# VoltQ AI

> Physical AI infrastructure


## Posts

- [Solar costs of panels have come down by 99% as per Vox Magazine](https://voltq.com/tsung-xu-has-written-an-excellent-clean-energy-guide-2/): https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/20/18104206/solar-panels-cost-cheap-mit-clean-energy-policyAs Per Vox magazine &#8211; Solar costs have gone through the roof on the way downwards.&nbsp; Solar module costs have dropped by around 99 percent over the past 40 years.
- [Tsung Xu has written an excellent clean energy guide](https://voltq.com/tsung-xu-has-written-an-excellent-clean-energy-guide/): Tsung Xu is an excellent engineer based out of Austin Texas. He has written an amazing guide on the clean energy transition, parts of which have been liberally used by me in my infographics section, with due credit to him. Here is a link to his work Thanks, Tsung Xu!
- [Vecmocon battery management systems](https://voltq.com/our-next-energys-mixed-battery-packs-for-bmw-drive-toa-record-range-2/): Vecmocon &#8211; is a BMS manufacturing and designing company that makes Battery management systems out of Okhla, New Delhi, India. They have customers all over India and they specialize in making algorithms, and designing circuitry. They have a good team of engineers.
- [Our Next energys mixed battery packs for BMW drive toa record range](https://voltq.com/our-next-energys-mixed-battery-packs-for-bmw-drive-toa-record-range/): From Techcrunch :   Battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) and BMW today said the carmaker’s prototype of its flagship EV, iX, will run on ONE’s unique Gemini dual-chemistry battery pack by the end of the year. BMW’s iX was introduced late last year with a maximum range of 324 miles, based on estimates from [&hellip;]
- [Companies that are driving better recycling technology for lithium batteries](https://voltq.com/companies-that-are-driving-better-recycling-technology-for-lithium-batteries/): Startups are investing in battery recycling technology to make it more profitable Startups that are making Lithium Ion battery recycling more profitable   ABTC: Take batteries apart the way they are constructed Li-Cycle: Break down whole packs, recycle all the materials Ascend Elements: Refresh the  cathodes only Redwood Materials: Use stored energy in batteries to [&hellip;]
- [Lilium has achieved horizontal flight with horizontal electric thrust!](https://voltq.com/toyota-is-building-home-storage-batteries-2/): Lilium, the electric plane maker,&nbsp; has achieved a stable wing transition Interesting work is happening at Lilium &#8211; they have achieved a transition of flight which is not only pushing downwards but also pushing forwards and letting the wings give the plane, lift and thus flight.
- [Toyota is building home storage batteries](https://voltq.com/toyota-is-building-home-storage-batteries/): Toyota has unveiled a giant battery for home storage applications Interesting work is happening at Toyota &#8211; they are scaling up their home storage battery business. The battery has a rated output of 5.5 kW and can be installed in outdoor environments. It is equipped with a hybrid power conditioner, a DC-to-DC converter, and a [&hellip;]
- [Sila nanotechnologies is building batteries for Mercedes](https://voltq.com/quantscape-senior-personnel-has-resigned-2/): Sila technologies Silicon Anode is getting commercialized via Mercedes Interesting work is happening at Sila Technologies &#8211; but they will need 1-2 bn USD to scale up their production to the levels needed to make EV batteries. As per Elon Musk &#8211; 99% of the problems in Battery Technology lie in the scaling up of [&hellip;]
- [Quantscape senior personnel has resigned](https://voltq.com/quantscape-senior-personnel-has-resigned/): SEC filings from QuantumScape indicate that their CTO has resigned. Interesting developments at QuantumScape
- [A novel manganese hydrogen battery has been developed!](https://voltq.com/solar-energy-uptake-has-been-lightning-fast-globally/): Stanford scientists have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle by storing wind and solar energy for when it is needed, lessening the need to burn carbon-emitting fossil fuels.   https://news.stanford.edu/2018/04/30/new-water-based-battery-offers-large-scale-energy-storage/ Stanford link
- [Desalination using a solar powered device](https://voltq.com/wholly-formed-old-latter-future-but-way-she-day-her-likewise-smallest-expenses-judgment-building-man-carriage-considered-introduced-themselves-mr-to-discretion-at-means-among-saw-hopes-for/): https://news.mit.edu/2020/passive-solar-powered-water-desalination-0207From MIT &#8211; &#8220; A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source. The [&hellip;]
- [Thermal runaway in Lithium Ion batteries](https://voltq.com/so-feel-been-kept-be-at-gate-be-september-it-extensive-oh-concluded-of-certainty-in-read-most-gate-at-body-held-it-ever-no-talking-justice-welcome-message-inquiry-in-started-of-am-me-led-own-heart/): What is thermal runaway in Li-ion battery systems? And how do battery management systems help mitigate failure for improved safety? Learn more in this technical article. One of the famous failure modes of a power system is thermal run-away, which is often associated with fire hazards. In the case of BMS malfunction, thermal runaway can [&hellip;]
- [The role of innovation in the US](https://voltq.com/do-play-they-miss-give-so-up-words-to-up-style-of-since-world-we-leaf-to-snug-on-no-need-way-own-uncommonly-travelling-now-acceptance-bed-compliment-solicitude-dissimilar-admiration-so-terminated/): Innovation in the US &#8211; as per Sridhar Kota, UMichigan The term “innovation” denotes a process whereby a promising idea or an emerging technology is transformed into a practical solution — a marketable product, process or business model — at a scale sufficient to meet some societal need. Technological innovation is distinctly different from both [&hellip;]
- [Battery Fires in waste management](https://voltq.com/the-security-risks-of-changing-package-owners/): Due to increased consumer adoption of portable electronics, LIBs will only continue to become more prevalent in the waste management process and incidents such as these could also increase. However, through increased collaboration between and action by consumers, industry, and regulators, approaches to safely managing these batteries could be evaluated and implemented. https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-08/lithium-ion-battery-report-update-7.01_508.pdf
- [2017 outlook on Li Ion batteries by Prof Manthiram](https://voltq.com/cyber-criminals-publish-stolen-sepa-data/): An Outlook on Lithium Ion Battery Technology by Prof A Manthiram at UT Austin. &#8220; Lithium ion batteries as a power source are dominating in portable electronics, penetrating the electric vehicle market, and on the verge of entering the utility market for grid-energy storage. Depending on the application, trade-offs among the various performance parameters—energy, power, [&hellip;]
- [Solar energy uptake has been lightning fast, globally](https://voltq.com/five-strategies-to-optimize-cloud-security-in-2021/): Solar power has reduced reliance on coal and oil. &#8220;Over the last two decades, however, the IEA has consistently failed to see the massive growth in renewable energy coming. Not only has the organisation underestimated the take-up of solar and wind, but it has massively overstated the demand for coal and oil. Jenny Chase, head [&hellip;]
- [solid-state-batteries-are-EVs-finally-cheaper-than-gasoline](https://voltq.com/solid-state-batteries-are-evs-finally-cheaper-than-gasoline/): https://spectrum.ieee.org/liquid-metal-battery The important variable is Cost is a crucial for any battery that could serve as a renewable energy storage on the grid. An analysis by researchers at MIT has shown that energy storage would need to cost only a small amount such as US $20 per kilowatt-hour for the grid to be powered fully via wind and solar power. A fully installed 100-megawatt, 10-hour grid storage lithium-ion battery systems now costs about $405/kWh, according to a PNNL &#8211; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report. Now, however, a liquid-metal battery scheduled for a real-world deployment in 2024 could lower energy storage costs [&hellip;]
- [Questions-to-ask-new-battery-technology-in-order-to-vet-it](https://voltq.com/questions-to-ask-new-battery-technology-in-order-to-vet-it/): It seems there&#8217;s news of a battery breakthrough every week. I&#8217;ve learned to temper expectations, because so many &#8220;breakthroughs&#8221; turn out to be dead ends. Because it&#8217;s not enough for a battery to be incredibly light, or made of abundant materials, or last for ten thousand cycles. It needs to be good at many things and at least okay at most things. E.g.— • How much capacity per dollar? • How much capacity per kilogram? • How much capacity per litre? • How quickly can it be charged? • How quickly can it be discharged? • How much energy is lost [&hellip;]
- [Sodium-Ion-Batteries-Aluminium-radicals-BNEF-outlook](https://voltq.com/sodium-ion-batteries-aluminium-radicals-bnef-outlook/): https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/monitoring-battery-life Batteries are mysterious – do read how to reduce their mystery. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-aluminum-radical-battery-sustainable-power.html Alumnium radical battery made in Australia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-07-07/new-ev-battery-materials-will-beget-new-dilemmas “In its latest electric vehicle outlook, BloombergNEF updated its battery chemistry forecasts, which now include sodium-ion batteries accounting for 3% of passenger car market battery demand in 2035 and 30% of battery demand in the two- and three-wheeler segment. Those sodium-ion batteries, which don’t use lithium, could help displace up to 7% of lithium demand in 2035. While that percentage seems small, it equates to more than half of all the lithium demand last year.” https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/ https://scitechdaily.com/record-breaking-advances-in-next-generation-flow-battery-design/ A team of researchers [&hellip;]
- [Water-inside-Salt Electrolytes - WISE](https://voltq.com/water-inside-salt-electrolytes-wise/): Water in salt electrolytes are a new type of electrolyte which do not dissociate after 1.2 V unlike regular aqueous electrolytes which dissociate and produce explosive hydrogen gas post 1.2 V of applied voltage. They are an interesting brand new class of highly concentrated aqueous solutions with wide electrochemically stable windows that make them usable as aqueous battery electrolytes. Although, the high ionic concentration of the salt in the water-in-salt electrolytes implies that these systems are not as well understood as compared to more dilute electrolyte solutions. There is needed a direct surface force measurement on thin films of water-in-salt electrolytes [&hellip;]
- [John Goodenough, the inventor of the Lithium Ion battery, obituary](https://voltq.com/john-goodenough-and-helena-bragas-glass-electrolyte-battery/): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/science/john-goodenough-dead.html Thank you Prof John Goodenough for your work in commercializing Lithium Ion batteries. He achieved his laboratory breakthrough in the 1980s in an Oxford laboratory, after which Sony picked up the invention and commercialized it at scale. Dr Goodenoughs contribution is the crucial link that made the invention of the lithium ion battery happen. Dr Goodenough didn’t receive any patent royalties – he signed away his rights and focused on core research and development at the universities at which he was a professor. At MIT he was a member of teams that laid the groundwork for Random Access Memories in [&hellip;]
- [John Goodenough and Helena Bragas glass electrolyte battery](https://voltq.com/greater-bay-technology-new-chinese-startup-claims-long-range-and-fast-charging/): References: https://spectrum.ieee.org/glass-battery Goodenough’s Glass Battery is a prototype solid-state battery based on lithium and glass which controversial since it claims that its capacity increases over time. Thermodynamics indicates an increae in entropy over time and a reduction of charging capacity over time. The paper claims that they have developed a non-flammable battery that increases in capacity over time. The electrolyte is a glass form factor. Glass electrolyte is a ferroelectric material. Projected very fast commercialization. Prof Maria Helena Braga from Portugal and Prof John Goodenough collaborated for this project.
