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Global EV Sales Report H1 2024 by EV Universe

This site popped up in my feed today. Looks like they did their homework...

Global EV Sales Report H1 2024 by EV Universe

sylvaing Sep 1, 2024 Read More Replies: 20

New Study: Charging Lithium Ion Batteries at High Currents for the First Time is Good

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2024/08/20240830-slac.html
From the SLAC-Stanford Battery center, the very first charge for a Lithium Ion battery cell actually should be at a rather high currents which increased their average lifetime by 50%. Now I'm curious.

Darn, now that made me read the original article:
Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance
Typically battery manufacturers use a low energy charge to try and control the SEI layer build up. It's also a slow and costly way to do this. So they went brute force and attempted to use up a large initial supply of lithium during the batteries first charge by creating the SEI (Solid Electrolyte Interphase) with very high currents.

I wasn't too keen on their analogy of comparing it to scooping out water...

drash Aug 31, 2024 Read More Replies: 3

Rivian parked EVs fire

Source: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a61972616/rivian-evs-destroyed-fire-factory/

Over 50 Rivian vehicles were destroyed in a fire that broke out Saturday night at the electric vehicle company's factory in Normal, Illinois, according to photos from the scene and a local news report. No injuries were reported in the fire.

Witnesses reported seeing fire outside the Rivian factory shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday night. The Normal Fire Department (NFD) responded and fought the blaze which was in a parking lot outside of the factory. NFD spokesperson Matt Swaney said that the fire was out by midnight on Sunday and that the EV factory was not damaged, according to 25 News Now.

There has been no official word on the number of vehicles damaged in the fire. However, aerial...

bwilson4web Aug 30, 2024 Read More Replies: 6