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Volkswagen MEB details

Starting with NCM 712 battery cells made by LG Chem in Poland is a wise decision. Not only LG Chem has great battery cells, it also has the biggest production capacity in Europe.

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13/05/2020

Volkswagen expects to become global leader in e-mobility by 2025

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Volkswagen expects to become global leader in e-mobility by 2025

Volkswagen is putting the electric car on hold, at least until 2020.

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14/10/2017

Samsung SDI at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2017

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Volkswagen future battery upgrades

Samsung SDI shows us where its current battery cell technology is at.

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28/08/2017

Volkswagen marketing director admits: battery kWh cost is already at 200 €

Ricardo Tomaz Volkswagen marketing director

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Volkswagen marketing director admits: battery kWh cost is already at 200 €

With the kWh cost already at 200 €, why wait until 2020 to make affordable electric cars?

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31/03/2017

Volkswagen replaces its battery cell supplier

Worker holding a Samsung SDI battery cell

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Volkswagen replaces its battery cell supplier

Until now Volkswagen has been using Panasonic/Sanyo battery cells in its plug-in cars.

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09/01/2017

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Battery charging: Full versus Partial

Posted: 27/04/2018

What’s better for your electric car battery?

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Comparison of different EV batteries in 2020 (updated)

Posted: 04/04/2020

Now in 2020 the scenario is very different from what we had when I started this blog in 2015.

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Samsung SDI 94 Ah battery cell full specifications

Posted: 05/04/2018

Want to know more about the battery cells in the BMW i3?

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Nissan Leaf battery degradation data: 24 vs 30 kWh batteries

Posted: 20/03/2018

Interesting study showing the SoH (State of Health) of multiple 24 and 30 kWh batteries.

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SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell

Posted: 21/05/2020

This battery cell is specially made to be used in battery packs assembled with the CTP technology.

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CATL’s cobalt-free battery cells are already below 60 euros per kWh

Posted: 18/05/2020

This destroys automakers’ narrative against electric cars.

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EV battery cell makers results in Q1

Posted: 16/05/2020

LG Chem is now on top, partly thanks to Tesla’s strong sales in China.

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New generation Renault ZOE battery details

Posted: 14/05/2020

The new Renault ZOE gets a WLTP range up to 395 km (245 miles) from its ZE 50 battery.

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Famlin on CATL’s cobalt-free battery cells are already below 60 euros per kWh: “This is a great news. We are looking for only $100 / KWh by 2020-12. But now we are seeing…” May 24, 17:16
Maximilian Holland on SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell: “Great - thank you Pedro! (look out for an email I sent you via the contact address recently).” May 23, 04:22
Pedro Lima on SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell: “Yes Pajda, the buck converter will still have to be there, but with 5 V battery cells in some cases…” May 22, 20:36
Pajda on SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell: “Pedro this is utopia :-) You will never unify battery cells to use common 5V top charging voltage. The second…” May 22, 20:14
Pedro Lima on SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell: “The charge voltage limit of current smartphones' batteries is 4,2-4,3 V, but USB delivers 5 V, which means that the…” May 22, 16:28
Pedro Lima on SVOLT unveiled its new cobalt-free battery cell: “Thanks Max, you always have interesting insights. Here's a simple overview of different cathodes. https://pushevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cathodes-overview-by-Nano-One.jpg” May 22, 15:37