Re: [EVDL] L3 EVSE ICEing worst-case> literally(2avoid hail)
I'm looking forward to the day when there are enough EVs on the road that their drivers could -- IF they were as infantile as the tantrum-throwing ICEV drivers who deliberately "ICE" charging points -- "E" gas pumps. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Nikola claims 4x-energy, 2k-cycle, 50% cheaper li-ion
Maybe more importantly, I seem to remember that cobalt use will be either significantly reduced or eliminated. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Nov 20, 2019, at 6:00 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > > > > https://cleantechnica.com/2019/11/19/nikola-pushes-deeper-into-battery-electric-vehicles-with-next-generation-battery-tech/ > Nikola Pushes Deeper Into Battery Electric Vehicles With Next Generation > Battery Tech > November 19th, 2019 Kyle Field > > [images / Kyle Field > https://cleantechnica.com/files/2019/04/nikola-motor-company-world-2019-two-red-3-trevor-milton.jpg > Nikola Motor Company CEO Trevor Milton unveiling the Nikola Two at Nikola > World 2019 > > https://cleantechnica.com/files/2019/08/2018.09-spi-aneheim-KYLE-samsung-sdi-energy-storage-battery-pack-module-cells-batteries-lithium-ion-4-18650.jpg > Nikola’s new battery tech challenges lithium-ion’s supremacy in the battle > to power our vehicles, homes, and businesses > ] > > The Nikola Motor Company dropped a bomb on the electric vehicle industry > today with news of a pending acquisition of a team that has developed next > generation battery technology. The news comes with claims of a cathode with > 4 times the energy density of today’s lithium-ion cells, lasts for 2,000 > cycles, and at a cell cost of 50% less than today’s lithium-ion cells. > > If Nikola can bring a battery with these specs to market and produce them at > scale, the implications to not just the world of electric vehicles, but to > the entire automotive industry and to the world of stationary energy storage > would be profound. But that’s a big if. Thanks to unprecedented investment > in battery research and design, prototype batteries and breakthroughs in the > lab happen nearly every week, but they don’t always translate into real > world improvements. > > In this case, Nikola’s outspoken CEO Trevor Milton feels the company has > found the real deal with news that it has filed a letter of intent to > acquire the team that developed the new tech. The acquisition is not > finalized at this point, but Milton hopes to announce more details > surrounding the breakthrough at Nikola World next fall. > > For now, here’s what we know: > > Cathode with 4x the energy density of lithium-ion > > Prototype achieved 2,000 cycles in testing with “acceptable” end-of-life > performance > > Cost 50% less to produce next generation cells per kWh compared to > lithium-ion > > Weighs 40% less than same capacity of lithium-ion cells > > Prototype cell achieved 500 watt-hours capacity > > “This is the biggest advancement we have seen in the battery world,” said > Trevor Milton, CEO, Nikola Motor Company. “We are not talking about small > improvements; we are talking about doubling your cell phone battery > capacity. We are talking about doubling the range of BEVs and > hydrogen-electric vehicles around the world.” > > Batteries are the glue that holds the worlds of electric vehicles, > renewables, and distributed generation together. While lithium-ion batteries > have continued to improve in energy density and cost at a steady pace in > recent years, the broader industry has had its sights set on the next > generation battery cell technology. Nikola’s new team has developed a > prototype cell that delivers on the promises of future battery technologies, > with an energy density of 1,100 watt-hours per kilogram for the material and > 500 watt-hours per kilogram when rolled into a cell. > > Bringing 500 watt-hour cells to market would be a nice bump in energy > density and at a lower cost than batteries going into production electric > vehicles today. The path to market for the new battery tech is not going to > be an easy one as Nikola will need to build or license manufacturing > capacity for the new cells. It is exactly this bump in the road that > mainstream automakers are wrestling with now as the Chinese battery > manufacturing engine continues to spool up to fill the need. Indeed, to meet > its needs at its Shanghai Gigafactory, even Tesla contracted out the supply > of battery cells. > > Nikola plans to share the intellectual property (IP) for the new batteries > with OEMs that contribute to a new battery consortium. The move has the > potential to catapult not only Nikola, but the world of automobiles into > electric vehicles at a rapid clip. It shows that Nikola sees the need for > battery cell standards that stretch beyond its walls and into the broader > industry to achieve the manufacturing scale required to bring the cost down > for everyone. > > [image] Nikola has big plans for 2020 as it continues to add scope to its > already complex launch / Nikola Motor Company > > Not that Nikola is planning to just give the tech out for free. It has big > aspirations for itself, with customer discussions about orders that would > propel it into the upper echelon of truck manufacturers. “Nikola is in > discussions with customers for truck orders
Re: [EVDL] Nikola li-ion battery claim> irks out of hand as ridiculous
Sorry, hadn’t seen this post.
