advanced batteries

Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / March 4, 2015

Detecting thin film defects, aluminum supeatoms superconduct, extracting lithium from China’s coal, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 4, 2015.

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ARPA-E seeking RANGE ‘re-envisioned battery’ proposals for electric vehicles

By Eileen De Guire / February 28, 2013

We have received word that ARPA-E is looking for proposals for “developing transformational electrochemical energy storage technologies that will accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption by dramatically improving their driving range,…

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PHEVs? Lux still prefers e-bikes and microhybrid markets

By / April 19, 2011

E-bikes are growing in popularity in China’s urban areas, and many other countries. Credit: Vmenkov, Wikipedia. In contrast to DOE’s continuing efforts to accelerate the use of plug-in hybrid electric…

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U.S advanced battery market share to leap to 40% by 2015?

By / July 15, 2010

A new White House report and press release asserts that the United State’s share of the world’s advance battery market will have grown tremendously in about six years, moving from…

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Plug pulled on Firefly Energy, carbon foam battery design

By / March 17, 2010

There was a time when some people thought foam carbon composites technology would give lead-acid chemistry a new lease on life in a world of hybrid and hybrid-electric vehicles. The…

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