- [Greater Bay Technology-new-chinese-startup-claims-long-range-and-fast-charging](https://voltq.com/economist-deep-sea-mining-may-ease-the-worlds-battery-materials-woes-2/): Greater Bay Technology says its new Phoenix cell has thermal management that can heat the battery back from -4F to 77F in five minutes. That allows the lithium ion battery to operate as normal and charge within six minutes says Huang Xiangdong, Greater Bay’s co-founder and chairman. It will first power cars made by Aion, which is owned by Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. (GAC). However, it adds that it will also power vehicles from other automakers. Vehicles with the Phoenix cell will be able to go up to 621 miles (1,000 km) per charge. The company was spun off from GAC [&hellip;]
- [Economist: Deep Sea mining may ease the worlds battery materials woes](https://voltq.com/economist-deep-sea-mining-may-ease-the-worlds-battery-materials-woes/): The IEA estimates that the world will add as much renewable power in the coming 5 years as it did in the past 20 years. Nickel – the IEA estimates that to meet decarbonization goals the world will need to be producing 48 million tonnes of Nickel every year by 2040, totally around 20 times what its doing today. This implies a total of 300 mn – 400 mn tonnes cumulative between 2023 &amp; 2040. Indonesia has ramped up production from 17% of the worlds nickel to today 54% or 1.6 mn tonnes per year. In the Pacific Ocean there is [&hellip;]
- [Nickel-foil-added-to-batteries-help-charge-them-faster](https://voltq.com/nickel-foil-added-to-batteries-help-charge-them-faster/): Fast charging batteries with Nickel Foil   In 2016, Wang and his colleagues added nickel foil to lithium-ion battery interiors to heat them and help them perform better in the freezing cold. In the new study, they similarly used nickel foil to warm EV batteries and boost their performance, a strategy they also pursued in 2021 for batteries for electric flying cars.     Reference: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ev-battery-fast-charging https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05281-0.epdf?sharing_token=AA7mIQz3UNyf6RwqK1v5n9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OcH43dqQA0Q_rsaYakybcAjvl2E09-duNbgHCQXRB1_L5pVdSRCxS5WYl5V6i_EsjzA114NqKMy0zpRGyKKYmyD1zgJojVAoF-1I_9YK9IdOiKNjXVU3ruX6_fcLyZyP8RvVdxYhD_bT-t-IeWYrFp_oqaT68vL5Gwl2OKjImMng6aro6DaKZUuWzivPW4f_MZhFslc5sSoePN9Avvxy-p&#038;tracking_referrer=spectrum.ieee.org https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05281-0  
- [Assorted five New Battery Technologies](https://voltq.com/assorted-five-new-battery-technologies/): Assorted five New Battery Technologies 1. NanoBolt lithium tungsten batteries Working on battery anode materials, researchers at N1 Technologies, Inc. added tungsten and carbon multi-layered nanotubes that bond to the copper anode substrate and build up a web-like nano structure. 2. Zinc-manganese oxide batteries challenging conventional assumptions, a team based at DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found an unexpected chemical conversion reaction in a zinc-manganese oxide battery. If that process can be controlled, it can increase energy density in conventional batteries without increasing cost. That makes the zinc-manganese oxide battery a possible alternative for large-scale energy storage. 3.Organosilicon electrolyte batteries safer [&hellip;]
- [Extend batteries lives by 30% using a simple circuit.](https://voltq.com/battery-prices-declined-by-97-due-to-advances-in-chemistry-and-materials-research-development-2/): Larry Udell has come up with technology for chargers that can extend a battery&#8217;s life by 30%. His major accomplishments lie in the fact that he licenses and patents inventions in Silicon Valley and has consulted with big names like Samsung, HP and others. This invention is most useful where battery life is hyper-critical, like NASA, emergency medical technology and other such applications. References: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a40616227/battery-savers-invention-extend-battery-life/
- [Battery prices declined by 97% due to advances in chemistry and materials research & development](https://voltq.com/battery-prices-declined-by-97-due-to-advances-in-chemistry-and-materials-research-development/): What determines the cost decline of batteries? &#8220;the largest share of cost reduction, was driven by public and private R&amp;D, which we estimate contributed a majority of the observed cost reduction, with a lower contribution of cost reduction coming from expanding economies of scale. Moreover, it is found that the majority of the R&amp;D contribution can be attributed to advancements in chemistry and materials science.&#8221; Reference: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ee/d1ee01313k
- [Battery powered Locomotives to be made in Chicagoland](https://voltq.com/battery-powered-locomotives-to-be-made-in-chicagoland/): Metra to make battery-powered locomotives Metra has gotten an order of 3 locomotives with an option for 3 more at this time. The locos have a range of 150 miles or 240 km per charge Zero emissions locomotives are a small step to decarbonize all mobility applications. Reference: https://metra.com/newsroom/metra-create-battery-powered-locomotives
- [EVs are much more efficient than Internal Combustion Engines](https://voltq.com/evs-are-much-more-efficient-than-internal-combustion-engines/): &nbsp; &nbsp;
- [VoltStorage raised 24 mn USD from Cummins engines](https://voltq.com/voltstorage-raised-24-mn-usd-from-cummins-engines/): VoltStorage raised 24 mn USD from Cummins engines. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Renewable energy has not taken over since it&#8217;s very tough to store anywhere. There are numerous ways to store renewable energy. The scales of Lithium Ion battery production makes them easier to obtain than other batteries but they are still challenges including supply chain challenges. There is a lot of competition for cell materials and thus there are companies who want to make batteries out of more cheaply and easily available materials like Iron. Voltstorage CTO said that they don’t want to be dependent on certain supply chains. Their [&hellip;]
- [Influit develops liquid lithium ion flow batteries](https://voltq.com/influit-develops-liquid-lithium-ion-flow-batteries/): newatlas.com Influit moves to commercialize its ultra-high density liquid batteries By&nbsp;Loz Blain 8-10 minutes Illinois Tech spinoff Influit Energy says it&#8217;s coming out of stealth mode to commercialize a rechargeable electrofuel – a non-flammable, fast-refuelling liquid flow battery that already carries 23% more energy than lithium batteries, at half the cost. Very much targeted at vehicles and aircraft, Influit&#8217;s &#8220;nanoelectrofuels&#8221; offer an alternative to current battery tech with what appears to be a pretty compelling list of pros and cons. The company pitches its tech as a new type of flow battery – we&#8217;ve written plenty about these in the past; [&hellip;]
- [Burning batteries in EV's being transported by sea makes it tougher to put out fires on transporting ships.](https://voltq.com/burning-batteries-in-evs-being-transported-by-sea-makes-it-tougher-to-put-out-fires-on-transporting-ships/): wsj.com Burning Electric-Vehicle Batteries Complicate Efforts to Fight Fire on Drifting Ship in Atlantic Ocean William Boston in Berlin and Patricia Kowsmann in Lisbon The large number of electric vehicles on board a ship that is drifting ablaze in the Atlantic Ocean is complicating efforts to extinguish the fire, the Dutch experts contracted to salvage the vessel said Sunday. It is unclear whether the blaze was caused by the electric cars, whose lithium-ion batteries have been known to catch fire, but the presence of burning batteries on board means SMIT Salvage, the company contracted to rescue the ship, is facing fire [&hellip;]
- [Batteries from Trees: Northvolt and Stora Enso](https://voltq.com/batteries-from-trees-northvolt-and-stora-enso/): Stora Enso and Northvolt are joining hands to make lignin based anodes of Carbon. Scandinavian trees will be used as raw material to make hard carbon anodes for batteries. Raw materials that are sourced sustainably and locally from Nordic countries are going to be used. Stora Enso will provide the technology to convert wood into carbon-anodes. while Northvolt will drive cell design, production process development and scaling-up of the prototype technology. Lignin is one of the largest natural sources of carbon – it is derived from cellulose in trees. Northvolt has to date secured more than $55 billion worth of contracts [&hellip;]
- [Net metering, drones are best for last mile delivery, BMW Neue Klasse combines batteries and hydrogen](https://voltq.com/net-metering-drones-are-best-for-last-mile-delivery-bmw-neue-klasse-combines-batteries-and-hydrogen/): Net billing for rooftop solar, which incentivizes the use of battery storage to maximize solar self-consumption, is inefficient, researchers found, whereas incentivizing battery owners to discharge power during peak hours would provide greater value. William Driscoll https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/08/03/battery-storage-operation-under-net-billing-provides-virtually-no-grid-value-berkeley-lab-study/ BMW is hedging its EV bet by investing in Hydrogen power trains as well. Ten years ago BMW had also hedged its bets by investing in an All-in-one platform called CLAR. Now, it is investing in a combined battery and hydrogen power, powertrain called Neu Klasse. Yet with Neue Klasse, it apparently didn’t learn from that failure, refusing once again to commit to a [&hellip;]
