batteries

Can electric vehicles match diesel performance in cold, snowy conditions?

AskWaves dives into whether EVs can operate in cold temperatures.

As battery-electric vehicles gain popularity for different uses in transportation, some are wondering if they can perform in the cold and harsh environments that diesel vehicles handle well.

Just as mileage for conventional vehicles depends on several factors, the range for EVs can vary with cold weather, high-speed driving or accessory use, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Accessory power use for things like heating a vehicle’s cabin can impact the energy consumption and vehicle...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-electric-vehicles-match-diesel-performance-in-cold-snowy-conditions

Panel: Military Needs More Electrical Power to Counter Long-Range Missile Threats

Chinese Type 022 Houbei-class Fast Attack Missile Craft firing missiles. People’s Liberation Army Navy Photo

The Pentagon finds itself in the “shocking and eye-opening” position of needing more electrical power to protect distributed naval and ground forces from long-range attack at a time when China dominates the global production of advanced batteries needed to meet that mission, a panel of security experts said Thursday.

Heather Penny, a senior fellow at the Air Force Association’s Mitchell...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/15/panel-military-needs-more-electrical-power-to-counter-long-range-missile-threats

Electric Boats & Ships: Five Key Battery Suppliers, Identifies IDTechEx

Electric Boats & Ships: Five Key Battery Suppliers, Identifies IDTechEx

Estimate Annual Maritime Battery Sales (MWh). Source: IDTechEx

The IDTechEx report “Electric Leisure & Sea-going Boats and Ships 2021-2040” reveals the battery demand expected from maritime transport over the next two decades, from leisure boats to ocean-crossing ships. In this article, IDTechEx summarizes the leading battery suppliers underpinning the industry.

Corvus Energy was founded out of Richmond, Canada, in 2009, and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/07/electric-boats-ships-five-key-battery-suppliers-identifies-idtechex/

CO2, supply chain tracing company Circulor raises $14M in Series A

Circulor raised $14 million in Series A funding for traceable supply chain technology.

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is growing, which is increasing the demand for electric batteries and all the metals they contain. Because calls for decarbonization are at least partly driving this transition, some observers wonder if companies are sourcing battery materials sustainably and what will happen to these useful metals at the end of their life cycles.

Supply chain traceability and CO2 tracking technology provider Circulor tracks “the flow of raw materials through supply chains from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/co2-supply-chain-tracing-company-circulor-raises-14m-in-series-a

Bus and battery maker Proterra exits SPAC with $640M payout

Electric bus and battery maker Proterra Inc. begins its life as a publicly traded company Wednesday, ringing the bell on the Nasdaq as it collects a $640 million payout from its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsor.

But Proterra CEO Jack Allen said more than money was involved with Proterra’s choice to take the shortest route to the market where it will trade under the Nasdaq ticker symbol PTRA.

Regardless of the method, Proterra was ready to go public, Allen said.

“We just felt like...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bus-and-battery-maker-proterra-exits-spac-with-640m-payout

Sustainability and digitalisation must go hand in hand to boost shipping industry, insists environmental management specialist Erle Kristin Wagle, eminent alumna of the Blue MBA

Sustainability and digitalisation must go hand in hand to boost shipping industry, insists environmental management specialist Erle Kristin Wagle, eminent alumna of the Blue MBA

Erle Kristin Wagle; picture credits: bellona.no

Erle Kristin Wagle has returned to making an impact in the maritime cluster after a break-out to work for leading environmental non-governmental organisation Bellona, known for its expertise on climate issues.

Ms Wagle has since the beginning of 2021 been business development...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/04/sustainability-and-digitalisation-must-go-hand-in-hand-to-boost-shipping-industry-insists-environmental-management-specialist-erle-kristin-wagle-eminent-alumna-of-the-blue-mba/

Future fuels: zero-emission ships technically ready to hit the water by 2024

Pictured: “NGC 604” a vast cloud of hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy. Hydrogen is one of the most abundant substances in the universe and could, one day, be the fuel of choice for the world fleet. Credit: Hubble Space Telescope, NASA

Developments that will shape the future of fuel for shipping have been coming thick and fast in recent weeks.

So fast, in fact, that an executive from international class society Lloyd’s Register has told the UN that zero-carbon emission vessels will be technically

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/future-fuels-zero-emission-ships-technically-ready-to-hit-the-water-by-2024/

Floating battery to provide clean energy source at city and port of Amsterdam

Port of Amsterdam announced launch of a floating battery service to bring mobile stored power into the port and inner city of Amsterdam. The battery, which is placed on a barge and powered by local, renewable energy, will help balance the electricity grid. As it is placed on a barge, the battery can deliver electricity anyplace close to water.

In fact, Dutch company Skoon Energy operates a platform that enables mobile battery sharing to optimize the economics for battery owners and user.

This...

https://safety4sea.com/floating-battery-to-provide-clean-energy-source-at-city-and-port-of-amsterdam/

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