Partnership between battery-swapping startup Ample and Sally, provider of EV rentals for taxi and rideshare, aims to gain traction for technology that hasn't yet lived up to its early promise.
Rising global demand for electric vehicles and economic energy storage systems has led to projections showing an orders-of-magnitude increase in demand for lithium.
The program allows fleet operators to source electric vehicle batteries through a five-year "lease-to-own" program.
Samsung says it has built a battery that has a 500-mile range and can be recharged over 1,000 times. The technology is not planned for market anytime soon.
Webasto has a new modular battery system for commercial and automotive electric vehicle applications as well as thermal management and charging solutions.
Akasol is one of Europe’s largest supplier of battery systems for commercial vehicles with hybrid-electric or all-electric drives and is now moving into the North American commercial vehicle market.
Volvo Cars is one of nine European companies and institutes working to develop a composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can.
WARREN, MI - Engineers of the four-seat Chevrolet Volt electric car often refer to its 435-pound battery pack as the fifth passenger. Given the care taken to keep the pack at just the right temperature in all weather conditions, there is a lot of truth to that.
DETROIT - General Motors Ventures LLC has invested $7 million in Newark, Calif.-based Envia Systems to provide GM's battery engineering team with access to advanced lithium-ion cathode technology that delivers higher cell energy density and lower cost. In a separate agreement, GM has secured the right to use Envia's advanced cathode material for future GM electrically driven vehicles.
SMYRNA, TN - Construction is progressing on Nissan's manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., which will produce lithium-ion batteries to power the all-electric Nissan Leaf vehicle. The Leaf will be produced at the facility beginning in late 2012.
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