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NXP is aiming at ASIL D safety approval with a vehicle battery junction box controller IC, intended to fire the pyrotechnic disconnect switch during a serious fault, as well as report faults over a serial bus. MC33777A, as it will be known, redundantly measures currents, voltages and temperatures, then deduces situations – a short circuit or a crash, for example ...

The prices for metals used in batteries such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium  continue to fall, reports TrendForce The price of lithium spodumene concentrate fell 16%  q-o-q in August with some lithium concentrate prices below $800/ton. Following a drop in the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate below CNY 90,000 ($12,500)/ton in July, a new  low was set in August as ...

Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has revealed its third generation of structural lithium ion battery. “We have created a battery made of carbon fibre composite that is as stiff as aluminium and energy-dense enough to be used commercially, claimed Chalmers researcher Richa Chaudhary. First revealed with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2018, by 2021 the material was achieving 24Wh/kg, ...

Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM Balance has ordered a 4.35MWh 750kW sodium-sulphur battery from NGK for a grid storage demonstration project. Due to be operational in May 2025, it will consist of three shipping-container-sized units, installed at a power station in Litér, Veszprém. “The project will verify the use of grid storage batteries for storing energy during times of surplus ...

Richard LeCain has been appointed chief technology officer at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC). “Richard has more than 20 years of experience working in the battery industry, having previously held technical and leadership positions at A123 Systems and Britishvolt,” according to UKBIC. He “has worked in battery plants across the world, transferring processes and designs from the lab into ...

Magnix has designed a range of batteries for electric aviation. The first product of the line, Samson300, is focussed on maximum energy density, according to the company, achieving 300Wh/kg. A cycle life of over 1,000 full-depth discharge cycles is claimed. “Patented safety technologies include cell level protections from thermal runaway and ability to store batteries for long periods at zero charge,” ...

The University of Leicester is celebrating its progress towards developing a usable space battery employing radioisotope power technologies. Specifically, it highlights that its Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) has successfully completed its extreme vibration test campaign, proving the resilience that would be required for a rocket launch. Space battery The Space Nuclear Power group – a team at the University of ...

Subtle electrolyte changes can maintain power density in electric aviation batteries, according to the University of Michigan. While extended capacity retention is key for vehicle traction batteries, electric aviation demands power density retention from its batteries. “Both takeoff and landing require high power, and landing is more challenging because you’re not fully charged,” said Michigan engineering professor Venkat Viswanathan. “To ...

The Bugatti Tourbillon, announced yesterday, is a hybrid, with 800hp spread across three electric motors in addition to its 1,000hp 8.3 litre Cosworth V16 petrol engine. Two of the electric motors are part of the front axle system, and the other one is part of the rear axle assembly. Powered them is a 800V 25kWh oil-cooled battery housed in the ...

TDK claims to have developed a solid-state battery that can hold 1,000Wh/litre, as a replacement for coin cells. “Utilising proprietary material technology, TDK has managed to develop a material for the new solid-state battery with a significantly higher energy density than TDK’s conventional mass-produced CeraCharge solid-state batteries, due to the use of oxide-based solid electrolyte and lithium alloy anodes,” according ...