Dutch startup LeydenJar is opening a pilot plant to manufacture new-generation batteries that utilize pure silicon anodes, which the company says can store 50% more energy than conventional lithium batteries. LeydenJar and its development partners hope to use the pilot plant to demonstrate that batteries with silicon anodes can be manufactured for the same price… Read more »
Tag: Batteries
Kratzer Automation launches new battery test and simulation device
Kratzer Automation has developed the VES4.1-c, a new battery test and simulation device. The VES4.1-c features an increased rated current and overload capability, as well as Ethernet for Control Automation Technology (EtherCAT) interface. The device has a maximum current of 1,000 amps and maximum electrical output of up to 300 kW. Dirk Stübener, Product Manager… Read more »
BMW and VW aim for close control over batteries, don’t want to make them
Like nearly all global automakers, BMW has decided it doesn’t want to manufacture battery cells. How does it maintain an edge on the battery side—and characteristics that are a good match for the automaker—when it’s potentially …
Renault Zoe now only available with a battery in the UK
The new Renault Zoe can now only be bought in Great Britain with a battery-electric version. The possibility of battery leasing is thus eliminated. In Germany, however, both options will continue to be offered. The British Renault importer justified the step with the changing market environment. “One of the main reasons that the battery lease […]
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BMW is buying billions worth of batteries from CATL and Samsung SDI
The BMW Group has awarded the two battery cell manufacturers CATL and Samsung SDI with further orders worth several billion euros. The German carmaker intends to cover their battery cell requirements until 2031. The CATL order volume, which originally stood at four billion euros when it was announced in mid-2018, will increase to 7.3 billion […]
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Why did Porsche go to the trouble of designing an 800 V Taycan EV?
How higher-voltage battery packs enable faster charging ecosystems Porsche took on a considerable engineering challenge when it decided to design an 800 V EV system for the Taycan, because nearly every other hybrid and EV in the world operates at 400 V or less. There simply was not a wide range of high-voltage off-the-shelf parts… Read more »
BYD and Toyota to establish battery R&D company
Toyota and Chinese EV maker BYD will form a joint company focused on EV battery research and development. The company is scheduled to be launched in China in 2020. Toyota and BYD have agreed to each provide 50 percent of the capital for the new company. BYD Senior VP Lian Yu-bo said, “We aim to… Read more »
UK must develop battery recycling infrastructure, study finds
Governments and industry in the United Kingdom must develop a recycling infrastructure for EV batteries, according to a new study led by the University of Birmingham. The researchers calculated that one million EVs sold in 2017 alone will result in 250,000 metric tons of unprocessed waste once these vehicles reach the end of their lives…. Read more »
Responsible Battery Coalition and Argonne to partner on battery recycling initiative
The Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC) and research center Argonne National Laboratory have partnered to develop battery recycling technology. The partnership is the first industry-sponsored project with ReCell Center, an Argonne-led Li-ion battery research and development initiative that was launched by the Department of Energy in 2019. In the next two decades, global spent battery volume… Read more »
VW announces the ID. Space Vizzion
VW will present will present and show first renderings of the the ID. Space Vizzion on November 19 ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show. The battery-electric station wagon is to be presented as a production vehicle at the end of 2021. VW has indicated a WLTP range of up to 590 kilometres for what […]
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