Battery swapping, the process of exchanging an empty/discharged battery for a fully charged one, is neither a novel concept, nor one that is exclusive to electric vehicles. For many years, the discourse surrounding battery swapping has come and gone ....
In 1882, Thomas Edison opened Pearl Street Station, the first central power plant in the United States. Originally serving just 59 customers, the plant grew to provide power to over 500 customers in two years. Since then, the U.S. power grid has expa....
Electric vehicles use various high-end batteries, from lithium-ion, Nickel-Metal hydride, Lead-Acid, and ultra-capacitors. Of these, lithium-ion batteries are considered the most suitable for electric vehicles.
A lithium-ion (Li-on) battery is a t....
The variety of battery powered, and battery assisted (hybrid) motor vehicles available today is the widest yet. But the total number of such vehicles that can be built is limited by two major factors: the availability of the lithium required to manuf....
Canada consumes upwards of 2,282,000 barrels of petroleum daily, producing up to 1.1 billion kgs of CO2 emissions. One of the largest consumers of petroleum is transportation, which accounts for at least a third of the total carbo....
Energy Throughput gives the amortized energy in and out of a battery over its entire life cycle. Energy Density is important, but not as important as Energy Throughput.
What is Energy Throughput? Add up all the cycles a battery is capa....
