http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/motoring/2014-01/03/content_17214936.htm GE charged up over electric car battery 2014-01-03 By DU JUAN
"It's a little more complex than making instant oatmeal, but scientists from GE and Berkeley Lab may have just the recipe for next-generation electric vehicle batteries that achieve desired driving range and cost for consumers," said the United States-based General Electric Company on Thursday. The scientists are developing a water-based battery capable of more than just traditional, stationary energy storage. "We're excited about the impact this new technology could have on electric vehicles, especially as it relates to cost and the need to recharge," said Grigorii Soloveichik, project leader on the water-based flow battery project at GE Global Research. According to Soloveichik, the flow battery could be one-fourth the price of car batteries on the market today, while enabling roughly three-times the current driving range. He said the batteries they are developing can power a car for more than 240 miles. To reduce emission and improve transportation conditions, the Chinese government has been encouraging the wider use of electric vehicles. The 12th Five-Year-Plan (2011-15) has a greater focus on the use of various energy sources and sees an increasing role for electric vehicles. However, the battery technology has been an obstacle. The government of Beijing also carried out policies to boost sales of electric vehicles in the city by giving more quotas for purchasing. The lack of charging poles and stations in the city is still a concern for potential customers. Scientists with GE said discharge and recharge of their flow batteries occur in electrochemical cells separated from energy storing tanks, which makes the process safer. It said the team will demonstrate the feasibility of this new battery concept and develop a working prototype later this year. [© chinadaily.com.cn] http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-If-I-had-a-for-every-claim-of-a-revolutionary-new-battery-tp4665006.html EVLN: If I had a $ for every claim of a revolutionary new battery ... GE's New Battery Research Could Drive Tesla Farther [2013/08/28] General Electric and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are developing a new water... Sep 04, 2013 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-36M-22-ARPA-E-RANGE-programs-develop-EV-energy-storage-systems-tp4664937.html EVLN: $36M 22 ARPA-E RANGE programs develop EV energy storage systems ... differently about energy innovation ... Just Add Water: GE, Berkeley Lab Explore... Aug 30, 2013 For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVSE: Carson City, NV; Highland Park, IL; Lake Elsinore, CA + EVLN: ? Old-Timey EVs replacing NYC’s Horse-Drawn Carriages ? {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-GE-Berkeley-Lab-scientists-touting-same-batteries-since-8-2013-tp4667131.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
