CATLs Story from 2011
https://www.wired.com/story/catl-china-battery-production-evs/ CATL was started by Herbert Diess of BMW discussing their requirements for batteries from TDK. CATLs chairman was working for TDK at the time when he bought out the battery division and started CATL. In ten years the valuation of CATL is 190 bn USD.
Full self drive needs a lot of work before it can be relied on fully !
https://futurism.com/the-byte/terrifying-video-self-driving-tesla-oncoming-traffic Teslas introduction of its full self drive has been controversial! Countless videos have shown Tesla vehicles breaking traffic laws, veering into the wrong lane, getting dangerously close to pedestrians, and making the wrong turns. In the latest video, which dates back to May but only started making the rounds this week, Galileo Russell from […]
EU plans to ban the sale of internal combustion engines by 2035
https://www.eceee.org/all-news/news/eu-nations-approve-end-to-combustion-engine-sales-by-2035/#:~:text=(EurActiv%2C%2029%20Jun%202022),to%20net%2Dzero%20by%202050 (EurActiv, 29 Jun 2022) Environment ministers from the EU’s 27 member states approved to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, officials announced early Wednesday (29 June), marking a major victory in the EU’s bid to reduce CO2 emissions to net-zero by 2050. As of 20305, new vehicles put […]
Connecticut bus catches fire and burns the entire bus
In Connecticut one of the state-run electric buses caught on fire over the weekend. Ref: https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/After-massive-bus-fire-CT-pulls-electric-fleet-17329085.php
VoltQ’s heroes 2 – Alan Octavian Hume’s ideas
https://archive.org/details/the-old-mans-hope We choose to do things in Indian national technical interest. Core material science is hard to do and it is very hard to create companies in the sector which can compete with the rest of the world in them. Old Man’s Hope – Allan Octavian Hume Old Man’s Hope – Allan Octavian Hume Sons of Ind, […]
VoltQ’s heroes – John F Kennedy’s ideas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon We choose to do the tougher things. Core material science is hard to do and it is very hard to create companies in the sector which can compete with the rest of the world in them. Tata is highly admired since they are choosing to invest in semiconductors at this point of time. They […]
Solid State Batteries are nearly here
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40230247/solid-state-batteries-electric-vehicles/ From Popular Mechanics – Quantum scape is well on its way to developing and deploying a solid state battery in Volkswagen vehicles. An Audi or Vokswagen with QuantumScape batteries will be here by 2024. Solid state batteries will be going 400 miles per charge and then recharge very swiftly.
Leasing is a good model for car ownership
The global car leasing market is projected to grow from $82.01 billion in 2022 to $131.10 billion in 2029 at a CAGR of 6.9% in forecast period, 2022-2029 https://www.businessworld.in/article/-India-s-Car-Leasing-Market-Is-Worth-Rs-1-5K-Cr-Poised-For-15-20-CAGR-/27-05-2017-119041/ India’s leading car rental, leasing and fleet management provider, Avis India, is a joint venture between Avis Budget Group, Inc. and The Oberoi Group. Avis India […]
Washington U – battery materials flowchart – excellent link!
https://depts.washington.edu/matseed/batteries/MSE/index.html Batteries flowchart for decision making
Circular economy in Silicon PV and Lithium Ion batteries – NREL research paper – part 2
https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2022/nrel-analysis-highlights-strategies-beyond-recycling-to-bolster-circular-economy-for-solar-and-battery-technologies.html In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential to build an effective circular economy for solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery technologies. These alternative strategies, such as reducing the use of virgin materials in manufacturing, reusing […]