With all the hubbub around the end of school, graduations, and plans for the summer, Father's Day can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. (Psst. It's June 16.) To ensure that the dads in your life get the recognition they deserve, plan a ...
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Auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls has secured a contract to supply Lithium-ion batteries to power plug-in hybrid trucks from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The deal is part of DOE's electrification initiative, under which 120 ...
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Sales and production of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Outlander PHEV have been halted in Japan as the manufacturer recalls the vehicles for an issue related to their lithium-ion battery packs. Industry journal Automotive News reports that ...
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Despite mature technology and better cost structures, production forecasts for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are gloomy. That is the conclusion of the latest E-mobility Index by Roland Berger Strategy ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to boost the production of lithium ion batteries for deployments in its Prius gasoline-electric hybrid sedan. Currently, Toyota's majority of hybrid vehicles deploy nickel-metal hydride batteries ...
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Worldwide capacity of Li-ion batteries for Electric vehicles applications is expected to soar ten times from 4,400 megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2013 to nearly 49,000 MWh by 2020, according to a new report by Navigant Research. According to the ...
Demand for energy storage continues to rise and lithium-ion batteries are a common choice. However, due to prices, safety and energy storage, many substitutes such as lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries have been surfacing. In ...
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military's dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams ...
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The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations ...
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Plextronics, a U.S. based global company specializing in conductive polymer technology, announced that it is the recipient of a Phase I Release 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award for the design and development of low-cost ...
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South Korean electronics group LG Chem's US subsidiary, LG Chem Michigan (LGCMI) will start production of automotive lithium-ion battery cells at its Holland, Michigan facility in July 2013. The company has started the testing runs at the ...
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Amprius, the Stanford University spin-out specializing in battery technology, has got its first products out according to the company's founder, Prof Yi Cui Associate Professor at Stanford University's Material Science and Engineering ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen has unveiled the new DS Wild Rubis Concept hybrid crossover vehicle at the ongoing 2013 Auto Shanghai being held in China. The vehicle is powered by a 1.6L THP gasoline engine that generates an output ...
The Citroen DS Wild Rubis concept?has been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, revealing a plug-in hybrid powertrain and all-wheel-drive technology. Initially revealed ahead of the Chinese auto show, previewing the French ...
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With class-leading noise rejection of 8 mA – twice that of most comparable instruments – and enhanced software filtering that has four user-selectable options, Megger's new S1 series 5 kV and 10 kV dc insulation resistance ...
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