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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Steel has converted two of its diesel switcher locomotives at the Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson and Clairton Plants to battery-electric drive. The e-locos were built by Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT), a provider of customized lithium-ion propulsion solutions to the rail market. Steel invested some $2.3 million in the locomotives.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It is becoming more and more clear that electric vehicles are the future of transport, but with any new technology, consumers tend to focus disproportionately on its risks. The safety risks of Li-ion batteries are no different. Sponsored by TWAICE. However, safety is not the main risk to EV manufacturers and operators.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution and Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a public transportation battery system supplier, have signed a supply agreement for nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) lithium-ion battery modules. The supplied batteries will support the production of nearly 3,000 large commercial EVs.

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TechXplore

MARCH 15, 2024

High metal prices can drive up the costs of electric car batteries, which will reduce their adoption. Car manufacturers are already responding to this by shifting to different technologies.

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MAY 6, 2024

It is, therefore, important to remove heat from battery and powertrain components efficiently. What is Battery Safety? Generally, battery safety encompasses protecting the battery system from several adverse circumstances – electrical, thermal and environmental conditions.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

According to a joint statement from the US DOT and the Canadian Transport Ministry , “The decarbonization of the rail sector is a crucial component of our global efforts to reduce emissions and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.” Source: US DOT

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Transportation Hydrogen Batteries Technology 119

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JANUARY 19, 2024

RecycLiCo Battery Materials, a battery recycling company, has received investment approval from the Taiwan Department of Investment Review for its 50/50 joint venture with Zenith Chemical. This modular plant is intended to be transported to Taiwan for the final commissioning. Source: RecycLiCo

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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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Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 27, 2023

But will the technology ever be commercially viable? Toyota appears close to a manufacturing breakthrough that could accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Batteries Technology 111

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

US-based Turntide Technologies , a developer of energy-efficient technologies, has launched a lithium-ion nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery pack for off-highway EV applications such as construction, agricultural equipment, marine and rail. The new Turntide batteries are available in 44 V (4.5 kWh) and 52 V (5.3

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Batteries Lithium Cooling Construction 111

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In an exclusive interview with CarbonScape’s Oliver Foster, Yusuf Latief discusses the company’s success to date and what their alternative to graphite signals for the battery market going forward. Graphite is the largest component of lithium-ion batteries, comprising half its weight. Elon Musk did.

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MARCH 29, 2023

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies has signed a letter of intent to build a 775,000-square-foot facility in Brighton, Colorado. million-square-foot existing factory site equipped with the electric power and structural layout ideal for a GWh-scale lithium-ion battery factory, reducing expected build-out costs.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 18, 2023

A combination of geothermal energy and solar power have provided sustainable cooling and air-conditioning to the Moncloa Transport Hub in Madrid, Spain. This has been the outcome of the “Hybridization of geothermal energy with flow batteries for the air conditioning of zero-energy tertiary buildings (GEOBATT)” project.

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Cooling Solar Energy Monitor Transportation Building Energy Monitoring 93

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Two in five freight companies are using existing data to improve efficiency, meaning immediate opportunities to decarbonise fleets are being missed, according to a business connectivity provider for the transport and logistics sector. In fact, just 7% of operators don’t plan to adopt decarbonisation measures in this time period.

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Charged

OCTOBER 18, 2023

American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with bus manufacturer NFI Group to supply custom battery packs for NFI subsidiary New Flyer ’s newest 35-, 40- and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. Source: American Battery Solutions

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The startup has developed software for lithium-ion batteries to endow them with either faster charging speeds or greater longevity.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Lithium-ion batteries powered the device on which these words appear. From phones and laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are critical to the technology of the modern world—but they can also explode.

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Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Transportation 112

Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The new beach battery has a capacity of 360kWh and can power a beach pavilion for two days. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

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Batteries Smart Cities Electric vehicle Innovation 105

Charged

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week it appears that the voltage level at GM is on the way back up, as the company announces the hiring of globally recognized battery expert Kurt Kelty, in the newly created position of Vice President of Batteries, which will report directly to GM President Mark Reuss. Kelty could be just the man to turn things around.

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Batteries Lithium Politics Technology 111

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Motor maker Turntide Technologies plans to launch a battery and powertrain product line designed for off-highway, autonomous guided, construction, truck, bus, marine and rail applications. UK-based heavy-equipment manufacturer JCB uses the Hyperdrive battery system in its 19C-1 E-Tech mini-excavator, 1TE site dumper and HTD5E dumpster.