- [Nikola acquires Romeo Power, Paper Battery invented, Nio makes a long range battery pack](https://voltq.com/china-dominates-the-ev-supply-chain-iea-2/): Nikola Truck manufacturer acquires Romeo Power Battery pack maker. https://nikolamotor.com/press_releases/nikola-agrees-to-acquire-romeo-power-to-bring-battery-pack-engineering-and-production-in-house-189 “Nikola Agrees to Acquire Romeo Power, To Bring Battery Pack Engineering and Production In-House Published August 01, 2022 Acquisition will secure control of critical battery pack engineering and production process Transaction expected to yield annual cost savings of up to $350 million by 2026 Romeo’s Cypress, California facility will become Nikola’s Battery Center of Excellence” Water activated disposable paper battery! https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-disposable-paper-battery.html More information: Gustav Nyström, Water activated disposable paper battery, Scientific Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15900-5. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15900-5 We developed a disposable paper battery aiming to reduce the environmental impact of single-use electronics [&hellip;]
- [China dominates the EV supply chain: IEA](https://voltq.com/china-dominates-the-ev-supply-chain-iea/): IEA : china dominates the EV supply chain references: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/4eb8c252-76b1-4710-8f5e-867e751c8dda/GlobalSupplyChainsofEVBatteries.pdf
- [Nuclear Energy is clean - and the EU has classified it as such](https://voltq.com/nuclear-energy-is-clean-and-the-eu-has-classified-it-as-such/): Nuclear energy is clean By Emil Jacobs The argument is well known: nuclear power causes pollution with nuclear waste for many millennia. Our children’s children may not even know how dangerous it all is, they say. Let’s tackle this argument once and for all: nuclear waste is not an actual problem. On the frontend Before discussing the waste itself, it makes sense to briefly refer to the resource consumption of the construction of various energy sources. After all, solar panels do not grow on trees, and nuclear reactors are not tree trunks. This piece from the World Nuclear Association provides a [&hellip;]
- [The Copper crunch and why Copper Recycling cannot fix it](https://voltq.com/the-copper-crunch-and-why-copper-recycling-cannot-fix-it/): From Mining.com In 2021, global electric vehicle sales hit 6.6 million – more than double the 3 million in sales in 2020 — meaning EVs made up 9% of the global car market last year. That’s the good news, from a decarbonization standpoint. Here’s the bad news. Just as it begins to gain momentum, the electrification of transportation could begin stalling as early as mid-decade. Starting around 2025, demand for key battery metals could start exceeding supply, adding costs to EV battery manufacturing, and putting the brakes on EV adoption, according to a new detailed analysis by S&amp;P Global, The Future [&hellip;]
- [Why Toyota is promoting Fuel Cell Vehicles & how they differ from Battery Electric Vehicles](https://voltq.com/why-toyota-is-promoting-fuel-cell-vehicles-how-they-differ-from-battery-electric-vehicles/): Battery Electric Vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Since the introduction of the Model S and Nissan Leaf, BEV’s have become the primary vehicle technology of choice for the global industry. This is happening at an incredible rate—in China, 3 million BEVs were sold in 2021, up from 1 million in 2020. In the U.S., the number of models available for sale is expected to double by 2024. In order to meet global climate targets, however, the International Energy Agency claims that the auto industry will require 30 times more minerals per year. “The data shows a looming mismatch between the world’s strengthened [&hellip;]
- [Tesla's BESS in Australia is functioning fully as a giant inverter!](https://voltq.com/cuberg-a-northvolt-subsidiary-doubles-their-cells-energy-density-2/): &#8220;The Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, aka the “Tesla big battery”, has finally gained approval to become the first big battery in the world to deliver grid-scale inertia services. The approval came from the Australian Energy Market Operator after nearly two years of trials and testing, and is considered to be another critical step towards managing a grid with 100 per cent renewables and no coal plants and gas generators in operation. The Hornsdale battery, owned by Neoen and expanded to 150MW/193MWh in 2020 to help deliver these additional services, will be the first of many such batteries to operate [&hellip;]
- [Cuberg, a Northvolt subsidiary, doubles their cell's energy density !](https://voltq.com/cuberg-a-northvolt-subsidiary-doubles-their-cells-energy-density/): Cuberg’s development of lithium metal cell technology has had this result: testing of 5 Ah pouch cells by an independent third party confirmed that cycle life has been extended from 370 to 672 cycles with 80% capacity remaining. Lithium metal is an ideal anode material for Li batteries due to the following properties. Low density: 0.534 g cm-3 Low reduction potential: -3.04 V vs SHE High theoretical specific capacity: 3861 mAh g-1 and 2061 mAh cm-3 The low density of Li helps to reduce overall cell mass and volume, which helps to improve both gravimetric and volumetric capacities and energy densities [&hellip;]
- [Ford secures battery supplies for 600,000 EVs a year from 2023: Nytimes, ArsTechnica](https://voltq.com/ford-secures-battery-supplies-for-600000-evs-a-year-from-2023-nytimes-arstechnica/): Ford secures battery supplies for 600,000 EVs a year from 2023 It will also start using LiFePO4 cells in the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning. Ford Motor said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement to acquire battery packs from a Chinese supplier as it races to ramp up its global production of electric vehicles. Ford said that it will be acquiring battery packs from CATL which is the world&#8217;s largest battery pack supplier. China produces around 80% of the world&#8217;s battery cells. Ford is also working with LG Energy and SK On to build plants in the US to [&hellip;]
- [Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional container shipping: Nature magazine](https://voltq.com/rapid-battery-cost-declines-accelerate-the-prospects-of-all-electric-interregional-container-shipping-nature-magazine/): Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional container shipping: International maritime shipping—powered by heavy fuel oil—is a major contributor to global CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions. The direct electrification of maritime vessels has been underexplored as a low-emission option despite its considerable efficiency advantage over electrofuels. Past studies on ship electrification have relied on outdated assumptions on battery cost, energy density values and available on-board space. We show that at battery prices of US$100 kWh−1 the electrification of intraregional trade routes of less than 1,500 km is economical, with minimal impact to ship carrying capacity. Including the environmental costs increases [&hellip;]
- [Indian EV sales and uptake of EVs by the Indian market: why is the Govt. of India promoting EVs?](https://voltq.com/indian-ev-sales-and-uptake-of-evs-by-the-indian-market-why-is-the-govt-of-india-promoting-evs/): About 13 lakh electric vehicles registered in country: Gadkari In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) Phase-II scheme, 2,877 public EV charging stations have been sanctioned in 68 cities and 1,576 EV charging stations across 9 expressways and 16 highways. Some investors recently spent some time with​ Indian​  automotive fund managers ​who are keenly watching the EV evolution and had three questions top of their mind: Which clean technology is the Indian Government really promoting:  electric vehicles, Hybrid, CNG, Bio-fuels,  Hydrogen? There are a lot of incentives Central and [&hellip;]
- [ESG investors are warming to nuclear power after EU labeled nuclear power as green](https://voltq.com/esg-investors-are-warming-to-nuclear-power-after-eu-labeled-nuclear-power-as-green/): Nuclear will join the EU&#8217;s green taxonomy next year, potentially easing investor concerns about whether it should be considered environmentally friendly. The move could in turn open new funding sources for European nuclear operators, such as Electricité de France SA, or EDF, and Fortum Oyj, as the industry faces up to €550 billion of investment needs through 2050, based on EU forecasts. Admission to the EU taxonomy could let European nuclear developers sell green bonds to help fund new plants, which was previously unheard of in the region, said Petroleka. Investors are in particular concerned with reputational risk and possible accusations [&hellip;]