I think this piece of the puzzle may be the real game-changer.
- Mark
Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone
> On Nov 28, 2019, at 11:48 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
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> EVLN: Nikola claims 4x-energy, 2k-cycle, 50% cheaper li-ion
> Nov 20 2019
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> https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2019/11/24/nikola-motors-bombshell-battery-claim-irks-experts-who-think-its-secret-may-lie-in-sulfur/#6a21e9057d89
> Nikola Motor’s Bombshell Battery Claim Irks Experts, Who Think Its Secret
> May Lie In Sulfur
> Nov 24, 2019 Alan Ohnsman
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> [image
> https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dd897d62c886a0007ecdfee/960x0.jpg?fit=scale
> Nikola Tre
> The electric Nikola Tre commercial truck is to be offered as a
> battery-powered model or with a ... [+]NIKOLA
> ]
>
> Nikola Motor CEO Trevor Milton seems dead set on challenging Elon Musk’s
> dominance for audacious transportation ideas, upstaging the Tesla chief’s
> “Cybertruck” debut with a claim that his own ... electric vehicle company
> has a breakthrough battery. Experts suspect Nikola’s secret tech derives
> from cell chemistry that scores of researchers are also digging into.
>
> Milton, whose Phoenix-based startup intends to start delivering
> zero-emission semi-trucks in 2021, said last week that Nikola’s battery cell
> has double the energy density, only 40% of the weight and half the cost of
> 2170 lithium-ion cells used in Teslas and other consumer-market electric
> vehicles. He tells Forbes those gains come from eliminating costly metals
> such as nickel, cobalt and magnesium, use of a “free-standing electrode” and
> a “whole different type of chemical, with a lithium component.” ... it plans
> to offer battery-only variants.
>
> The new cell was developed by a specific university lab Nikola was involved
> with from an early stage and “locked up all the IP,” Milton says. That’s all
> the company is saying for now and public demonstrations won’t happen until
> the second half of 2020.
>
> Today In: Business
> “I have a strong conviction that it’s safe to dismiss this out of hand—their
> claims are ridiculous,” said Sam Jaffe, managing director of Boulder,
> Colorado-based consulting firm Cairn Energy Research Advisors, which
> specializes in energy storage technology. “Why would they claim this without
> waiting until they could publicly reveal what the chemistry is and the
> university laboratory they are working with? It’s very fishy.”
>
> Sulfur is one possible alternative to current lithium-ion cells, Jaffe said.
> “I would assume they’re looking at sulfur in the cathode and lithium metal
> in the anode. Untold hundreds of university and industry labs are working on
> that. If you get to those, if you can make it work, it would have a
> significant improvement on current lithium-ion, but nowhere near what they
> are claiming.”
> [© forbes.com]
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> Electric Vehicle Battery Explodes While Charging in Store in ...
> An electric vehicle battery exploded while charging in a store in Wenzhou,
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[EVDL] L3 EVSE ICEing worst-case> literally(2avoid hail)
(exacerbated climate change from ice-pollution)
https://thedriven.io/2019/11/18/is-this-the-worst-case-of-iceing-at-an-electric-vehicle-charging-station-ever/
The worst case of “ICEing” at an electric vehicle charging station in
history
NOVEMBER 18, 2019 Bridie Schmidt
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coochin creek iced
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Worst case of ICEing in history? Motorists shelter from tropical hail storm
under solar canopy at @EvieNetworks ultrafast charging station at Coochin
Creek as supercell hits the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Australia was still
burning as this happened. #EV #ICE #ICEing
View image on Twitter
4:54 PM - Nov 17, 2019
]
The brand new ultra-rapid electric car charger that was launched last
Tuesday at the Sunshine Coasts’s Coochin Creek [
https://thedriven.io/2019/11/12/evie-networks-opens-its-first-ultra-fast-charging-station-powered-by-renewables/
] was inundated with vehicles parking under the site’s solar canopy on
Sunday in what might be the worst case of “ICE-ing” seen to date.
