14 H BY MARK KANE Volvo, thanks to its parent company Geely, found a way to manufacture plug-in cars in China with LG Chem batteries and fully comply with Chinese requirements to use only approved battery suppliers. Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine Foreign battery manufacturers are not equally treated in China, even if they produce… Continue reading Geely Electric Cars Use LG Chem Cloned Batteries
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Musk – 1000s Of Superchargers Are In Permitting/Construction Phases
3 H BY STEVEN LOVEDAY CEO Elon Musk says an updated Tesla Supercharger map is coming in the next few days. We’ve known full well for quite some time that Tesla is continuously adding Superchargers all over the world. This has been especially true with the introduction of the Model 3, since now in any… Continue reading Musk – 1000s Of Superchargers Are In Permitting/Construction Phases
Mahindra And LG Chem Collaborate On Li-ion Battery Technology
18 M BY MARK KANE Mahindra & Mahindra and LG Chem announced a collaboration in the field of advanced lithium-ion batteries for EVs in India. LG Chem is set to develop a unique cell exclusively for Indian application and will design battery modules, too. Those batteries will be used in Mahindra and SsangYong electric vehicles.… Continue reading Mahindra And LG Chem Collaborate On Li-ion Battery Technology
Geely/Volvo To Use Maxwell Ultracapacitors In PHEVs
19 M BY MARK KANE Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely), the parent company to Volvo Car and Geely Auto, signed a partnership with Maxwell Technologies to use ultracapacitors in new electrified models. Maxwell Technologies Ultracapacitors were sometimes spotted in start-stop applications, but Geely intends to extend the use of ultracapacitor subsystems to hybrids and plug-in… Continue reading Geely/Volvo To Use Maxwell Ultracapacitors In PHEVs
Tesla Already Added 121 New Supercharger Stations In 2018
7 M BY MARK KANE Tesla increased the number of Supercharging stations from 1,125 at the beginning of the year to 1,246 on May 12, 2018, according to stats provided by supercharge.info. 121 new stations translates to growth of around 10.8% in just over four months. Additionally, a lot of existing stations were retrofitted with… Continue reading Tesla Already Added 121 New Supercharger Stations In 2018
FreeWire Turns Mobi Charger Into Mobi Gen – Mobile 80-kWh Power
6 M BY MARK KANE FreeWire Technologies is expanding its business from mobile charging stations to mobile generators with Mobi Gen for off-grid applications. FreeWire Mobi Gen The FreeWire Mobi Gen is kind of a mobile energy storage power output unit with 15 kW and 80 kWh of batteries, good for over five hours of continuous operation.… Continue reading FreeWire Turns Mobi Charger Into Mobi Gen – Mobile 80-kWh Power
Honda Offers 2018 Clarity Electric Lease At $199 Per Month
2018 Honda Clarity Electric The Japanese manufacturer offers the Clarity Electric only in two states (at select California and Oregon dealerships), only for lease without a purchase option at lease end, and since summer 2017 only over 1,500 were delivered. All-electric range of the Honda Clarity Electric remains at 89 miles (143 km) EPA on… Continue reading Honda Offers 2018 Clarity Electric Lease At $199 Per Month
Nidec Unveils Up To 320 kW Ultra Fast Charger
Nidec Industrial Solutions enters the ultra-fast charging segment with a new 320 kW charger, equipped with a 160 kWh energy storage system to limit the draw from the grid to 50 kW. That and the recent developments of electric powertrains makes us think Nidec is seriously interested in electrification. Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo The… Continue reading Nidec Unveils Up To 320 kW Ultra Fast Charger
Fisker Aims To Launch EMotion With Solid-State Battery in 2020
20 M BY DOMENICK YONEY To finish first, Fisker, first you must finish (developing your battery tech) Remember back when we told you that the upcoming Fisker EMotion would feature a battery pack comprised of 2170 LG Chem cells because the solid-state technology the company had been working on wouldn’t be ready in time for… Continue reading Fisker Aims To Launch EMotion With Solid-State Battery in 2020
Tesla Panasonic Quietly Outmaneuver All Lithium Battery Manufacturers
17 M BY GEORGE BOWER What was the least discussed statement made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk during the recent earnings conference call? “The cobalt content of our Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminum cathode chemistry is already lower than next-generation cathodes that will be made by other cell producers with a Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt ratio of 8:1:1.” Read Also: Tesla Model 3… Continue reading Tesla Panasonic Quietly Outmaneuver All Lithium Battery Manufacturers