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Technology Lithium Batteries Construction 133

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM), an Indian battery materials manufacturer, will build a $650-million graphite anode manufacturing plant in Brunswick County in North Carolina. The plant will make high-capacity EV battery anodes using green technology. Source: Epsilon Advanced Materials

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Batteries Automotive Construction Transportation 119

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Polish battery system manufacturer Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) has started construction of a factory designed to produce battery systems for public transportation, railroads and stationary energy storage applications. For 2021, Impact held about 15% of the European electric bus battery market,” says the company.

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Batteries Transportation Recycling Recycling 119

Charged

DECEMBER 8, 2021

London-based startup Breathe Battery Technologies has raised £1.5 Breathe will use the new capital to scale up and accelerate the deployment of its intelligent battery management algorithms. Source: Breathe Battery Technologies. million ($2 million) in a new funding round led by Speedinvest.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The upcoming emission-free transportation 2023 SEMA Show will take place from October 31 through November 3 in Las Vegas and will be benefiting from a newly expanded EV and Future Propulsion section this year. The event was once known as SEMA Electrified but is now renamed to reflect other propulsion technologies.

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Transportation Hydrogen Natural gas Technology 75

Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 29, 2023

The availability of a broad-scale and well-performing charging network by 2035 offers potential to increase new registrations of battery electric trucks to 100%. Greenhouse gas emissions from road freight transport will then decrease significantly, particularly post-2030, reaching zero in 2045.

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Transportation Electricity Batteries Technology 80

Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Refining the circular economy for battery materials. Increasing the efficiency of recycling offers a way to “close the loop,” creating a circular supply chain that can provide the needed raw materials for batteries and other components and minimizing the need to expand the world’s mining operations. We started the company in 2017.

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Recycling Recycling Transportation Batteries 105

Charged

APRIL 22, 2024

US-based Sepion Technologies , which develops nanoengineered separator coatings and liquid electrolytes for EV batteries, has received UN/DOT 38.3 Source: Sepion Technologies safety certification for its lithium-metal pouch cells. UN/DOT 38.3

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Lithium Batteries Technology Transportation 52

Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Commercial EV innovator Proterra (NASDAQ: PTRA) will provide its battery technology to El Dorado National (ENC), a subsidiary of the REV Group , to power ENC’s second-generation electric transit buses. Source: Proterra.

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Batteries Technology Electricity Logging 69

Charged

MAY 26, 2023

million in new funding and an additional $87 million for 45 selected projects to develop EV technologies, train the electrified-transportation workforce and ensure equitable deployment of clean transportation in disadvantaged communities. DOE will provide $99.5 The selected projects,” said US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M.

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Technology Transportation Education Batteries 98

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). But today, the energy sector accounts for over 90% of overall battery demand.

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Charged

MARCH 21, 2023

Battery recycling innovator Aqua Metals says it has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass, using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process. Aqua’s Li AquaRefining technology recovers nickel and other valuable metals using electroplating in a closed loop. Source: Aqua Metals

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MARCH 24, 2023

Additive manufacturing and solid-state battery specialist Sakuu says it has successfully and consistently achieved 3D printing of fully functional batteries in custom shapes and sizes. Using a proprietary lithium metal battery chemistry, Sakuu’s printing process starts with raw material and ends with a ready-to-use patterned battery.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

ABB and Gotion High-Tech have agreed to cooperate on the construction of large-scale battery factories to serve the European and US EV markets. ABB will collaborate with Gotion to supply a master design plan combining automation, electrification and digital technologies. Gotion High-Tech, in which Volkswagen has a 26.5

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APRIL 13, 2023

Other sessions at our Spring Virtual Conference include: Formulated Fluids: An Upgrade In Battery Immersion Cooling The world of global transportation is becoming increasingly electrified and with this comes new hardware and fluid challenges. This is where the emerging technology of immersion cooling comes in.

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Batteries Cooling Technology Transportation 140

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Electronics giant Honeywell has created a number of solutions to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries, for EV drivers, first responders and workers involved in battery production. In rare cases, Li-ion batteries can undergo thermal runaway incidents, causing intense and prolonged electrical fires.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Battery recycling technology company Lithion has received $22.5 Some will be invested in a battery dismantling and reprocessing plant the company expects to open in 2023, and some will finance engineering studies for the construction of a hydrometallurgical plant that’s scheduled to open in 2025.

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