An image shared by Evie Networks on Monday shows that most of the vehicles
parked in the EV charging station are internal combustion engine (ICE)
vehicles – but they weren’t there to deliberate thwart from EV owners from
charging their car – they were trying to escape a deluge of hail that hit
the area.
That anti-social act is know as “ICEing”, and has become quite the thing in
the US. But the fact that this event was caused by ICEing of different kind
was not lost on the charging network provider.
“Funnily, the site was “iced” both literally and figuratively,” Evie
Networks CEO Chris Mills tells The Driven.
“The weekend was obviously an extreme case. The photo was taken from our
on-site camera, which was installed to capture the build process for a
possible time-lapse presentation.”
As Evie Networks points out, the super-cell thunderstorm event took place
even as huge swathes of Queensland and NSW are battling unprecedented bush
fires – a testimony to the weather extremes being experienced across the
country and which will be exacerbated by climate change [
https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-experts-call-bs-as-government-offers-only-thoughts-and-prayers-for-fire-crisis-19408/
].
It’s entirely likely that many of the ICE owners did not consider the fact
the location they are parking in is for electric vehicles only as they
attempted to avoid damage to their vehicles, but the mass ICEing does raise
an issue that is becoming more common.
ICEing is a behaviour that has historically been on the rise in the US and
other countries that have a higher penetration of electric vehicles, but
with the arrival of the Tesla Model 3 in August Australia’s electric vehicle
fleet it is also now on the rise here.
In some cases, ICEing of carparks is a deliberate act by people who resent
the shift to clean, zero emissions, electric transport – however it usually
happens in locations such as shopping centres.
“As to enforcement, other than an on-site presence there’s little that we
can do. More particularly what we will review is whether we need additional
bollard protection of the equipment given where the cars parked during the
hail-storm,” says Mills.
“We haven’t seen too many adverse impacts over the week we’ve been
operational [at the Coochin site]”, Evie Network’s Geoff Brady told The
Driven.
However, even when it is not a deliberate act, the behaviour is considered
poor form as it blocks an electric vehicle owner from charging their
vehicle.
In a country where electric vehicle charging infrastructure is still sparse
– particularly 350kW DC chargers (such as at the Coochin Creek location)
which can recharge several hundred kilometres driving range in as little as
15 minutes – just one ICEd park can mean all the difference for an EV
owners.
The Coochin Creek site is located at the Glasshouse Mountains service
stations on the Bruce Highway, and is currently free to EV owners using the
facility.
The solar canopy on the site helps to power the site and also offers
protection from the sun – and it is now obvious, more serious weather events
such as hail.
There are currently two 350kW chargers at the site with room and capacity
for up to six.
You can listen to our recent interview with Chris Mills on The Driven
podcast here.
[© thedriven.io]
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Getting EV Charging Out of the 'Dark Ages'
Nov 18, 2019 ... There are a lot of dynamics there that make it a great
place to drive EV charging and EV usage, but you still have to prioritize,
The EV planning universe, it's in the dark ages ... Tesla has sought to
overcome it by building a network of more than 3,000 chargers across North
America ...
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(of ft)
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/honda-turns-up-the-voltage-in-europe-another-new-ev-no-more-diesels-no-more-hydrogen/
Honda turns up the voltage in Europe: another new EV, no more diesels, no
more (h two)
November 25, 2019 ... is also swearing off diesel and (h two). In September,
Honda said
it would phase out diesel cars by 2021. And Honda Europe President Katsushi
Inoue
recently said, “(Our) focus is on hybrid and electric vehicles now.” ...
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https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/10/529298/balloons-explode-education-ministry-fitness-event-injuring-16
Balloons explode at Education Ministry fitness event,
injuring 16
October 12, 2019 ... He said (h two), which was highly reactive, was cheaper
...
The victims, aged between 4 and their 30s, were rushed to the Putrajaya
Hospital where some are still being treated at the Emergency and Trauma
Department ...
https://assets.nst.com.my/images/articles/BELON_MELETUP_HOSPITAL_PlonnnUTRAJAYA_1570874192.jpg
https://www.taxpayer.net/energy-natural-resources/the-amazing-waste-hydrogen-fuel-cell-funding/
The Amazing Waste: (h two) (f c) Funding | Taxpayers ...
