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Dual-Battery Electric Vehicle Demonstrates 1,800-Mile Range

Benji Jerew — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:15:41 +0000

For many drivers of conventional vehicles, the thought of limited range and long charging times makes them shy away from electric vehicles. Of course, if you really take the time to consider how many miles are driven each day, then one can easily see how an electric vehicle can fit into the average driver’s life. […]

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New Zinc-Air Batteries Developed at Stanford are Cheaper, Stabler, Better

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:13:13 +0000

A new zinc-air battery with a redesigned and cheap catalyst has been brewed at Stanford – it could one day rival lithium ion batteries and come much cheaper. “With ample supply of oxygen from the atmosphere, metal-air batteries have drastically higher theoretical energy density than either traditional aqueous batteries or lithium-ion batteries. Among them, zinc-air […]

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Metal Air Batteries From Fluidic Energy Help EVs and the Grid

Mila Luleva — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:05:32 +0000

Grid-scale metal air batteries were showcased at the ARPA-E Summit that took place this week by Fluidic Energy, a small startup in Scottsdale, Arizona. The invention was developed by Professor Cody Friesen from Arizona State University, who is also a founder of Fluidic Energy. The batteries are already installed and have been tested in areas […]

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Metal-Air Ionic Liquid Battery: 11 Times The Capacity of Li-Ion

Mike Sandru — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:46:54 +0000

A spinoff company from Arizona State University is planning to develop a metal-air battery which unlike lithium-ion batteries has an energy density 11 times greater, for less than one-third the cost. Last week, the US Department of Energy awarded a $5.13-million research grant to Scottsdale, AZ-based Fluidic Energy. This company hopes that its ultra-dense energy storage technology to become reality.

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