- [Gold rush for soft-technology assets in Mobile telephony, Drone Airspace and potentially renewable energy?](https://voltq.com/gold-rush-for-soft-technology-assets-in-mobile-telephony-drone-airspace-and-potentially-renewable-energy/): The first mobile telephone services which linked moving cars, started in the United States in 1946. However, the technology languished for decades all around the world, as national regulators meted and doled out minor amounts of spectrum to glacial industry supplicants via multi-year rationing commercial activities. In 1980, McKinsey was consulting with AT&amp;T, their client, that US mobile phone subscriptions in 2000 would be maximum at 1 million. Two years later, in 1982, with the AT &amp; T company breakup being ordered by the courts for antitrust, AT&amp;T top management executives volunteered to federal antitrust officials to forfeit their tiny loss-making [&hellip;]
- [Harman/Kardon, Clicking batteries, and lack of chargers causing lack of 4W EV adoption.](https://voltq.com/harman-kardon-clicking-batteries-and-lack-of-chargers-causing-lack-of-4w-ev-adoption/): VoltQ’s heroes: Sidney Harman and Kardon. Sidney Harman and his boss Kardon started the company in 1953 with a 5000USD investment each. They made some of the worlds first hi-fi systems with integrated power amplifiers, tuners and pre-amplifiers. The company has done outstanding work in the field of acoustics and electronics related to the same. Home entertainment systems have been very well made with high quality and high current designs which give an excellent output of music. They have spent decades building products for a single segment of consumer electronics – viz audio systems. Most startups, even though they may pivot [&hellip;]
- [The Atlantic on Battery Recycling: The ReCell center](https://voltq.com/the-atlantic-on-battery-recycling-the-recell-center/): From The Atlantic: &#8220;But electrification has its own environmental impacts. In particular, batteries in cellphones and electric cars require minerals that have to be mined. There is a real tension emerging between environmentalists who are very concerned about the problems associated with the renewable-energy transition and those who see those issues as minor and tractable compared with the ongoing disaster that is the fossil-fuel economy. Like fossil fuels, lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other components must be extracted in large amounts from the Earth. In theory, they can be recycled, but they come with a high up-front cost—so high, even, that some [&hellip;]
- [Its prudent to use EV 2Wheelers for shared mobility with battery swapping. For personal use and for last mile delivery use point charging.](https://voltq.com/its-prudent-to-use-ev-2wheelers-for-shared-mobility-with-battery-swapping-for-personal-use-and-for-last-mile-delivery-use-point-charging/): The Total Cost of Ownership of EV’s in India is lowest when commercial vehicles which are 2Wheelers and 3,4 wheelers are used. The higher the utilization of the fleet the better the Total Cost of Ownership of the vehicles. This implies that shared mobility (e-rickshaws, 2W rides, 3W rides with EV’s) and food and package’s last mile delivery gives very low Total Cost of Ownership) For E2Ws avoiding the opportunity cost of charging helps them a lot, and the figure below illustrates how avoiding charging, and utilizing battery swapping can help e2Ws in the ride-hailing use case. Additionally https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cost-compare-india-ice-2ws-ldvs-nov21.pdf The 5-year [&hellip;]
- [Volkswagen opens a battery manufacturing division - ArenaEV](https://voltq.com/volkswagen-opens-a-battery-manufacturing-division-arenaev/): From ArenaEV writing on Volkswagen&#8217;s new battery company “Volkswagen is getting into the global cell manufacturing business with its new factory that will be built in Salzgitter, Germany. The company has officially broken ground on the new facility which is the first out of six it plans to build across Europe. The new chapter in VW’s history will be handled by a new company &#8211; PowerCo. It has been set up by the VW to purely focus on the battery business, the new company will be responsible for the entire value chain &#8211; from sourcing materials to selling finished products. PowerCo [&hellip;]
- [Sumant Sinha of Renew Power on energy storage in the HinduBusinessLine](https://voltq.com/sumant-sinha-of-renew-power-on-energy-storage-in-the-hindubusinessline/): Sumant Sinha in The Hindu BusinessLine Battery storage has a key role in India’s green push Sumant Sinha | “The momentum driving India’s transition to clean energy is accelerating. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment at COP26 to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil fuel installed electricity capacity by 2030 to the green push in the Budget and the launch of the first phase of Green Hydrogen policy, the policy shift is visibly transformative. Indeed, the energy future appears exciting but it will require a persistent and strenuous multi-stakeholder endeavour, including by renewable energy companies, policymakers, investors, the public sector, and financial [&hellip;]
- [Ars Technica , EE Times on battery lifecycles](https://voltq.com/ars-technica-ee-times-on-battery-lifecycles/): https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/07/heres-one-way-we-know-that-an-evs-battery-will-last-the-cars-lifetime/?comments=1&amp;sort=insightful#comments It&#8217;s an understandable concern; many of us are used to using consumer electronic devices powered by rechargable batteries that develop what&#8217;s known as &#8220;memory.&#8221; The effect is caused by repeatedly charging a cell before it has been fully depleted, resulting in the cell &#8220;forgetting&#8221; that it can deplete itself further. The lithium-ion cells used by EVs aren&#8217;t really affected by the memory effect, but they can degrade storage capacity if subjected to too many fast charges or if their thermal management isn&#8217;t taken seriously. https://www.eetimes.com/the-life-cycle-of-the-ev-battery/ Based on the IEA report, demand for graphite is expected to increase 25× over the [&hellip;]
- [Battery materials demand and supply - 2025-2030-2035 - IESA - Indian Energy storage Alliance](https://voltq.com/battery-materials-demand-and-supply-2025-2030-2035-iesa-indian-energy-storage-alliance/): From Indian Energy Storage Alliance:
- [SIX metals are key to a low-carbon future - Carbon Brief](https://voltq.com/six-metals-are-key-to-a-low-carbon-future-carbon-brief/): From CARBONbrief.org carbonbrief.org Explainer: These six metals are key to a low-carbon future &#8211; Carbon Brief &nbsp;27-35 minutes The deployment of renewables and electric vehicles is expected to skyrocket as the world strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These low-carbon technologies currently rely on a handful of key metals, some of which have been little-used to date. This raises questions over whether enough of these materials can be mined to ensure a large-scale rollout. Others are concerned that bottlenecks could appear, as metal output rises to meet demand, or that the environmental impacts of mining could undermine carbon savings elsewhere. Carbon [&hellip;]
- [From Reuters: Customers want smaller, faster charging batteries and lower driving range in their EVs](https://voltq.com/pv-magazine-reports-that-energy-storage-ess-in-the-us-has-tripled-from-2020-2021/): From Reuters: Reuters reports that smaller batteries are being made since customers want 5 minute charging times and not necessarily very large ranges of commutes. Most drivers in North America drive 30 miles daily and in the EU, less than 15 miles daily. &#8220;In the race to go electric, carmakers have focused on range to ease consumer anxiety over charging infrastructure, but battery makers are already working on the smaller, longer-lasting and cheaper batteries of the future, which also charge more quickly. &#8220;Early adopters at the higher end of the market wanted bigger battery packs and longer range because they could [&hellip;]
- [PV magazine reports that energy storage (ESS) in the US has tripled from 2020-2021](https://voltq.com/iea-report-on-the-solar-sector/): https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/07/07/battery-storage-capacity-more-than-tripled-in-2021/&nbsp;From PV magazine&#8221; The Energy Information Administration (EIA) made an early release of the 2021 EIA-860 data reporting that battery energy storage capacity grew more than 300% year over year, increasing from 1.4 GW in 2020 to 4.6 GW in 2021. The boost was largely driven by the 106 utility-scale battery projects that reached commercial operations, with 3.2 GW of capacity. Consistent with historic trends, about 78% of all storage capacity added last year was built in regional transmission organization (RTO) service territories. Image: EIA The nature of battery energy storage deployment advanced last year, as operators are reporting more applications [&hellip;]
- [IEA report on the Solar sector](https://voltq.com/herbert-diess-vw-in-theverge-pv-magazine-iea-report-on-energy-storage/): IEA report on the Solar sector Special Report on Solar PV Global Supply Chains https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IEA-solar.pdf Less than 4 GW of solar PV capacity was installed in India in 2020, almost 60% less than in 2019. Supply chain, construction and logistics disruptions due to the strict national Covid-19 lockdown delayed the commissioning of numerous projects. PV deployment is expected to rebound in upcoming years, however, as more capacity is contracted through auctions and the distributed PV sector continues to expand steadily.