Nov 6, 2009 - Despite being expensive, inefficient, and ineffective, (h two)
(f c) technologies have received more than $1.4 billion in federal funding
in ...
...
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+pollution+producing+hydrogen
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https://www.thebetterindia.com/204306/mumbai-startup-electric-car-strom-motors-r3-features-cost-cheap-battery-range-india/
Mumbai Startup's Electric Car Will Let You Travel at Just Rs 0.40/Km!
... Strom-R3 With a top speed of 80 kmph, the vehicle offers a battery
range of 200 km
on a single charge and maintains a low operating cost at Rs 0.40 per km ...
https://www.thebetterindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Strom.jpg
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[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20191201
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Vaya-offering-PV-charged-Leaf-EVs-in-Zimbabwe-S-Africa-tp4695800.html
EVLN: Vaya offering PV-charged Leaf EVs in Zimbabwe, S.Africa
The Electric Cars That Were Promised By Vaya Are Here Now
21 Nov 2019 A few months ago, Econet Global CEO Strive Masiyiwa announced
that Vaya would start using Electric Vehicles (EVs) and it seems those
electric vehicles are ...
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EVLN: Lilium e-vtol> plush flying taxi r:300km ts:305kph (v)
Inside the high-stakes race to build world's first flying taxi
Nov 21, 2019 ... most promising and secretive start-ups in the global race
to build an all-electric aircraft that will – regulators and public opinion
... provide a 10-minute trip from Manhattan-NY to Kennedy International
Airport for $70/€63 ...
https://youtu.be/XqWeafx9xm8
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https://techstartups.com/2019/11/25/hyundai-launches-first-car-solar-roof-charging-system/
Hyundai launches first car with solar roof charging system
... Electricity is produced when solar energy activates the solar panel's
surface, which converts this ...
https://techstartups.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Hyundai-launches-first-car-with-solar-roof-charging-system.jpg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/electric-engine-air-race-formula-one-villeneuve-silicon-valley-1.5365770
Edmonton pilot hopes to cross the finish line in international electric
airplane race
Nov 19, 2019 20-member team includes Silicon Valley engineers trying to
develop electric airplane motor ... friends who've been working in the
electric vehicle market in Silicon Valley. ... Sun Flyer 2, a two-seat
electric-powered aircraft that is used for flight training ...
https://i.cbc.ca/1.5365779.1574217286!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/scott-holmes-pilot.JPG
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50452997
Dubai Air Show: The man putting a jolt into electric air racing
18 November 2019 ... I can now see the potential of electric aircraft ...
Air Race E ... 16 teams racing electric-powered aircraft around a circuit at
up to 450 kmp (278 mph) and about 10 metres (32 ft) off the ground ...
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/25A0/production/_109723690_aredas2.jpg
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Bare-butt-bikini-riding-diy-personal-e-vtol-ultralight-v-tp4695733.html
Bare-butt-bikini riding diy personal e-vtol ultralight (v)
Meet the 24-year-old trying to build the world’s 1st personal flying device
November 19, 2019 "I’m a pilot for an experimental ultralight, fully
electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWsdx9mHN65/
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[EVDL] EVLN: Lilium e-vtol> plush flying taxi r:300km ts:305kph (v)
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/inside-the-high-stakes-race-to-build-world-s-first-flying-taxi-1.4083075
Inside the high-stakes race to build world’s first flying taxi
Nov 21, 2019
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The Lilium prototype flying taxi in a hangar in Wessling, Germany.
Photograph: Felix Schmitt/The New York Times
video
https://youtu.be/XqWeafx9xm8
Lilium testflight
]
‘This is the perfect means of transportation, something that can take off
and land everywhere’
Inside an aircraft hangar about 30km (20 miles) from central Munich, Daniel
Wiegand lifted the door of a prototype that he said would become one of the
world’s first flying taxis. He’s coy about how much it cost to build –
“several million,” he says, but promises that within five years a fleet of
them could provide a 10-minute trip from Manhattan to Kennedy International
Airport for $70 (€63).
A lot is riding on his aircraft. Wiegand (34) is the chief executive and a
founder of Lilium, one of the most promising and secretive start-ups in the
global race to build an all-electric aircraft that will – regulators and
public opinion willing – move passengers above cities.
