It’s commonly reported that lithium ion batteries will usher in a new era of electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Not exactly, says John German, the engineer who literally wrote the book about hybrid cars for the Society of Automotive Engineers. After 11 years at Honda, German now serves as a senior fellow for the International Council for Clean Transportation. In an interview with HybridCars.com, German said the next wave of lithium ion batteries…
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phones to camcorders, iPods, and laptops. However, they are viewed as not stable when filled and, as usual, has been known to spontaneously short-circuit and explode or burn. So, automakers and developers to find batteries to fail-safe option for obvious reasons. One problem with lithium-ion batteries is that their ability to continue to charge dropped after a certain period and may not last the life of the car, although this could also be proble…
…velopment of US manufacturing to build next generation of batteries and electric vehicles. The spending is the US government’s bet on battery-powered vehicles—an attempt to overcome the challenges of creating small, reliable, lightweight, and affordable rechargeable hybrid and electric car batteries, as well as the infrastructure to allow drivers to bypass gas stations and charge their cars from the electric grid. The new awards for next generati…
… generate up to an average of 1 kW on standard road, which is “enough power to completely displace the large alternator load in heavy trucks and military vehicles.” If for some reason the electronics on the shocks fail, the fail-safe feature will have the shocks act simply like a normal shock absorber. They have formed a company, called Levant Power Corp., to develop and commercialize the product they call GenShock. The team is curren…