- [Herbert Diess VW in TheVerge, PV-Magazine IEA report on energy storage](https://voltq.com/haryana-state-govt-electric-vehicle-policy-times-of-india/): https://www.theverge.com/22888316/decoder-interview-herbert-diess-volkswagen-nostalgia-ev-self-driving “Interview with herbert Diess of VW. The world is changing: it is transforming into an electric automotive world where you will have less differentiation when it comes to engines. You still will have differentiation, performance-wise. You will have a rear-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, and all-wheel drive. You will have different sizes of batteries, but when it comes to the converters for the electric units or such, you get much more similarity than we have today in the industry. This is why we think hardware differentiation will probably be decreased in the future. It’s what we also see from the competition: [&hellip;]
- [Haryana State Govt Electric Vehicle Policy - Times of India](https://voltq.com/sodium-ion-batteries-in-iit-kharagpur/): From The Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/auto/haryana-state-ev-policy-2022-electric-vehicle-buyers-to-get-rs-10-lakh-discount-massive-benefits-to-companies/articleshow/92726250.cms “The Haryana government recently gave its go ahead for the State Electric Vehicle Policy 2022. Under the EV policy, manufacturers will be offered several financial incentives to manufacturers of electric vehicles, EV components, EV batteries, charging infrastructure and more. Moreover, buyers of EVs will also be incentivised, reducing the effective upfront costs as EVs demand a higher initial cost in comparison to ICE vehicles. Here is what the policy offers: EV manufacturers will be incentivised on Fixed Capital Incentives(FCI), net SGST, stamp duty, employment generation and more. 1. 100 percent reimbursement of stamp duty along [&hellip;]
- [Sodium Ion batteries in IIT Kharagpur](https://voltq.com/eu-designates-nuclear-and-natural-gas-as-green-sustainable-sources-of-energy-officially-3/): https://www.livemint.com/news/india/iit-kharagpur-researchers-develop-new-fast-charging-sodium-ion-batteries-govt-11657103465974.html Dr. Amreesh Chandra, Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has been researching to develop energy storage technologies, which are based on Na-ion, and his team has developed a large number of nanomaterials. The team has used sodium iron phosphates and sodium manganese phosphates which they synthesized to obtain Na-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors with support from the Technology Mission Division (TMD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. These sodium materials were combined with various novel architectures of carbon to develop a battery.
- [Jakson (Noida, india) starts a green Hydrogen company](https://voltq.com/eu-designates-nuclear-and-natural-gas-as-green-sustainable-sources-of-energy-officially-2/): Jakson will start a green hydrogen company: https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2022/07/07/jakson-enters-utility-scale-battery-storage-green-hydrogen-markets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=linkedin Noida-headquartered Jakson has roped in Sterling &amp; Wilson Solar’s former global CEO, Bikesh Ogra, to lead a new venture that will focus on green hydrogen, utility-scale battery storage, and solar. Jakson was already a player in the solar EPC, and related operation and maintenance services. It was exploring green hydrogen, ammonia, waste-to-energy, electrolyzers, fuel cells, utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) under the aegis of Jakson Group. Now the group will have a new subsidiary company Jakson Green which will take up all these activities under one banner.
- ["Sand Battery" - hot tank of sand, "Water-battery" - giant water tanker are online in Scandinavia](https://voltq.com/eu-designates-nuclear-and-natural-gas-as-green-sustainable-sources-of-energy-officially/): https://www.energy-storage.news/worlds-first-large-scale-sand-battery-goes-online-in-finland/ “The ‘sand battery’ explained: Insulate a lot of sand and heat it with an electrical element (300-500°C). When you need the energy back, pump air into it and you get hot air to power generators and heat buildings. The first commercial sand-based thermal energy storage system in the world has started operating in Finland, developed by Polar Night Energy. Polar Night Energy’s system, based on its patented technology, has gone online on the site of a power plant operated by utility Vatajankoski. The 4×7 metre steel container contains hundreds of tonnes of sand which can be heated to a temperature [&hellip;]
- [EU designates Nuclear and Natural Gas as green, sustainable sources of energy officially!](https://voltq.com/economic-times-on-show-cause-notice-to-ev-manufacturers-on-battery-fires-5/): https://earth.org/gas-and-nuclear-turn-green-eu-taxonomy/ “On Wednesday, the EU Parliament voted to designate natural gas and nuclear as environmentally sustainable energy sources. 278 MEPs voted against giving green labels to nuclear and gas – falling short of the absolute majority of 353 MEPs needed to veto the Commission’s proposal.&nbsp; Under the newly approved EU taxonomy, new nuclear and gas-fired plants built through 2030 will be recognised as a transitional energy source as long as they are used to replace dirtier fossil fuels such as oil and coal.”
- [Sodium Metal batteries - Nature Materials Paper](https://voltq.com/economic-times-on-show-cause-notice-to-ev-manufacturers-on-battery-fires-4/): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-022-01296-0 Rechargeable batteries paired with sodium metal anodes are considered to be one of the most promising high-energy and low-cost energy-storage systems. However, the use of highly reactive sodium metal and the formation of sodium dendrites during battery operation have caused safety concerns, especially when highly flammable liquid electrolytes are used. Here we design and develop solvent-free solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on a perfluoropolyether-terminated polyethylene oxide (PEO)-based block copolymer for safe and stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries. From ARS TECHNICA: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/a-solid-electrolyte-makes-durable-sodium-batteries/ Lithium-based batteries&nbsp;are great, with different electrode chemistries allowing them to be slotted into a variety of uses. The problem [&hellip;]
- [High temperature (India-friendly) Lithium Sulfur batteries are stabilized by UC San Diego team](https://voltq.com/economic-times-on-show-cause-notice-to-ev-manufacturers-on-battery-fires-3/): From: https://newatlas.com/energy/energy-dense-lithium-sulfur-battery-extreme-temperatures/ A battery with an ability to function at cold temperatures could make for electric vehicles with greater ranges in cold climates. Conversely, a battery that can safely operate at higher temperatures could eliminate the need for cooling systems to prevent overheating, in addition to other advantages. “You need high temperature operation in areas where the ambient temperature can reach the triple digits and the roads get even hotter,&#8221; explained study author Zheng Chen. &#8220;In electric vehicles, the battery packs are typically under the floor, close to these hot roads. Also, batteries warm up just from having a current run [&hellip;]
- [JMK research on EV's June 2022, and a presentation on the Electricity Amendment Bill](https://voltq.com/economic-times-on-show-cause-notice-to-ev-manufacturers-on-battery-fires-2/): http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JMK-EV_May_2022-2.pdf JMK research on EV&#8217;s this month &#8211; June 2022 http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Presentation-on-EA-amendment-Bill-2022.pdf Summary presentation on Electricity Amendment bill
- [Forbes and BP on statistics of world energy consumption](https://voltq.com/economic-times-on-show-cause-notice-to-ev-manufacturers-on-battery-fires/): https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2022/07/04/wind-and-solar-provided-a-record-10-of-the-worlds-power-in-2021/ From BP: https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html Robert Rapier5-7 minutes Kern County, CA &#8211; March 23: LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi &#8230; [+] Mountains Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, CA.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Last week the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2o22 was released, covering energy data through 2021. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. It is a primary data source for numerous companies, government agencies, and non-government [&hellip;]
- [Economic Times on Show cause notice to EV manufacturers on Battery fires](https://voltq.com/adreesh-ghoshal-in-the-medium-on-how-batteries-catch-fire/): https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/centre-sends-show-cause-notices-to-ola-electric-okinawa-others-on-ev-fires/articleshow/92671430.cms Centre sends show cause notices to Ola Electric, Okinawa, others on EV fires &nbsp;4-5 minutes Synopsis The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which was earlier tasked with investigating electric two-wheeler fire incidents by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry, also found serious defects in the EV two-wheeler batteries. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has now issued new performance standards for lithium-ion batteries to safeguard . Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari has already warned EV makers of strict action if they are found negligent. Alarmed at the unabated EV fire incidents, the Centre has now sent show [&hellip;]