“This is the perfect means of transportation, something that can take off
and land everywhere,” says Wiegand (pronounced VEE-gand). “It’s very fast,
very efficient and low noise.”
Expectations that aerial taxis will be a reality in the coming years are
quickly building. Companies like Lilium are testing their machines, laying
the groundwork for wider production and starting discussions to gain support
from government officials.
At least 20 companies are in the market, which Morgan Stanley estimates will
top €770 billion by 2040. Larry Page, the billionaire co-founder of Google,
is financially backing Kitty Hawk, a company run by the first engineers on
Google’s autonomous car. Boeing and Airbus have projects under way.
Carmakers including Daimler, Toyota and Porsche are investing in the sector.
Uber is developing an air taxi service, with plans to open by 2023 in Los
Angeles, Dallas and Melbourne, Australia.
Yet saying your aircraft could fly over Manhattan in five years doesn’t mean
it will. Building durable jets at a reasonable cost still presents
engineering and technical challenges. And a long process awaits with
regulators, including the US Federal Aviation Administration, that will need
to weigh safety concerns.
“The question is can we build a platform that is broadly accessible to
everybody and is not just a rich person’s toy, and can we build it so quiet
that people on the ground aren’t annoyed by it?” says Kitty Hawk chief
executive Sebastian Thrun.
Lilium, which has raised more than €100 million from investors, illustrates
the high-wire act of the companies trying to live up to the hype.
The black-and-white aircraft shown by Wiegand is less “Jetsons”-like flying
car than a glider, with a carbon fibre body and 11m wingspan. Like several
other flying taxis in development, it is battery powered, providing a range
of 300km and a top speed of nearly 305km/h. Inside the oval cabin will
eventually be plush seats and other comforts for four passengers and a
pilot.
The engines are packed inside four wings with flaps that rotate so the
aircraft can take off and land vertically like a helicopter. But it is
quieter than a helicopter, so it could potentially land in some areas
traditionally off limits to aircraft.
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Edmonton pilot hopes to cross the finish line in international electric
airplane race
Nov 19, 2019 20-member team includes Silicon Valley engineers trying to
develop electric airplane motor ... friends who've been working in the
electric vehicle market in Silicon Valley. ... Sun Flyer 2, a two-seat
electric-powered aircraft that is used for flight training ...
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[EVDL] EVLN: Vaya offering PV-charged Leaf EVs in Zimbabwe, S.Africa
https://www.techzim.co.zw/2019/11/the-electric-cars-that-were-promised-by-vaya-are-here-now/
The Electric Cars That Were Promised By Vaya Are Here Now
21 Nov 2019 Farai Mudzingwa
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Vaya Africa @VayaAfrica
We are excited to introduce #VAYA E-Vehicles as part of our agenda for the
adoption of #ecofriendly vehicles in #Zimbabwe. The service was launched
today in partnership with @stewardbank
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5:51 AM - 20 Nov 2019
]
A few months ago, Econet Global CEO Strive Masiyiwa announced that Vaya
would start using Electric Vehicles (EVs) and it seems those electric
vehicles are finally here.
Vaya tweeted out an announcement earlier yesterday:
We are excited to introduce #VAYA E-Vehicles as part of our agenda for the
adoption of #ecofriendly vehicles in #Zimbabwe. The service was launched
today in partnership with @stewardbank.
Vaya
This makes the logistics company the first to have electric vehicles for use
in the transport sector which is a pretty cool feat. The vehicle in question
is a Nissan Leaf and it appears to be the 2011 model – car aficionados
correct me if I’m wrong.
The 2011 model had a 160KM range – which won’t be an issue if the car is
only in the CBD. It seats 5 passengers and has battery pack outputting 90
kilowatts of power. The top speed is capped at 144 KM/h in order to reserve
power.
Back in May when Masiwa posted about the Electric Vehicle he mentioned the
following with regards to how these vehicles will be used:
The EV’s will operate within a 3KM radius within the CBD
They will be recharged at solar-powered charging stations by Vaya’s sister
company DPA
Vaya will have 100 EVs on the road at some point
One distinction to make though is that when Strive Masiyiwa talked about
electric vehicles he was specifically referring to a 3-wheeled vehicle which
they were calling Vaya Hopper at that time.
[© techzim.co.zw]
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