Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future
Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped.
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New Design for Lithium-Air Battery Could Offer Much Longer Driving Range
New batteries could one day power cars, airplanes, trucks.
Energy Storage From Thin Air: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
A new research breakthrough from the University of Illinois at Chicago finally delivers some good news for fans of lithium-air technology, which energy storage researchers have been talking up as the next best thing to follow today’s gold standard, lithium-ion.
Toyota (Still) Banks On Lithium-Air Energy Storage For Next-Gen EV Batteries
Dream on, Klingons: a low cost, 500-mile energy storage solution for electric vehicles might not happen by 2020 — but it probably will happen, eventually.
Lithium-Air Batteries With 5x Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new lithium-oxygen battery design based around the use of lithium superoxide (LiO2) — promising an energy density up to 5 times higher than that of conventional lithium-ion batteries — was recently demonstrated by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory. The new battery design — created … [continued]
EV News Roundup (France’s EV Sales, New Tesla Android App…)
More EV news for the EV obsessed (… to supplement EV stories already published on CleanTechnica): French EV Sales Numbers For September 2015 The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably … [continued]
BMW Rep Says Electric Vehicle Breakout Moment Approaching
One of the higher-ups at BMW, Ian Robertson, recently commented that the breakout moment for electric vehicles was fast approaching, and that the time for the auto industry to transition towards mainstream EV adoption was not that far in the future. The argument is that, with the use of soon-to-be-commercially-viable “next … [continued]
Volkswagen Eyeing 400+ Mile Solid-State Batteries
Solid-state batteries capable of delivering on a 400+ mile range per single charge are a real possibility and possess “great potential” according to Volkswagen’s Chairman of the Board Dr Martin Winterkorn. Those comments from Winterkorn were made recently during a Stanford award ceremony for “Science Award Electrochemistry.” Bold comments (relatively … [continued]
Lithium-Air Batteries Planned By Volkswagen
Originally published on Gas2. It has been confirmed that Volkswagen is working on a powerful new battery for its EV fleet. Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neusser said that “an 80kWh unit is under development using our own technology. It would provide between three and four times the battery power … [continued]
Lithium-Air Batteries Get Big Boost From Genetically Modified Viruses
Lithium-air battery performance can be greatly enhanced through the use of genetically modified viruses, according to new research from MIT. By using genetically modified viruses, it’s possible to create nanowires — wires roughly the size of red blood cells that can function as electrodes — with a much greater surface … [continued]
