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For organizations that depend on large vehicle fleets, electrification offers the potential to reduce fuel and maintenance costs while also cutting emissions. Beyond consumer electric vehicles (EVs), it requires designing charging systems capable of supporting high duty cycles, integrating with facility power infrastructure, and maintaining reliability under demanding operating conditions. And this transition is already…

NEO Battery Materials, a developer of low-cost silicon battery materials designed to enable rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries, announced the initiation of a new development program focused on high-performance batteries for drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The program will utilize NEO’s proprietary silicon anode materials, NBMSiDE P-200 and P-300N, to address key limitations in current drone…

U Power Limited, a provider of AI-powered solutions for energy grids and electric vehicle (EV) transportation systems, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and Business Cooperation Agreement with IoTeX, a blockchain platform focused on transforming machine-generated data into collective intelligence for AI. The agreement builds on U Power’s proprietary UOTTATM battery-swapping technology for…

After decades of iteration, the lithium-ion battery industry faces a fundamental crossroads. While chemistries and materials have evolved, the core battery architecture has remained largely unchanged since its introduction more than 30 years ago. But as demand grows for safer, more affordable, and higher-performing batteries, especially for electric vehicles (EVs), cracks are beginning to show…

Battery technology is the foundational element of electric vehicles (EVs), influencing their efficiency, range, charging speed, lifespan, cost, and overall performance. Engineering firm Bosch Rexroth is well aware of how battery manufacturing affects every one of these factors. It believes innovations in battery technology and advanced manufacturing processes are essential for the widespread adoption and…

Lithion Technologies, a company that develops, deploys, and operates sustainable and innovative patented technologies to recycle lithium-ion batteries, has completed the construction of its first commercial critical mineral extraction plant. The new plant, Lithion Saint-Bruno, is located in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, near Montreal, Canada. Lithion Saint-Bruno is the first lithium-ion battery critical mineral extraction plant in North America’s…

Global energy storage installations will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9 GW / 17 GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095 GW / 2,850 GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). This 122-fold boom of stationary energy storage over the next two decades will require $662 billion of investment,…

Portland General Electric (PGE) presented a new integrated resource plan to the Oregon Public Utility Commission for approval. The plan focuses on adding more renewable power, capturing more energy efficiency, and strengthening partnerships with customers to help balance energy supply and demand during periods of peak energy use. “This is the first resource plan developed since…

The global battery energy storage market is forecast to grow to $13.13bn by 2023. Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. The company’s latest report Battery Energy Storage Market, Update 2019 reveals that the fall in…