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Ensuring safe and reliable lithium-ion battery performance

Charged

These are applied in between heat source (battery) and heat sink (cooling plate/ribbon). Application areas for coatings include the cooling plate, battery pack enclosure, prismatic cell can enclosure and cylindrical cell can enclosure. Environmental isolation: The high-voltage batteries can be sensitive to moisture.

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A wave of electric workhorses is coming

GreenBiz

When most folks think of the electrification of transportation, they naturally think about electric cars. Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way. Tesla's Model Y is cool. But electrifying the long tail of commercial transportation is just as awesome. (If

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There’s gold (and lithium and cobalt) in all those EV battery packs

The Verge: Energy

Supply and demand There’s recently been some churn in the media about cooling demand for electric cars, but a quick look at the numbers shows demand is strong. Well, not literal gold, at least not much, but there is plenty of lithium, cobalt, and other materials that are good for batteries but hard to find in the earth.

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Turntide releases new NMC battery pack

Charged

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. kWh and 8 kWh) versions, with air or liquid cooling options. kWh) and 52 V (5.3

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Cool New Eco-Friendly Cars That Aren’t Teslas

Green Living Guy

The latter were more efficient and practical in the early days when batteries were too large and inefficient for electric cars to be a viable mode of transportation. The post Cool New Eco-Friendly Cars That Aren’t Teslas appeared first on Green Living Guy. Fortunately, persistent and tireless innovation has improved electrical.

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Recent Deals – 18 April

CleanTech Group

Robots fighting the crop-weed-war; lithium mining, extraction and battery storage; and retrofit cooling towers with carbon capture capabilities – Recent deals worth looking.

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Transportation Pitch Day Convenes Cleantech Ecosystem to Dive into the Future of Mobility

Greentown Labs

Greentown Labs member SparkCharge presents at the 2020 Transportation Pitch Day. Transportation is the largest contributor to U.S. The question is how do we make progress on the decarbonization of transportation, and where are the solutions going to come from? greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the startups below!