- [Adreesh Ghoshal in the Medium on how batteries catch fire](https://voltq.com/david-roberts-in-vox-how-cheap-does-energy-storage-need-to-be-to-get-to-full-deployment-in-the-solar-and-wind-sector/): Adreesh Ghoshal&#8217;s rather well researched article on why batteries catch fire on Medium is being reposted in full. https://adreesh-ghoshal.medium.com/how-lithium-ion-batteries-in-evs-catch-fire-9d166c5b3af1 Although rare, Lithium-ion batteries do tend to catch fire. After investigations into a number of battery-related fires, some of the reasons have been identified. One of the most important, called thermal runaway, is when the entire battery-package overheats, resulting in a fire. Why is this alarming? Well, that is because from tiny pacemakers to million-dollar cars and even spacecraft, we’re surrounded by billions of Li-ion-powered devices. Chances are pretty high that you’re reading this article on one. So is your handheld device [&hellip;]
- [David Roberts in Vox - how cheap does energy storage need to be to get to full deployment in the Solar and Wind sector?](https://voltq.com/water-batteries-in-switzerland-have-been-around-for-a-while/): https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/9/20767886/renewable-energy-storage-cost-electricity Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap? David Roberts@drvolts17-21 minutes This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This piece was originally published in August and has been lightly updated. One of the most heated and interesting debates in the energy world today has to do with how far the US can get on carbon-free renewable energy alone. One faction believes that renewables can supply 100 percent of US energy, with sufficient help from cheap energy storage and savvy management [&hellip;]
- [Water batteries in Switzerland have been around for a while](https://voltq.com/sand-batteries-in-finland-and-mercom-on-vc-interest-in-energy-storage/): https://interestingengineering.com/switzerlands-water-battery-operational? &#8221; With the world focused on harnessing its energy from renewables, there is also the need to store this energy which is produced intermittently depending on weather conditions and the time of the day.&nbsp; While dense battery packs&nbsp;are a solution to this problem, these storage devices also need minerals like nickel, cobalt, and lithium, which need to be mined and are not environment-friendly.&nbsp; Scientists worldwide have been experimenting with other energy storage ideas, such as using carbon dioxide or even tapping into the carrying capacity of elevators in high rises in urban areas for rapid energy dissipation when demand peaks. [&hellip;]
- [Sand batteries in Finland and Mercom on VC interest in Energy storage](https://voltq.com/jmk-research-on-grid-scale-electricity-storage-and-mercom-magazine-on-solar-energy/): https://www.energytech.com/energy-storage/article/21215334/corporate-investment-in-battery-storage-jumped-290-last-year-per-mercom-report &#8220;Corporations are betting on a energy transition future full of battery storage, investing nearly $9 billion in that premise around the world in 2021, according to the new report from Mercom Capital Group. Mercom Capital tracks funding, mergers and acquisitions in battery storage, smart grid and energy efficiency sectors. Overall, global investment in those sectors jumped nearly three-fold to $10.1 billion last year, including capital funding, public equity market and debt financing. Venture capital is laying out big on battery storage companies, increasing investment there more than 500 percent from $1.6 billion in 2020 to $8.8 billion. The number of [&hellip;]
- [JMK research on Grid scale electricity storage and Mercom magazine on solar energy](https://voltq.com/ethics-in-battery-science-and-materials-properties-quantumscape-and-scorpion-capital/): http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Evolution-of-grid-scale-ESS-tenders-in-India-JMK-Research.pdf Evolution of grid scale electricity storage in the grid has been well researched by the team at JMK research. http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mercom-India-Clean-Energy-Magazine-Jun-2022.pdf Mercom India clean energy magazine explains all manner of solar PV technology.
- [Ethics in battery science and materials properties - QuantumScape and Scorpion Capital](https://voltq.com/niti-aayog-on-electric-2w-penetration-by-2024/): In 1883, Thomas Edison warned that chasing the perfect battery is a fool’s journey: “a catchpenny, a sensation, a mechanism for swindling the public by stock companies,” he wrote. Working on the latest, greatest battery brings out a man’s “latent capacity for lying.”This is true to some extent &#8211; the amount of materials improvements that are required to make the sum total of all the elements of a battery better in order to increase its capacity is tough!That leads to situations like are described in this very hard hitting report by Scorpion Capital on QuantumScape.&nbsp;In Battery materials &#8211; very small samples [&hellip;]
- [Niti Aayog on Electric 2W penetration by 2024](https://voltq.com/a-few-really-good-pdfs-on-aspects-of-the-renewable-energy-tranformation-and-web3/): http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ForecastingPenetration-ofElectric2W_28-06.pdf From Inc42: Government think tank NITI Aayog has said that the shift to electric mobility, particularly in the two-wheeler segment, may happen faster than anticipated.&nbsp; In an ‘optimistic scenario’, there will be 100% penetration of electric two-wheelers in the country by the financial year 2026-27 (FY27), a report released by NITI Aayog and Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), titled ‘Forecasting Penetration Of Electric Two-Wheelers In India: A Bottom-Up Analysis’, on June 28 said.&nbsp; It also predicted a penetration of 72% in a ‘technology driven scenario’ where current initiatives such as subsidies are withdrawn by 2024. Using an agent-based [&hellip;]
- [A few really good Pdfs on aspects of the renewable energy tranformation and Web3](https://voltq.com/covering-climate-now/): http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Electric-Bus-Manufacturers-in-India1.pdf List of Bus manufacturers in India http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/battery-as-a-service-texas.pdf Battery as a service from Texas http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/India-Hydrogen-NITI-Aayog.pdf Excellent resource of&nbsp; Rocky Mountain Institute and Niti Aayog on India&#8217;s hydrogen policy. http://voltq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/state-of-web3.pdf Excellent resource on how to deal with Web3
- [Covering Climate Now!](https://voltq.com/ample-energys-john-dsouzas-interview-on-battery-swapping-2/): https://coveringclimatenow.org/ Covering Climate now is an excellent site which agglomerates news about the climate
- [Vox:Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap?](https://voltq.com/ample-energys-john-dsouzas-interview-on-battery-swapping/): David Roberts@drvolts 17-21 minutes This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This piece was originally published in August and has been lightly updated. One of the most heated and interesting debates in the energy world today has to do with how far the US can get on carbon-free renewable energy alone. One faction believes that renewables can supply 100 percent of US energy, with sufficient help from cheap energy storage and savvy management of demand. Another faction believes that renewables will ultimately fall short [&hellip;]
- [Ample Energy's John D'Souza's interview on Battery Swapping](https://voltq.com/medium-aircraft-emissions-are-not-as-big-as-other-sources-of-emissions-they-are-way-tinier-take-that-electric-aircraft-startups/): #186 John de Souza, Co-founder &amp; President of Ample A serial entrepreneur and a strategic investor, John has 20 years of experience founding and investing in technology-enabled companies in the communications, healthcare, finance and energy industries. Before co-founding Ample, John was a co-founder, president, and CEO of MedHelp, the largest consumer health platform offering tools, device integrations, and communities to millions of people empowering them to manage their own health. MedHelp’s platform powered online offerings of companies such as Walgreens and GE, until it was acquired by Merck Pharmaceuticals mid 2014. Following the acquisition, John served as the President of the [&hellip;]
- [Medium: Aircraft emissions are not as big as other sources of emissions. They are way tinier. Take that, electric aircraft startups~!](https://voltq.com/mit-tech-review-sulphur-flow-batteries-from-prof-yet-ming-chiang-2/): Reducing Aircraft Carbon Emissions Does it matter? Photo by Emanu on Unsplash Recently, Tony Douglas, Etihad Airway’s CEO, was quoted as saying: “The sustainability challenge to commercial aviation is going to be around for decades, if not generations. It’s a function of the physics of flight and the reality that there is a continued demand for people to want to be able to do so.” Today’s high-bypass fan jets are among the most efficient fossil fuel engines in existence. It’s to the point that a major improvement takes billions of dollars in development, a decade of time, and results in a [&hellip;]
