The UK’s world-leading manufacturing industries will be boosted thanks to £211 million in new government funding for battery research and innovation. £211 million of government funding confirmed for battery research through the Faraday Battery Challenge battery industry could support 100,000 jobs by 2040 and is central to growth of key industries – such as electric…
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Made from inexpensive, abundant materials, an aluminum-sulfur battery could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources. As the world builds out ever larger installations of wind and solar power systems, the need is growing fast for economical, large-scale backup systems to provide power when the sun is down and the air is calm. Today’s…
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Toyota joins industry partners in research into rechargeable cartridge batteries for commercial electric vehicles A new programme of research into the standardisation and commercialisation of replaceable and rechargeable cartridge batteries has been announced by Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) and Yamamoto Transport. CJPT was launched by Toyota Motor Corporation with Isuzu Motors and Hino…
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