Thermal Battery Research Could Reduce Range Anxiety

In the hallway at the most recent Fox Valley Electric Auto Association (www.fveaa.org) meeting, some EV owners were discussing winter temperatures and how it might affect battery range in the coming months in Chicago. Most owners were agreement that 20 deg F or below would be the point where you could see some battery range loss, up to 7 – 10 percent.

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ARPA-E's Recent Battery Investment, Heading in the Right Direction?

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced on Aug. 21 that twenty-two projects across fifteen states will receive a total of $36 million “to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems” in order to “accelerate” commercialization of lithium batteries. The program is called Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage (RANGE) program and the direction moves from energy density research for lithium batteries to the “packaging” of battery system.

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