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CATL Founder: Battery Swapping to Allow Purchases of Just Car Body

29 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

CATL CEO "Zeng believes that based on this battery swap mode, assuming that the original price of a pure electric vehicle is 120,000-140,000 [$17.3K-$20.2K] consumers can buy a car body for only 60,000-80,000 [$8.6K-$11.5K] with the separation of vehicle and battery. They can then choose a variety of battery rental and battery swap service plans, according to the actual use demand."

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Rechargeable Aluminum: The Cheap Solution to Seasonal Energy Storage?

29 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"Aluminum has an energy density more than 50 times higher than lithium ion, if you treat it as an energy storage medium in a redox cycle battery.

"...a single, one cubic meter (35.3 cu ft) block of aluminum can chemically store a remarkable amount of energy - some 23.5 megawatt-hours, more than 50 times what a good lithium-ion setup can do...The team estimates...a system like this at an efficiency around 65%."

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Electric Vehicle Misconceptions Still Run Rampant, Survey Shows

29 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"The most common misconception was the belief that it is unsafe to sit in an EV while charging. 7.2% of respondents indicated that they believed this idea..."

6.5% of respondents had a more dangerous belief about EVs, believing that EVs explode when in a car crash.

"The comforting part of these results is that the vast majority of respondents recognized that these misconceptions were false..."

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Lithium Metal Battery Charges Fast By Stowing Ions In a 'Hollow' Core

29 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"The breakthrough stems from a new design for high-density lithium metal batteries that carefully controls problematic ion growths, enabling it to maintain its function over hundreds of cycles...lithium metal has a theoretical capacity that is around 10 times higher...

"Despite the merit of high capacity, the Li-metal batteries have many hurdles to be overcome for commercialization mainly due to stability and safety issues..."

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France Prepares $100 a Month EV Leasing Plan

29 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"The plan will make full-electric vehicles available for 100 euros ($100) a month...The government is working on how quickly the measure can be rolled out and the availability of EVs...

"Macron promised a state-sponsored leasing program for low-income households to counter criticism that even with subsidies, EVs are still out of reach for many.

"Among low-cost EVs, the Dacia Spring is available for 120 euros a month in France..."

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You Want an Electric Car With a 300-Mile Range? When Was the Last Time You Drove 300 Miles?

28 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"Providing the power and range that have made E.V.s appealing to American buyers requires massive batteries, which help make the current crop of E.V.s, on average, around 30‌ percent more expensive than gas-powered cars.

"...the average American motorist drives about 40 miles per day and 95 percent of our car trips are 30 miles or shorter.

Making the most of emerging technologies always starts with‌ understanding our needs and how best to meet them, not simply molding them into an image of the past."

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China Needs to Review EV Battery Emissions, CATL Founder Says

28 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

Speaking at New Energy Vehicle Congress in Beijing, CATL CEO Zeng: "China should step up initiatives to study and monitor carbon footprints along the electric vehicle battery supply chain, as the country has 'appeared to be lagging behind'...Some electric vehicle manufacturers are 'blindly' looking for larger products that offer longer ranges, resulting in higher per-unit energy consumption and therefore higher resource consumption.

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The Rise of Community Charging: How EV Plug-Sharing Is Helping Soothe the Cost of Living

28 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"While not increasing as much as rapid charging, charging your EV on a public charger or at home has also become more expensive

"Electricity coming from public chargers and lampposts in the UK is taxed at 20 per cent, compared with 5 per cent for those using their homes to charge their EVs.

"In order to get around this and save money, some drivers have begun to share their home EV plugs."

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Electric Car-Ready Homes Will Help Firm Up the Power Grid

28 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"Emerging technological changes will also allow bidirectional charging so that vehicle batteries can power not only homes but also help firm up the power grid.

"Buildings are the batteries that can provide enormous load flexibility to our energy system at little to no cost, and can soak up excess supply when renewables are abundant to store energy and provide EV charging."

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Thank You, Big Oil, for All That You've Done - But It's Time to Say Goodbye

28 Aug 2022 | Synopsis

"Unless we put the brakes on the production and export of oil and gas at home, our investments in renewable energy will do little to change the course of climate history.

"Of the 11 million barrels of oil per day that were produced domestically in 2021, over 8.5 million barrels per day were exported...The Inflation Reduction Act only counts the barrels burned at home...giving the fossil fuel industry a free pass..."

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