUGUST 26, 2024

Lithium-ion (or Li-ion) batteries are heavy hitters when it comes to the world of rechargeable batteries.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2021

GM's electric delivery foray, plus other mobility trends headlining CES. GM showed off images of an electric delivery vehicle called the EV600, as well as a pallet system called the EP1. GM also showed off a new electric Cadillac luxury vehicle and more details about its next-gen battery technology. .

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A faster rate of electrification in the automotive industry will hasten the arrival of circularity (for batteries), according to the authors. The reason is that the faster electric vehicles spread throughout the automotive market, the sooner there will be sufficient quantities of batteries available for recycling.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To mark Energy Day at COP27, Matthew Lumsden of Connected Energy called on consumers and businesses to understand that switching to electric vehicles is just the first step in the clean energy transition. “To Not only are we not looking far enough ahead, we’ve got a blind spot concerning battery reuse,” Matthew comments.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 7, 2023

Chile plans to nationalize its vast reserves of lithium, an element essential for development of batteries and electric vehicles. That could force new public-private partnerships for leading suppliers Albemarle and SQM.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 4, 2020

Electric truck fleets will need a lot of power, but utilities aren't planning for it. As more electric buses and trucks enter the market, future fleets will require a lot of electricity for charging. Utilities will need to be ready to power electric fleets. Electric truck fleets need substantial power.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2021

If it passes Congress mostly intact, we could see Americans' use of plug-in vehicles jump considerably. Here are 10 important bits to know about the planned federal investments for electric vehicles and EV infrastructure (and a reminder that we're hosting an event about many of these pressing topics, VERGE Electrify online May 25 and 26): 1.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research. Batteries now account for 73% of lithium use, a rapid rise since 2011 when it was just 23%.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. Swapping all that diesel and jet fuel with batteries and biofuels won't be easy. FedEx already has made some progress with electric vehicles.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A North Carolina town with fewer than 3,000 citizens and known for its antiques festival is about to be on the cutting edge of the electric vehicle revolution. billion battery-building facility in little Liberty, North Carolina. Toyota just announced that it will construct a $1.29

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The automaker announced the SUV as the only H2-powered passenger vehicle made in the USA. Honda just unveiled its new fuel cell electric vehicle, the CR-V e-FCEV, an SUV it is marketing as the only H2-powered passenger vehicle made in America. senior vice president of Auto Sales Mamadou Diallo.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

  While the same could be said about battery electric cars, there has certainly been a more widespread rollout of recharging infrastructure for those vehicles in the passenger market than has been the case for H2. There are far too many barriers in the way – first and foremost, a place to refuel. 

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

An exploded view of an EV battery: Researchers have demonstrated a method to upcycle end-of-life battery waste into materials that can be used for ‘next generation’ battery cathodes. The researchers believe this is the first time such materials have been made from recycled EV battery feedstock.

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TechXplore

JUNE 25, 2024

With goals to limit CO2 emissions, many countries have set targets to phase out internal combustion vehicles in favor of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

In response, the London Fire Brigade has started the #ChargeSafe campaign, to alert people to the potential dangers of the bikes’ lithium-ion batteries, if they are of a poor quality and safety measures are not taken. These dangers are also present in electric car batteries.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) adoption has accelerated in the world of personal cars. But before zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fleets can hit the road, stakeholders must find innovative ways to finance them in a way that is accessible, affordable and attractive to corporate buyers. . Electric Vehicles.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2024

What is EVSE: Meaning Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) refers to the infrastructure and components essential for charging electric vehicles (EVs). Often known as charging stations, charging docks, or simply chargers, EVSE provides power supplies to recharge electric vehicle batteries.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Transportation companies are addressing the circular economy not just with the materials that go into their cars and facilities, but also with the batteries they run on as the industry moves toward producing more electric vehicles. . Electric vehicles are projected to reach 58 percent of global passenger vehicle sales by 2040.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The reality is that charging infrastructure, electricity and utility connections — it's the longest lead, probably the most challenging part of this equation. So Amazon finds itself, through a partnership with Rivian , designing its own delivery vehicles and playing a large role in scaling up the electric vehicle market.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The need has emerged for solutions that allow energy to be stored in sufficient quantity to sustain a constant electricity supply and avoid the risk of power cuts. For example, batteries capable of very high capacity energy storage have a vital part to play in the UK’s future energy infrastructure.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2022

Consequently, lithium demand, essential for EV batteries, is growing much quicker than lithium supply, leading to a market disconnect. The primary battery metal is essential for not only electric vehicles but also electric-grid battery storage systems and portable electronics.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040. Four vanadium flow batteries, manufactured by Invinity Energy Systems, have recently been installed at the waste water treatment works that serve the city of Perth.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

While electric vehicle sales continue to rise worldwide, automotive supply chains are lagging behind the required pace of decarbonisation, according to a new report from Greenpeace Asia. Toyota is the world’s largest automaker, yet fewer than one in 400 vehicles sold by Toyota in 2022 were battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Electric vehicles can help the EU to come close to a zero-emissions car fleet. In an attempt to reflect the actual situation better, the proportional use of electric and combustion engines will be adjusted, but only from 2025. However, EU auditors warn that efforts in this direction must shift up a gear.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2024

million grant from the U S Department of Energy to help improve the nation’s EV battery recycling ecosystem. Tennessee Tech University’s project aims to develop a mobile preprocessing hub that can be taken to local collection sites, allowing EV owners to have batteries safely disassembled and shredded on-site.

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Canary Media

JULY 26, 2024

I hear the same refrain from climate advocates and fossil-fuel boosters: Whether you like electric vehicles or not, mining all the minerals needed for those batteries is going to be a problem. People worry that we’ll run out of lithium, or skyrocketing demand will push prices through the roof, or the battery boom…

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Canary Media

JULY 9, 2024

electric vehicle and battery manufacturing since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed two years ago. A long list of components go into those EVs and batteries — and the more of them that can be produced in the U.S., Companies have invested more than $100 billion in U.S. the better. On Tuesday, the Biden…

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