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Nissan's Innovative Solid-State Gambit
It’s not hard to find automakers and battery companies that are trying to develop viable solid-state batteries. The technology will open up quicker charging, increased energy density and, more...
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How Emerging Technologies Can Transform EV Battery Reliability and Safety
As U.S. automakers evolve their lineups with new electric and hybrid vehicles, they face a significant challenge: meeting the increasing demand for affordable,...
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Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D
After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...
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Honda Unveils Solid-State Battery Demonstration Production Line
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is taking the next step in bringing its proprietary solid-state batteries to production. The automaker unveiled its demonstration production line for...
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Factorial’s Solid-State B-Samples Send a Message
Earlier this year, Factorial Energy CEO Siyu Huang told SAE Media her company was “very committed” to bringing solid-state battery technology to the market sooner than basically anyone...
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Anode-Free Sodium Solid-State Battery
A team has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. This research has brought the reality of inexpensive, fast-charging, high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage closer than ever. Read on to learn more.
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Volvo Trucks’ Battery Chemistry of Choice: NCA
While Daimler Truck, Paccar and Accelera by Cummins are pursuing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells with technology partner EVE Energy, Volvo Trucks employs lithium-ion batteries in...
Articles Materials
Batteries & Recycling: The Next Frontier
Recycling electric vehicle batteries has been a goal of the auto industry for many years, but the infrastructure to make that a widespread reality is still in the early stages. As the amount of used...
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Can Solid-State Batteries Commercialize by 2030?
Automakers are increasingly focusing on the long-delayed promise of solid-state batteries. With no liquid electrolyte, these batteries can be lighter, safer (with reduced fire risk), faster to recharge, and more energy dense while still being able to deliver ranges of 600 miles (965 km) or more.
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New Solid-State Battery Design Charges in Minutes
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times — more than any other pouch battery cell — and can be recharged in a matter of minutes.
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Overcoming EV Drivetrain Testing Challenges
Transportation markets have seen a tremendous surge of interest in hybrid and electric vehicle technology. To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is...
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Schaeffler Heads Back to CES with New Acquisition, Capabilities
Schaeffler Group, energized by a new acquisition and a new tagline “we pioneer motion,” will showcase new capabilities at CES in January — its first appearance at the...
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Novel Technologies Debut on 2024 Toyota Tacoma
For nearly 20 years, the Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup truck has been a sales segment-leader and a reputation-maker. “Innovation is core to our success and to our promotion of new product,”...
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VinFast Confident VinES Battery-Tech Merger Will Make for Better EVs
In October, Vietnam’s EV newcomer VinFast announced that it would merge with VinES Energy Solutions JSC, the battery-development and -manufacturing arm of its corporate...
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Clarios Sees Low-Voltage Electricals as Vital in EV, AV Future
In an increasingly electrified world, there’s still a need for 12-volt batteries and a low-voltage electrical architecture in vehicles. Clarios, which provides the...
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Can Solid-State Batteries Commercialize by 2030?
The 1915 Detroit Electric Brougham was powered by lead-acid batteries, and so was the first generation of the General Motors EV1 back in 1996. The 1915 car could reportedly travel 80 miles...
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Solid-State EV Batteries Project to Low Penetration in 2030
Although the automotive industry sees solid-state batteries as the next game-changer for EV driving range, performance and safety, the technology is projected to penetrate the...
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2023 Battery Show North America Opens as Automakers, Suppliers Intensify Battery Investments
As the world’s major auto markets begin an inexorable shift to EVs and hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), any discussion of the engineering behind...
Articles Connectivity
Honda’s Hydrogen Progress
Is the long-promised “hydrogen economy” still 15 years away, as it reportedly has been for… more than 15 years? Or is it just around the corner? SAE Media traveled to Honda’s U.S. campus in Torrance,...
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Scaling the Solid-State Battery FEST
Start-up battery developer Factorial Energy’s workforce of engineers, chemists and other technology specialists has topped 100 with recent hirings in the Asia-Pacific region. A pilot manufacturing...
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Handicapping the ‘Race Toward Zero’
Kelly Senecal did not set out to champion the multi-modal approach to vehicle carbon reduction. He’s the CEO of Covergent Science, a company specializing in computational fluid dynamics. A...
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Battle for the Box
Whether you call them packs, boxes, or trays, the structures that envelop and protect EV battery cells and their supporting electrical and thermal-management hardware are among the industry’s top subsystem priorities....
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BMW Plans Move to Structural Battery Packs and ‘46120’ Cells
The technology below the smooth skin of BMW’s i Vision Dee concept car, unveiled at CES 2023, marks a major step forward in the company’s electric-vehicle...
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CES 2023: Ram Unveils 2024 Electric Pickup Concept
Stellantis’ Ram brand is late to the ranks of full-size battery-electric pickup trucks, following the Ford F-150 Lighting EV and Rivian R1Tin 2022, GM’s Silverado EV due in fall 2023,...
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Closing the Loop on EV Battery Recycling
Development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling industry has moved from a net-positive sideline to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal...
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Chattanooga Power Haus
Volkswagen is rapidly gaining on General Motors, Ford and Tesla in terms of overall EV development and production assets in North America, industry analysts tell SAE Media. With the recent launch of its $22 million...
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New Materials Move Li-Ion Batteries Toward the Solid-State Endgame
Battery-development experts from the auto industry and rapidly expanding startup companies concurred at the recent Battery and Electrification Summit, presented by Battery...
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Constellium Develops New Alloys for EV Battery Enclosures
Aluminum is the dominant material for electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosures for one simple but significant factor: lightweighting capability. All currently available long-range...
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Volkswagen Details Plan for New EV Battery Cell, Manufacturing
Volkswagen announced on March 15 a new development and business model for the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) that is projected to yield as much as a 50%...
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