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China’s energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultrafast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps. The Chinese company started out making batteries and has been refining its battery and energy storage technology while building an auto empire that is expanding outside China.
One of the key target resources is lithium, a critical component for smartphones, electric vehicle batteries and nearly every other electric tool of modern convenience and industrial import. That’s one reason why DuPont is making a push to prove out its extraction technologies.
The result is EV technology that makes the erstwhile novelty car more powerful, more affordable, and more ubiquitous. Waymo also unveiled its Generation 6 automated driving system, an enhanced-technology suite designed handle tougher weather conditions. Waymo has made real what seemed unimaginable 15 years.
Why it matters: Despite this, CATL warned it might end the year with a revenue decline for the first time since it started releasing its financial figures in 2015, due to the lithium price squeeze that has been shaking up the industry since hitting its peak in late 2022. CATL is set to report its full-year results on Mar.
The South Korea-based company says its batteries’ advantages over lithium ion include less risk of ignition and the ease of sourcing vanadium. The latter is an important selling point, as electric vehicle makers face a potential shortage of lithium ion batteries. VIB cannot be as compact as lithium ion.
General Motors announced a new joint venture with SolidEnergy Systems, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is focused on improving the energy density in lithium-ion batteries. Anode-free” lithium metal battery. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors.
Most EV companies use “wet” lithium-ion batteries, which use liquid electrolytes to move energy around. QuantumScape says its solid-state batteries will represent a significant improvement over conventional lithium-ion batteries, enabling electric vehicles that can travel 80 percent further than an electric vehicle with a traditional battery.
We’ve achieved something that many thought impossible with today’s battery technology,” JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby, said in a statement. “By Energy density — the amount of energy stored in a given system — is the key metric, and today’s batteries don’t contain enough energy to get most planes off the ground.
Soelect, a battery technology startup based in North Carolina, has closed an $11 million Series A round. It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles.
The Wallace Center is being set up to develop future versions that will be completely different from the current lithium-ion composition. Technology like lithium metal or pure silicon anodes, even solid-state batteries.”. GM grew to be the largest automaker in North America on the back of combustion engines.
While lithium-ion works fine for consumer electronics and even electric vehicles, battery startup EnerVenue says it developed a breakthrough technology to revolutionize stationary energy storage. The technology itself – nickel-hydrogen batteries – isn’t actually new. I had essentially given up.” Image Credits: EnerVenue.
To be sure, the Countach’s hybrid system isn’t anything new; it’s based on the supercapacitor technology used in Lamborghini’s Sián. Lamborghini claims this provides three-times the power of a lithium-ion battery with the same weight. The operating system is compatible with Apple CarPlay. seconds, a 0–200km/h time of 8.6
kWh lithium-ion battery pack. At the car’s production launch, Volkswagen will announce final driving range data of the production version, which it expects to be “significantly improved” with the battery technology to be used in the future. At the same time, the air conditioning system is completely deactivated.
Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr on Tuesday unveiled its refreshed 001 hatchbacks and 007 sedans with a major upgrade for its driving assist technology, or Navigation Zeekr Pilot (NZP). Zeekr said its second generation of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery needs only 10.5 minutes to go from 10% to 80% at a 5.5C charge rate.
The new Nest Thermostat ditches the traditional rotating dial for a simpler, touch strip control system | Photo: Google. Google is using the same Soli technology that was in the Pixel 4 smartphone underneath the mirrored finish to automatically detect when you are standing in front of the thermostat and wake it up. Photo: Google.
It points out that this is a fast-growing market segment, not well served by existing battery technologies. The company projects that considering the whole lifecycle cost of its product, the cost of storing energy will be about half of the cost of storing with similarly sized lithium-ion batteries.
Founded by Mujeeb Ijaz — a veteran of Ford, A123 Systems and Apple’s automotive effort — ONE has focused its efforts on finding low-cost, highly available materials for its battery chemistries. The gigafactory in question will pump out lithium-iron-phosphate cells, better known as LFP. The new round values the company at $1.2
Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $25 million Series A for tech that it says can double the range of EVs, as more and more startups take aim at surpassing the pitfalls of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Key to the hybrid concept is in the chemistries: the Aries is a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) chemistry.
Some automakers are developing hydrogen-powered cars as a possible alternative to EVs that use lithium-ion batteries. GM has condensed its Hydrotec system into a “power cube” encompassing 300 individual hydrogen fuel cells. And it’s working on fuel cell systems for Wabtec locomotives.
Chinese battery manufacturer and technology company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. They have the potential to transform various industries, including electric vehicles, portable electronics, and renewable energy systems. The technological pathways for solid-state batteries primarily include polymers, oxides, and sulfides.
Bhattacharya’s experience in the EV space is expansive, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. and at Fenix International, an off-grid home solar system company. The EV startup is set to begin its pilot program in Nairobi next month. Image Credits: BasiGo.
Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Building on technologies developed in the stem cell research labs of UCSF, EndoCrine is looking to commercialize a better way to discover and develop drugs. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc. The Hurd Co.
The automaker, which is the second largest in the world based on sales, said it would reduce the costs of producing its batteries by up to 50 percent, build multiple battery factories around the world, expand its network of charging stations, and eventually transition to solid-state technology that would cut costs and boost efficiency.
BasiGo is backed by a number of investors including Climate Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and Third Derivative, an accelerator focused on climate-technology. Bhattacharya is not new to the field of electric vehicles, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years.
There’s a lot of value in waste; just ask metals processing company Nth Cycle , which has developed a technology to help mining and recycling companies recover every bit of critical minerals from their operations. There, she received $500,000 in funding to scale the technology and prepare it for demonstration to private funders.
Such superior low-temperature performance is mainly attributed to the dual deployment of sodium-ion and lithium-ion materials in an integrated AB battery system, making it possible to leverage the advantages of each material. As a result, 400-volt EVs need more advanced thermal management capabilities.
Virgin lithium mining is a focal point for the U.S. Yet, there is another primary source to secure key battery materials (lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese), and that is recycling end-of-life and scrap batteries. produces black mass (the output recycling lithium-ion batteries metals that can be put back into the supply chain).
Chinese automaker GAC Group said on April 12 that it had broken through several obstacles regarding the durability and safety of all-solid-state batteries, and expected its future rollout of the technology to offer drivers a range of over 620 miles per charge by 2026.
Just take a look at Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt. Other deals that caught my attention … Accure , a startup that uses AI to predict lithium-ion battery failures, raised $7.8 Climate-tech fund Blackhorn, lithium-mining giant SQM and mobility-focused investor Proeza also participated.
Heat has the benefit of being extremely fast — you don’t have to worry about the speed that a Lithium battery can absorb electricity. For the heating — there’s no magic there: your toaster and hairdryer uses the same technology for generating heat as we do. “If you put brick in your oven, and heat it up.
That’s why technologies coming from companies like Malta , an energy storage technology developer that just raised $50 million in new financing, are attracting attention and venture capital investment. “In practice we are heading towards a system where electricity is priced close to zero,” Swaminathan said.
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This month, Xiaomi is making its biggest effort yet to bring its “HyperCharge” technology to a mainstream, global audience. So I talked to Daniel Desjarlais, international head of communications and global spokesperson at Xiaomi, about the company’s fast-charging technology efforts and what people outside China should expect from the 11T Pro.
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And, unlike most retro machines, Analogue consoles utilize field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology , which basically means they function just like the original hardware. It’s powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery instead of AAs, and you’ll get between six to 10 hours of gameplay depending on the brightness settings.
.” The battery pack on Boundary Layer’s prototype clocks in at 95 KWh and 415 Volts — very similar to what you might find in a high-end performance electric car (the Tesla Model 3 Performance packs an 82 kWh 350 V lithium-ion pack, for example). Image Credits: Boundary Layer.
Sono is also working with companies to integrate its solar technologies into other vehicles. At the start of this year, Sono announced that it would license its solar body panel technology to other companies and named electric autonomous shuttle company EasyMile as its first customer. ” Solar technology integration and licensing.
.” For Ample, the difference is in the modularization of the battery pack and how that changes the relationship with the automakers that would use the technology. Even though we provide the same battery system… it’s the same as replacing the tire,” said Hassounah, Ample’s co-founder and chief executive.
And it’s one that, if it scales up, could help break some of the biggest limitations currently facing lithium-ion technology. Having innovative technologies where size really matters is a really great place for a technology like ours,” Berdichevsky says. You have less competition when you solve the hardest problems.
The model boasts its own self-driving chip, marking the first utilization of the five nanometer process technology in China’s auto industry. Autonomous driving: The ET9 will be powered by NIOs first self-developed system on chip (SoC), the Shenji NX9031, for partially automated driving.
Below are highlights from the registration filings released for public review by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday, giving critical details of the models ahead of their official launches. Xiaomi SU7 A post from Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on March.
Dongfengs Voyah will source batteries from Chinas CATL and Sunwoda for the upcoming Zhiyin model, scheduled for launch in the second half of 2024, according to the registration filings released by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The five-seater SUV measures 4.7 meters in length and 1.6
Other deals this week … Drover AI , the startup that really popularized using camera-based computer vision systems to stop scooter riders from riding all over the sidewalk, has closed a $5.4 billion loan from the agency to help it finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. million Series A.
It helps that our parent company also owns our battery supplier A123 Systems, but over the past few years we have also seen a substantial reduction in the cost of lithium ion batteries and other EV-related components including other items such as motors and generators,” Holland told The Verge in an email. An SUV is in the works, too.
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