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How to Beat the Agony of a Dying Phone Battery

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 14 May 2019 10:10:58 +0000

Phones and tablets are our main computers these days. We rely on them. Manufacturers limit the device’s performance once battery capacity has dropped below a certain threshold. And most of the time, people don’t realize that. Batteries are usually overlooked when we buy a new phone or tablet. They’re seen as the “fuel tank” that […]

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Finnish Company Boosts Battery Recycling to Over 80 Percent

Matias Prieto — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:02:49 +0000

Finnish recycling company Fortum has achieved the high recycling rate for electric vehicle (EV) batteries of 80 per cent with a low-CO2 hydrometallurgical recycling process. The number of EVs on the road will increase from 3 million to 125 million by 2030. Current battery manufacturing casts a shadow on the overall sustainability of electric vehicles. […]

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Recycling Lithium and Cobalt from Batteries Now More Efficient

Ece Polat — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:41:24 +0000

The International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy has published a research that introduces a new method of extracting lithium and cobalt from the batteries. This carries an important factor in the future of rechargeable lithium ion batteries as they power many electronics, electric vehicles, and more. A common problem of these batteries is that […]

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Honda Debuted its Own Battery Recycling Program

Samantha Joe — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:11:31 +0000

Honda has debuted their own battery recycling program. In an effort to reuse used lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries, a Honda battery recycling program was unveiled late last year. This process was introduced at Eco-Projects 2015 in Tokyo. The program aims to utilize salvaged materials from the li-ion batteries for nickel-metal-hyrdride (NiMH) units. How does the Honda battery […]

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Nissan and Eaton Have Great Plans for Used EV Batteries!

Samantha Joe — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:38:57 +0000

Nissan and Eaton, an energy management company, have announced a new partnership. Eaton provides solutions in electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power, with a focus on efficiency, safety and sustainability. The purpose of the two firms working together is to create second-life electric vehicle energy solutions. In layman’s terms — recycling power supplies from electric vehicles to […]

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How to Get Rid of (Recycle) Electric Car Batteries

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:20:29 +0000

Electric cars are sometimes criticized for being less eco-friendly than they seem. The vehicles won’t last forever, and one day will need to be thrown away. Batteries in particular can be harmful to the environment when dumped into landfills because they could leach harmful chemicals and metals into the soil. The President of Retriev Technologies, […]

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Nissan Home Battery Giving New Life to Old EV Energy Storage

Mila Luleva — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:44:03 +0000

Nissan is officially entering the field of commercial energy storage, as the company will reveal on Monday how they plan to reuse old LEAF batteries. It is only just over a month after Tesla revealed details about the revolutionary home battery– Powerwall, and we already see other big car manufacturers wanting a piece of the energy […]

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IBM Study: 70% of All Discarded Laptop Batteries Could Provide Lighting to Poor People

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:07:08 +0000

I’ll start this with a question: how many times have you discarded a laptop battery as being dead? Me, personally, I haven’t trashed any of them, but rather kept the “bad” ones in storage for as long as I can remember, knowing they’ll be useful one day. IBM researchers in India have presented a study in […]

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How “The Hybrid Shop” Reduces Hybrid Battery Waste

Benji Jerew — Tue, 20 May 2014 18:46:42 +0000

When considering a hybrid vehicle, perhaps one of the first things you think about is fuel economy. Then there’s the hybrid battery, which will eventually fail, and do you have any idea how much that costs? The thing about hybrid battery packs isn’t “if” they’ll fail, but “when” they’ll fail. For the most part, dealerships […]

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Europe’s Largest Phone Battery Recycling Company Reduces Your Phone’s Carbon Footprint by 90%

Mila Luleva — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:36:13 +0000

Improvements and ground breaking discoveries that can boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries have flooded the news over the past few years. And there is no question to why this has happened, really. Ever since they were first introduced back in 1991 by Sony, lithium-ion batteries have grown to be the most reliable, reusable and […]

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Honda Recycles Rare Earth Metals to Manufacture New Batteries

Benji Jerew — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:47:25 +0000

Honda has devised a way, the first process of its kind, to extract the rare earth metals from used batteries and other products, recycling them to be made into new batteries. Electric and hybrid electric vehicles, in themselves are, without a doubt, cleaner vehicles. In operation, they have fewer, even zero, emissions when compared to their petroleum-fueled counterparts. Lifecycle […]

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Environmentally Friendly Sorting of Recycled Batteries Using A.I. Now Possible

Mila Luleva — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:48:15 +0000

Sorting out recycled batteries is now possible by means of Artificial Intelligence (AI), thanks to research conducted at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Claes Strannegård, whose brilliant idea led to this striking innovation, is an AI researcher at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Collaboration with […]

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Toyota Setting Up Recycling Facilities For Old Nickel Metal Batteries From Old Hybrids

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:48:18 +0000

To keep the planet as tidy as possible, and to make a good business, Toyota has decided that it's about time they recycled used NiMH batteries included in their old hybrid cars, such as the Prius, which has been produced from 2000 onwards.

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Nissan Plans to Recycle Old EV Batteries to Wind Power Industry

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:41:06 +0000

To greenify their car-supported existence, Nissan has taken the decision to recycle all the old batteries from electric cars by giving them to wind farm developers - of course, at a low price.

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HP Reduces Discarded Batteries by Making Them Last Much Longer

Mike Sandru — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:07:59 +0000

HP has announced a new range of notebook batteries developed by Boston Power, which will be available for 18 existing notebook models developed by the company representing approximately 70 percent of HP's consumer notebook PC portfolio and will be available with a 3-year warranty.

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