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Report: Toyota to boost Li-ion production for hybrids to more than 200K packs per year 20 May 2013 The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp. plans to increase its output of lithium-ion batteries for the Prius and other models to more than 200,000 units a year. Most of Toyota’s hybri...
Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids 20 May 2013 Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. Source: Roskill. Click to enlarge. In a forecast of the Lithium market through 201...
California ARB 2013 research project to characterize ZEV market; assessing future market potential 18 May 2013 The California Air Resources Board (ARB) 2013 research plan includes a project that will comprehensively characterize the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) market, with the ultimat...
New diesel for MY2014 BMW 5 Series in US; priced below hybrid model 19 May 2013 For the 2014 model year, BMW is adding a new inline-6 Advanced Diesel engine for the 5 Series sedan. The enhanced, 2014 BMW 5 Series Sedan and 5 Series Gran Turismo go on sale at Authorized BMW Centers in ...
German Government hosting international e-mobility conference; Merkel speaking 19 May 2013 The German Federal Government is hosting an international conference on e-mobility, “Electric Mobility Going Global” later this month (27-28 May) in Berlin; Germany’s chancellor Dr. Angela Merke...
Converting wastepaper to biocrude and hydrogen 12 May 2013 Biocrude compounds, product gas and reaction pathways from APR of wastepaper at 250 °C in presence of 5 wt % Ni(NO3 )2 catalyst. Credit: ACS, Tungal and Shende. Click to enlarge. A pair of researchers at the South Dakota Schoo...
DOE to issue funding opportunity for fuel cell hybrid medium-duty trucks 11 May 2013 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), announced that it will issue a funding opportunity ann...
MIT researchers identify viable anode material for molten oxide electrolysis for lower CO2 steel production 12 May 2013 Researchers at MIT have identified inexpensive metal alloy materials that can serve as anodes for molten oxide electrolysis (MOE)—an electrometallurgical technique t...
