Kodak pictures film machines as EV battery makers
Eastman Kodak – yep, the analog photography products company – has taken a minority stake in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a technology company developing new battery materials. Wildcat says it is developing an EV “super cell” designed to provide a greater than 90% improvement in energy density over today’s best batteries, and Kodak’s investment will
Amprius enters purchase agreement with Teledyne FLIR
Amprius Technologies announced it has entered into a component purchase agreement with Teledyne FLIR, a company working on intelligent sensing, unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), and integrated solutions for defense and industrial markets. From this agreement the total battery market for UAS is expected to increase to approximately $38 billion by 2025, based on estimates and
Stellantis, Samsung SDI to establish Indiana Li-Ion battery plant
Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI are establishing an electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana. Targeted to start in 2025, the plant aims to have an initial annual production capacity of 23 gigawatt-hours, with an aim to increase to 33 GWh in the next few years. The total capacity could increase further as demand
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Toyota working on closed-loop EV battery ecosystem
Toyota Motor North America has embarked on a mission to create a sustainable, closed-loop battery ecosystem for its electrified powertrains. The company says this mission focuses not only on the collection, testing and recycling of batteries into raw materials to create a sustainable supply chain, but also aims to develop second-life opportunities for remanufactured and
WAE working to advance battery thermal runway understanding
Imperial College London and Williams Advanced Engineering are working on a project to bridge the gap between thermofluid science and battery electrochemistry, developing a multiphase, multiphysics model of battery failure via thermal runaway (a self-sustaining cascade of exothermic reactions that produce large volumes of gas). The model will consider gas dynamics and its interactions with electrochemical
Second-life Audi e-tron batteries to power electrified rickshaws in India
The German-Indian start-up Nunam is bringing three electric rickshaws to the roads of India, powered by used batteries taken from test vehicles in the Audi e-tron test fleet. The aim of the project is to explore how modules made with high-voltage batteries can be reused after their car life cycle and become a viable second-life use case,
Can high-rise buildings be used as batteries?
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers have come up with a new energy storage concept that could turn tall buildings into batteries. In their recent study published in the journal “Energy,” IIASA researchers propose a gravitational-based storage solution that uses elevators and empty apartments in tall buildings to store energy. This idea, which
Eaton’s eMobility unit introduces BDU with circuit protection technology
Eaton‘s eMobility business has introduced a battery disconnect unit (BDU) that the company says can be combined with upgraded “Breaktor” circuit protection technology to provide circuit protection in electrified vehicles while reducing overall complexity and cost. When paired with the Breaktor circuit protection technology, which combines current switching and resettable bidirectional short-circuit protection with fast actuation, Eaton’s BDU
Sila silicon anode chemistry batteries coming to electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz will work with battery materials company Sila to incorporate Sila’s silicon anode chemistry in batteries, which are optionally available for the first time in the upcoming electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The high-silicon anode material will increase the energy density of batteries without compromising safety or other performance parameters, the company says. Compared to today’s commercially
Farasis develops new recycling process for li-ion batteries
Farasis Energy says it has developed a “Direct Recycling” process for used lithium-ion batteries which enables direct recovery and reuse of valuable materials – notably the cathode powder – from these batteries and from cell manufacturing scrap. In particular, the process directly recovers the active cathode material powder to retains the high value of the
Storedot, Polestar begin strategic partnership
StoreDot has entered a strategic partnership with Polestar. As part of this new partnership and investment agreement, Polestar will investigate utilizing StoreDot’s extreme fast charging silicon-dominant batteries for future Polestar cars. StoreDot says it is on track to begin mass producing its ‘100in5′ technology as early as 2024, achieving 100 miles of range in five
