Sentences with phrase «for electric vehicle battery»

Cost estimates and future projections for electric vehicle battery packs, measured in $ US per kilowatt hour of capacity.

Founded in 2007 by Bernard Tse, who was also originally on Tesla's Board of Directors, Atieva initially planned to provide monitoring software for electric vehicle battery packs.

Tesla Motors had an obligation to pay a total of about $ 1.7 billion to Japan's Panasonic as of Sept. 30 for electric vehicle battery cells made at Tesla's gigafactory in Nevada, the carmaker said in a regulatory filing.

The first funding round from last year's increase included # 270 million slated for electric vehicle batteries, drug manufacturing technology, and robotics; # 250 million will go to fellowships.

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The goal is to generate vast quantities of lithium - ion batteries by early 2017, in time for the launch of Tesla's lower - priced electric vehicle, the $ 35,000 Model 3.

The facility will ensure a steady supply of batteries for Tesla's third - generation electric vehicles and, not coincidentally, a steady supply of energy storage for founder Elon Musk's other brainchild, SolarCity.

In the late 1980s, Magna invested tens of millions in developing a battery for electric vehicles.

They include ECD's low - cost cell for solar power; «rewritable» compact discs and DVDs; an instant - start, regenerative fuel cell currently in development; and a rechargeable nickel - hydride battery for powering hybrid - electric vehicles, which ECD is producing in a joint venture with Texaco.

That's still a little pricey for the average buyer, but it's way cheaper than most electric cars because the purchase doesn't include the vehicle's most expensive part: the battery.

Daimler believes the new generation of electric vehicles will have «a much longer wheelbase» to accommodate the batteries required for long range operation, Johannes Reifenrath, head of product and powertrain strategy for the Mercedes - Benz brand, said in an interview.

Automaker BMW is working with a London - based start - up to use transaction - recording technology blockchain to prove batteries for its electric vehicles will contain only clean cobalt.

Expectations are especially high for electric vehicle (EV) production and sales, as the Chinese government sweetened the incentive for families to trade in their gas - powered automobile for one that runs on a battery - powered electric motor.

This will see the batteries of the electric vehicles improved to 100 kWh for a single - charge range of 381 miles.

Beijing is promoting electric vehicles to combat air pollution and help domestic carmakers leapfrog the combustion engine to build global auto brands, making battery and lithium producers attractive assets for Chinese firms.

«Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal availability and, ultimately, the metal sector's ability to meet growing demand from automakers for battery electric vehicle production,» Carol Cowan, a Moody's Senior Vice President wrote.

Forecasts of an electric vehicle boom are behind skyrocketing demand for cobalt, a major component in batteries.

Samsung SDI, the battery division of Samsung, unveiled a new battery for electric vehicles at the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

If all the cars sold in the U.S. this year were electric, their battery capacity would be sufficient to power the country for an hour (17 million vehicles x 60 kWh).

For a while now, the only things we've known about Tesla's upcoming Model 3 were the promises made by Elon Musk: A fully electric vehicle with a $ 35,000 price tag and 200 miles of battery range.

«The biggest leverage we have on making electric vehicles more affordable for everyone is reducing the battery cost,» says Straubel.

The previous spring, Musk had made a splashy announcement for the Powerwall, a battery storage product that he called the «missing piece» in the framework that would reinvent how we consume energy alongside electric vehicles and solar panels.

As electric vehicles become more mainstream, however, the prices for battery raw materials have also soared.

Since lithium - ion batteries represent a large percentage of the cost of today's electric vehicle, we believe Apple should be well positioned to leverage its existing knowledge domain and more robust R&D spending in this area, and in turn apply any energy density / battery life improvements for a car across all the other products in its ecosystem that will share the benefit from such battery innovation (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, Beats).

The acquisition expands Mustang's exposure to the principal battery metals required for electric vehicles and the clean energy grid.

Volkswagen on March 13 said it had selected partners to provide battery cells and related technologies worth around 20 billion euros for its electric - vehicle projects in Europe and China.

