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This New Solid-State Battery Can Change the Energy Storage Industry

Ece Polat — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 20:04:41 +0000

John Goodenough, a professor in the Univesity of Texas, and his team of engineers were able to develop a battery in a solid state. The lack of any toxic liquid in a battery allows the battery to be safer and long lasting. In fact, since this developed battery is rechargeable, it can be used in […]

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Solid State Batteries the Basis of Extended Range Audi EV?

Ari Luis — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:54:00 +0000

One of the biggest fears of EV owners is getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery. Volkswagen, the makers of Audi, plan to address this by a new all-electric Audi Q8 sports SUV, with 700 km (435 mi.) range on a full charge. This is easier said than done, after all […]

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Toyota Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery Hits 400 Wh/L

Benji Jerew — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:49:32 +0000

While Toyota is working hard to bring its hydrogen fuel cell cars to fruition, they haven’t left lithium-ion battery technology entirely. Even though most of Toyota’s hybrid fleet is still nickel-metal hydride (NiMH), energy density has forced the company to adopt lithium-ion battery technology in the Toyota Prius Plug-In. in comparison to NiMH, lithium-ion is […]

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Toyota’s Next-Gen LiO2 Battery Five Times Better Than Li-Ion

Benji Jerew — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:28:27 +0000

Nickel-metal hydride [NiMH] and lithium-ion [Li-ion] batteries have their advantages, but Toyota’s next-generation solid state and LiO2 battery technology could be set to overtake them. Toyota doesn’t really have much of a penchant for Li-ion battery technology, instead trusting its NiMH battery technology developed in-house. True, the Toyota RAV4 EV uses Li-ion, but the entire […]

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Toyota’s new all-solid-state battery: the power of ‘green vehicles’

Mila Luleva — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:51:29 +0000

Environmentally friendly driving, fuel efficiency, electric vehicles- all topics that have been a subject of major debate in recent years, and yet only a limited few manufacturers have the courage to pursue ground-breaking developments. Toyota Motor Corp, one of the leading producers of ‘green vehicles’, might just hold the solution. At a meeting held on September 24th, […]

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