- [Gabriel Popkin in Medium: New Materials (science) is necessary to decarbonize](https://voltq.com/mit-tech-review-sulphur-flow-batteries-from-prof-yet-ming-chiang/): Better Batteries or Climate Bust New materials are a must for a decarbonized future by Gabriel Popkin In 1800, Alessandro Volta revealed an invention for storing electricity. His pioneering batteries featured piled disks of two different metals, such as zinc and copper, separated with cloth or felt soaked with charge-conveying brine. (Image source: Rama) THE NEXT-GEN BATTERIES MOONSHOT Introduced in 1991, the lithium-ion battery is the best battery the world has seen. It has transformed daily life by enabling the global spread of mobile technologies. But it will take far more capable battery technology to wean global fleets of cars, trucks, [&hellip;]
- [MIT Tech Review: Sulphur Flow batteries from Prof Yet Ming Chiang](https://voltq.com/mit-tech-review-innovation-that-solves-problems-that-are-not-the-main-pain-point-of-the-field-or-customer/): Serial Battery Entrepreneur’s New Venture Tackles Clean Energy’s Biggest Problem By James Temple6-7 minutes That’s approaching the price point where the idea of “seasonal storage” becomes economically feasible—meaning arrays of these batteries could store enough solar power during times of excess generation through the summer to continue meeting regional demand through the long, cloudy winter, Chiang says. Baseload is housed at the Engine, MIT&#8217;s new accelerator, which recently provided the company nearly $2 million in funding (see “Developing a Tough, Time-Consuming Technology? This Investor Is Interested”). Baseload isn&#8217;t providing many technical details at this stage, but the key to its low [&hellip;]
- [MIT Tech Review: Innovation that solves problems that are not the main pain point of the field or customer](https://voltq.com/mit-tech-review-richard-martin-why-we-dont-have-better-batteries-and-why-changing-chemistries-is-so-tough/): This is an example of innovation that doesn&#8217;t address the main problems in the battery field &#8211; that of energy density. This innovation addresses flexibility, a problem which is lesser in importance to solve. From MIT &#8211; Technology Review: Christine Ho Her startup is commercializing thin, flexible, printable batteries that she developed at UC Berkeley. You say we’ll want Imprint Energy’s zinc batteries for wearable electronics, health-monitoring patches, and small sensors. Why can’t we put existing batteries into such devices? A lot of these batteries need a lot of plastic housing or metal housing. They need protective circuitry. Because you’re doing [&hellip;]
- [MIT Tech Review: Richard Martin : Why we don't have better batteries and why changing chemistries is so tough.](https://voltq.com/full-self-drive-needs-a-lot-of-work-before-it-can-be-relied-on-fully/): https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/08/29/7310/why-we-still-dont-have-better-batteries/ Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries By Richard Martin Earlier this year,&nbsp;Ellen Williams, the director of ARPA-E, the U.S. Department of Energy’s advanced research program for alternative energy, made headlines when she told the Guardian newspaper that &#8220;We have reached some holy grails in batteries.” Despite very promising results from the 75-odd energy-storage research projects that ARPA-E funds, however, the grail of compact, low-cost energy storage remains elusive. A number of startups are closer to producing devices that are economical, safe, compact, and energy-dense enough to store energy at a cost of less than $100 a kilowatt-hour. Energy storage [&hellip;]
- [Sales of 2W EVs](https://voltq.com/sales-of-2w-evs/)
- [CATLs Story from 2011](https://voltq.com/testing-attention-please-123/): 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://voltq.com/eu-plans-to-ban-the-sale-of-internal-combustion-engines-by-2035/): 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 the YouTube channel HyperChange had his own rather terrifying incident while testing out the half-baked driver assist feature. The car opted to turn right — straight up the wrong way of a one-way street in San Francisco (around the 6:35 mark below).
- [EU plans to ban the sale of internal combustion engines by 2035](https://voltq.com/voltqs-heroes-2-alan-octavian-humes-ideas-2/): 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 on the EU market will need to reduce their CO2 emissions by 100%. An intermediate objective of 55% for cars and 50% for vans was agreed for 2030, the Council of the European Union said in a statement posted after a long night of negotiations which [&hellip;]
- [Connecticut bus catches fire and burns the entire bus](https://voltq.com/some-reports-pdfs-on-web3-green-hydrogen-and-e-buses/): 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://voltq.com/voltqs-heroes-2-alan-octavian-humes-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&#8217;s Hope &#8211; Allan Octavian&nbsp;Hume Old Man’s Hope – Allan Octavian&nbsp;Hume Sons of Ind, why sit ye idle, Wait ye for some Deva’s aid? Buckle to, be up and doing! Nations by themselves are made! Yours the land, lives, all, at stake, tho’ Not by you the cards are played; Are ye dumb? Speak up and claim them! By themselves [&hellip;]
- [VoltQ's heroes - John F Kennedy's ideas](https://voltq.com/voltqs-heroes/): 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 are choosing this route since the Indian market will need those products at some point of time in its growth. Similarly, VoltQ chooses to do the hard things. Cell manufacturing, recycling is hard. We choose to do just that. As JFK most famously said, we choose [&hellip;]
- [Solid State Batteries are nearly here](https://voltq.com/solid-state-batteries-are-nearly-here/): https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40230247/solid-state-batteries-electric-vehicles/ From Popular Mechanics &#8211; 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](https://voltq.com/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&#8217;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 has a fleet of around 6,000 premium cars across the country, with a network extending across 50 located rental stations in 20 cities. BW Businessworld caught up with Sunil Gupta, MD &amp; CEO, Avis India who revealed that the car leasing market is worth Rs. 1,500 [&hellip;]
- [Washington U - battery materials flowchart - excellent link!](https://voltq.com/circular-economy-in-silicon-pv-and-lithium-ion-batteries-nrel-research-paper-part-2/): 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://voltq.com/circular-economy-in-silicon-pv-and-lithium-ion-batteries-research-paper-part-1/): 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 for new applications, and extending product life spans, may provide new paths to building sustainable product life cycles.
- [Circular economy in Silicon PV and Lithium Ion batteries - research paper - part 1](https://voltq.com/canalys-estimates-that-6-5-million-electric-vehicles-evs-were-sold-worldwide-in-2021-up-109-on-2020/): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10962247.2022.2068878 To meet net-zero emissions and cost targets for power production, recent analysis indicates that photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the United States could exceed 1 TW by 2050 alongside comparable levels of energy storage capacity, mostly from batteries. For comparison, the total U.S. utility-scale power capacity from all energy sources in 2020 was 1.2 TW, of which solar satisfied approximately 3%. With such massive scales of deployment, questions have arisen regarding issues of material supply for manufacturing, end-of-life management of technologies, environmental impacts across the life cycle, and economic costs to both individual consumers and society at large. A set of [&hellip;]
- [Canalys estimates that 6.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold worldwide in 2021, up 109% on 2020!](https://voltq.com/canalys-estimates/): Demand for EVs stayed strong in 2021, but many more would have been sold had it not been for the chronic component shortages still affecting every car maker around the world. 85% of EVs sold globally were delivered to customers in Mainland China and Europe. 3.2 million EVs were sold in 2021 in Mainland China, accounting for 15% of all new cars sold. 2.3 million EVs were sold in Europe, accounting for 19% of new cars. In comparison, while demand is growing, just 4% of new cars sold in the US in 2021 were EVs, some 535,000 units. https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-electric-vehicle-market-2021?ctid=2627-70a8050e26f41f72baaf6b38e200993a In new [&hellip;]
- [Switzerland has a giant water-battery !](https://voltq.com/switzerland-has-a-giant-water-battery/): https://lenews.ch/2022/06/24/enormous-swiss-water-battery-to-start-operating-next-week/ Switzerland&#8217;s got a giant water battery going.