While portable consumer goods alone continue to provide impressive growth in demand for lithium batteries, the start of mass production of hybrid, plug - in hybrid and electric vehicles presents the most significant upside potential for lithium demand.

But as those deposits arrive, fast - growing startup Proterra, packed with ex-Tesla employees, got an order for 25 battery buses from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation in December, each priced at about $ 700,000, as the agency converts a 359 - vehicle fleet to electric.

Glencore CEO flags China - Congo - cobalt nexus, responsible for 80 % of global cobalt chemical production, a crucial ingredient of electric vehicle batteries.

The Globe and Mail reported on March 20, 2018 that nervous Asian battery makers are turning to early - stage cobalt projects in Australia and Canada to lock in supplies of the critical battery ingredient ahead of expected shortages as demand for electric vehicles revs up.

The Gigafactory production capacity will be large enough to make batteries for other electric vehicles by other makers.

Tesla is planning to build the biggest lithium - ion battery plant in the world in an effort to not only reduce cell costs for its electric vehicles but to ramp up production as well to keep up with projections that it will be churning out 100,000 vehicles annually by 2015.

EV drivers also benefit from the State of California's $ 2,500 rebate for battery - powered electric vehicle purchases.

You can find IPG Photonics products everywhere from telecommunications and medical devices to movie theaters and lithium - ion battery systems for electric vehicles, and the way in which the company has managed to win victories in all of those areas shows a lot about the quality of its lasers and their perception in the marketplace.

S&P Global Platts Analytics expects accelerating global Electric Vehicle penetration, rising from a little more than 500,000 sales in 2015 to over 7 million by 2025 — driving a surge in demand for lithium - ion batteries.

Yet the hunt continues for promising bets on rising demand for electric vehicles, and Belgian battery - materials company Umicore may fit the bill.

Lobbyists for environmental groups and the planet's biggest automobile manufacturers are pushing the governor and legislative leaders to give tax breaks or taxpayer - funded rebates to consumers who buy zero - emissions vehicles, such as battery electric or hydrogen cell fuel cars.

This is around a ten per cent increase for a full hybrid electric vehicle all the way up to double the cost for a battery electric vehicle.

For electric vehicles to have a 300 - mile range, the battery should provide a cell - level specific energy of 350 to 400 Watt - hours / kilogram (Wh / kg).

«This technology is ready to apply now to commercial batteries but we would need to ensure that battery management systems on vehicles, and that the infrastructure being put in for electric vehicles, are able to accommodate variable charging rates that would include these new more precisely tuned profiles / limits»

«As far as we can tell, our technologies with both the silicon anode and sulfur cathode are among the most cost - effective solutions and therefore show promise for commercialization to make the next - generation of lithium - ion batteries to power portable electronics and electric vehicles,» said USC Viterbi graduate student Rong.

ORNL's technology could have a much greater impact on purely electric vehicles such as the upcoming Nissan Leaf or Ford Focus RV, which do not have a combustion engine to rely on, meaning depleted batteries need to be charged quickly for the car to be practical.

The study projects dramatic economic transformations that could result from quantum gains in the cost and efficiency of batteries for electric vehicles.

This and other insights obtained from the imaging technique could help researchers improve batteries for electric vehicles as well as smart phones, laptops, and other devices.

Prof. Cho and his research team have developed a new type anode material that would be used in place of a conventional graphite anode, which they claim will lead to lighter and longer - lasting batteries for everything from personal devices to electric vehicles.

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium - ion batteries, the energy sources for cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

If successful, the batteries will last longer and perform better, leading to a cost advantage for electric vehicles.

Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastructure provides few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation.

In the early 1990s, Waters helped develop the battery pack system for General Motors» electric car, the EV1; helped set an EV world speed record at 183 mph; later founded Bright Automotive, a company that invented a 100 - mpg plug - in hybrid electric commercial vehicle; and now heads Waters and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in global sustainable mobility and housing.

NREL's work was supported by the Energy Department's Vehicle Technology Office under the Battery for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT) program, which focuses on reducing the cost and improving the performance and durability of the lithium - ion batteries that power electric vehicles.