Batteries

In the protected Chinese market all the over 400,000 pure electric buses in use are all made in China. The Europeans cannot complain. It is more than a coincidence that all the recent order for 900 pure electric buses in Paris went to French companies and we find a belief that 80% of bus business in Germany is a carve up between two German companies.

Lithium-ion battery packs of 300 - 2400kWh are appearing in electric vehicles travelling by land, water and air.

At some stage in the next ten year, there is likely to be a shortage of lithium-ion batteries. Included in this article are possible reasons and proposed solutions.

Key findings from the Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo. Stuttgart, Germany May 2019

Why high power comes at the cost of energy and cycle life in current Li-ion chemistries and the technologies capable of charging and discharging at much faster rates.

Flexitricity will provide market access for 19.5MW of Anesco's battery storage portfolio. Renewables and energy storage developer Anesco is one of the largest battery developers in the UK and made history by installing the first utility scale battery storage unit in the UK.

The devices could be used for flexible circuits, healthcare monitoring, energy conversion, and other applications.

Engineers recently developed a material which could significantly extend the life of batteries and afford them higher capacities as well.

Scientists have developed an innovative cascade method for purifying silver from spent batteries used in submarines and military aircraft.