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DuPont has just introduced the world's first nanofiber-based polymeric lithium-ion battery separator that could prove to be a remarkable innovation in the rechargeable automotive battery industry. DuPont claims that its Energain nanofiber separators can increase battery power by 15-30 percent ...

The Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program, has chosen to award $8.54 million to eight advanced research projects focused on developing breakthrough technology for lithium battery anodes. The eight awardees ...

During one of the sessions at the Electric Drive Transportation Association meeting here alongside the Washington Auto Show, our friend Felix Kramer from CalCars got an answer to a question that's been on his mind for a while: just how much will large-format lithium-ion batteries cost in five or ...

Some day, the world may rely solely on electric transportation. While that day is pretty far off in the future, when it happens it will likely be because the lithium ion battery which led the way. Currently, a large number of vehicles in the product-pipeline are scheduled to be released with ...

The other day, Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. was up in Vancouver, BC for the Auto FutureTech Summit. While AutoblogGreen wasn't able to attend the show, we did get a hold of Dr. Patil on the phone for about 15 minutes to talk about CPI's lithium ion batteries and get Dr. Patil's ...

Looks like Zap and the Xebra have some competition on their hands. AutoWeek reports that the Miles Automotive Group is also importing Chinese manufactured electric vehicles to the US.Miles is getting their proverbial shoe in the door by importing the ZX40, a wagon that falls under the category of ...