- [Elektrek: USB-C charging for e-bikes?](https://voltq.com/everything-about-the-chemistry-of-lithium-ion-phosphate-link-on-youtube/): Listen up, electric bike companies. You need to give your e-bike batteries USB-C charging, stat! “If you’ve owned an electric bike, e-scooter, or other personal mobility device (and especially if you’ve owned more than one), you know they all have a charger that pretty much fits nothing else you own. I have several electric bikes, scooters, skateboards, and other e-rideables, and almost none of them can share chargers. But don’t fret! There’s already a convenient solution here, and it’s called USB-C. Electric bike battery USB-C charging needs to become a thing. And while, we’re at it, USB-C PD discharging, effectively turning [&hellip;]
- [Everything about the chemistry of Lithium Ion Phosphate ; link on YouTube](https://voltq.com/cost-competitively-meeting-baseload-demand-100-of-the-time-requires-storage-energy-capacity-costs-below-20-kwh/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlDd3jkcxoQ Everything Lithium Ion Phosphate
- [CATL's new battery pack - Qilin - with excellent capacity and water cooling](https://voltq.com/cost-competitively-meeting-baseload-demand-100-of-the-time-requires-storage-energy-capacity-costs-below-20-kwh-2/): CATL has unveiled a water cooled battery pack with excellent charge discharge characteristics. The Qilin Battery sets a new record for volume utilization at over 72 percent, making it the most integrated battery in the world today, according to CATL. The battery can reach an energy density of 255 Wh/kg, easily allowing the vehicle to achieve a range of 1,000 kilometers, CATL said, adding that it will be in mass production in 2023. CATL unveils Qilin Battery, says it can easily achieve 1,000 km vehicle range-CnEVPost Notably, CATL did not hold a launch event for the battery&#8217;s unveiling, but announced the [&hellip;]
- [Cost-competitively meeting baseload demand 100% of the time requires storage energy capacity costs below $20/kWh](https://voltq.com/lithium-iron-phosphate-helps-low-cost-evs/): https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(19)30300-9 &#8221; Wind and solar energy can produce decarbonized electricity, but to reliably meet demand these intermittent resources require other technologies such as energy storage, supplemental generation, demand management, and transmission expansion. Many studies estimate the costs of supplying electricity with renewables for particular storage cost assumptions.Here we study which characteristics most impact renewable electricity costs, including cost features of proposed storage technologies. Considering 20 years of resource fluctuations, we capture large, infrequent events affecting storage requirements. We estimate that cost-competitively meeting baseload demand 100% of the time requires storage energy capacity costs below $20/kWh. If other sources meet demand 5% [&hellip;]
- [Lithium Iron Phosphate helps low cost EVs](https://voltq.com/china-is-central-to-all-ev-and-renewable-supply-chains-2/): https://www.apcuk.co.uk/looming-lithium-supply-shortage-threatens-electric-vehicle-production-says-latest-advanced-propulsion-centre-demand-report/ &#8221; 25% of vehicles manufactured in Europe predicted to have LFP batteries, reducing reliance on nickel A modest global lithium deficit is likely in 2025, significantly widening by 2030 Investment needed now to scale up lithium industry, as it takes years to build battery-grade capacity More can be done to reduce demand with effective use of lithium Call for UK investment to secure future battery material supply chains Opportunity for the UK to capitalise on the anode active material supply gap in Europe World battery demand for the automotive sector could exceed 2,800 GWh by 2030, more than double the [&hellip;]
- [Techcrunch on Lithium Iron Phosphate](https://voltq.com/china-is-central-to-all-ev-and-renewable-supply-chains-3/): From techcrunch.com TechCrunch – Startup and Technology News Henry Pickavet 3-4 minutes An older, cheaper and safer battery technology already dominating China’s electric vehicle industry is now poised to reshape battery manufacturing worldwide and boost EV sales in the United States — if the global lithium supply remains stable. A slew of patents for lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) chemistries due to expire in 2022 could shift the face of battery production in the U.S. and Europe. China has owned the market for nearly a decade due to an agreement with patent holders — a consortium of universities in the U.S. and Canada — [&hellip;]
- [Lithium demand forecast: APC UK](https://voltq.com/china-is-central-to-all-ev-and-renewable-supply-chains-4/): https://www.apcuk.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/06/Q1-2022-automotive-industry-demand-forecast-report.pdf Q1 2022 Automotive industry demand forecast Limited lithium supply could be a potential bottleneck to global BEV penetration •Impact could be as much as 15 million fewer BEVs produced in 2030Mitigating strategies •Increase lithium supply by offering various incentives in sustainable Li mining •Recycle Li from various sources •Manufacturing smaller and modular batteries •Substitute lithium out by adopting sodium-ion in certain vehicle segments •Increased production of FCEV
- [China is central to all EV and renewable supply chains](https://voltq.com/china-is-central-to-all-ev-and-renewable-supply-chains/): From the New York Times nytimes.com Red Flags for Forced Labor Found in China’s Car Battery Supply Chain By 13-16 minutes The electric battery assembly area of an auto parts factory in Hangzhou, China. Many goods produced using forced labor appear to flow into China’s vast ecosystem of factories. Credit&#8230;Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect. The electric battery assembly area of an auto parts factory in Hangzhou, China. Many goods produced using forced labor appear to [&hellip;]
- [Recycling is being automated via computer vision aided robotics](https://voltq.com/toyota-will-be-recycling-batteries-with-redwood-materials-2/): From the IEEE magazine https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-guided-robots-are-ready-to-sort-your-recyclables &#8221; We have to do better than that. Right now, the recycling industry is facing a financial crisis, thanks to falling prices for sorted recyclables as well as policy, enacted by China in 2018, which restricts the import of many materials destined for recycling and shuts out most recyclables originating in the United States. .&#8221;
- [Nature Materials: that the difference in the charge-discharge operating voltage leading to low energy efficiency is due to long-lived kinetically hindered intermediate species of nickel.](https://voltq.com/toyota-will-be-recycling-batteries-with-redwood-materials-3/): From Nature Materials https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-chemists-pin-energy-losses-high-capacity.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-022-01278-2 &#8221; &#8220;During the charge-up of a Li-ion battery, positively charged lithium cations leave their sites in the cathode material structure and then settle back in when the battery is discharged. For the cathode material to remain electrically neutral, it should release or take in the same number of electrons. Our study shows that kinetic hindrances and energy barriers are caused to a large extent by the electron transfer and not just the migration of lithium cations. The transfer of electrons between metal cations and oxygen atoms can be particularly sluggish, leading to energy losses,&#8221; professor Artem [&hellip;]
- [Toyota will be recycling batteries with redwood materials](https://voltq.com/toyota-will-be-recycling-batteries-with-redwood-materials/): From the Verge https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/21/23177039/toyota-redwood-materials-ev-battery-recycling-partnership-prius &#8220;Toyota is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company helmed by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to collect and recycle vehicle batteries. The plan is to take old, worn-out batteries and either refurbish them or break them down so their materials can be used to create new batteries. Redwood specifically plans on producing materials for anodes and cathodes — two major components of a battery cell. The company’s ultimate goal is to create a “closed-loop supply chain for electric vehicles,” meaning that it takes batteries from old EVs and turns them into batteries for new cars.&#8221;
- [QuantumScape Revolutionary Solid State battery is here!](https://voltq.com/revolutionary-solid-state-battery-is-here/): https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40230247/solid-state-batteries-electric-vehicles/ From Popular Mecanics &#8211; &#8220;QuantumScape claims that you will be able to buy an Audi or Volkswagen with its batteries as soon as 2024, a vehicle that can go nearly 400 miles on a single charge, then recharge in 15 minutes. That capability would grant solid-state EVs a huge advantage over their competitors, which rely on the ubiquitous—but weaker—lithium-ion (Li-on) batteries. All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) promise prolonged life, faster charge times, and safer chemistry compared to Li-on options, but producing them on the scale needed to power millions of vehicles won’t be easy, despite the billions of dollars already invested in [&hellip;]
- [Battery GST will come down to 5% to make it in line with EV GST rates](https://voltq.com/honda-will-be-doing-battery-swapping-in-india/): https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gst-council-may-bring-rate-on%E2%80%8A-lithium-batteries%E2%80%8A-on-par%E2%80%8A-with-%E2%80%8Aevs-report-122060900371_1.html At present, e-vehicles are taxed at 5 per cent, while lithium-ion batteries are taxed at 18 per cent.
- [From Livemint: Monopoly and battery swapping](https://voltq.com/from-livemint-monopoly-and-battery-swapping/): &#8220;Adhering to a single standard specification may lead to monopoly, stifle innovation The Dept of Science and Tech and the Bureau of Indian Standards are formulating battery specifications, standards NEW DELHI : Several companies in India’s organized battery swapping industry have opposed the proposal for a single standard specification for swappable electric vehicle batteries, claiming it will lead to a monopoly by a foreign company and stifle innovation.&#8221; &#8212; alisha sachdev, livemint
- [Honda will be doing battery swapping in India](https://voltq.com/brian-gitt-on-chasing-utopian-renewable-energy-ideas/): Valeo, Atul and Honda join hands for electric-three wheelers with battery swapping solution Honda will be doing battery swapping.
- [Brian Gitt on chasing utopian renewable energy ideas!](https://voltq.com/mitra-chem-interview-arpa-e-funding-results-51-of-a-batterys-value-lies-in-the-cathode/): https://briangitt.com/chasing-utopian-energy-how-i-wasted-20-years-of-my-life/Quoting :&#8221; I started to realize that I had accepted as true certain claims about energy and our environment. Now I began to see those claims were false. For example: I used to think solar and wind power were the best ways to reduce CO2 emissions. But the biggest reduction in CO2 emissionsduring the past 15 years (over 60%) has come from switching from coal to natural gas.&nbsp; I used to think that the world was transitioning to solar, wind, and batteries. This, too, was false. Trillionsof dollars were spent on wind and solar projects over the last 20 years, yet [&hellip;]
- [Mitra Chem interview, ARPA-E funding results, 51% of a batterys value lies in the cathode!](https://voltq.com/tsung-xu-has-written-an-excellent-clean-energy-guide-3/): Machine learning for batteries on Spotify an interview with Mitra Chem &nbsp;ARPA-E funding results&nbsp;Thanks, Visual Capitalist &#8212; 51% of the cost of the cell is the cathode

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