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Is it possible for small battery startups to beat big giants?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series The battery is a fairly old industry, over 100 years old. (The very first lead-acid battery was invented in 1859 by a French physicist, Gaston Planté). Even the relative newcomer, Li-ion battery has been around for over 30 years, as...
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The Million Mile Battery – is it a big deal?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series For about a year now, there has been buzz around the concept of million mile battery. Now, I think it was Tesla that started it all, though there are some variants of the million mile battery we keep hearing about...
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Can entirely new battery chemistries overtake Li-ion chemistry?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Li-ion is the dominant standard for batteries for the e-mobility industry. And most industry experts think that Li-ion chemistry has established a strong foundation that will last at least for a couple of decades. Or will it? While some battery...
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Why is there a buzz around electric aviation?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series In 2011, I was at a conference on biofuels at Orlando, Florida. During one of the breaks, I caught up with a senior Boeing executive. We got chatting, and out of curiosity, I asked him what Boeing thought about use...
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Is micromobility a big deal for EVs?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Micro-mobility refers to very short distance transportation - of the kind almost every one of us to many times a week. It could be running to a grocery store nearby or just taking your bicycle out for a 3 Km fun...
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Between battery charging and swapping, which will become dominant by 2030?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Some years back, when most of us thought electric vehicles were far into the future, a bright entrepreneur set up an ambitious idea in Israel called Better Place, which he felt could actually do away at least one key problem with electric vehicles ...
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Will China dominate EVs the way it did many other industries including solar power?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series It's early 2021. The way the rest of the world has been looking at China has changed dramatically in the last ten months. While there had been always been ideological conflicts between many western nations and China (even though what China follows...
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Are EVs just conventional cars with batteries in place of IC engines?
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series It's easy to think of electric cars as conventional cars in which the ICE has been replaced by a battery-motor combination. In fact, you would not be technically incorrect if you think that way. EVs indeed are the torque version...
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Why software is more important to e-mobility than to conventional mobility
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series While our EVNext team was researching the various innovations from EV OEMs, Tesla of course naturally kept popping up frequently. Like everyone else, we also were intrigued about Tesla's sky high valuation. While there are many theories on this, a...
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Will fuel cells overtake batteries to become the dominant form of EV storage
This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series While a large part of the electric vehicle ecosystem is investing heavily in batteries, a select set of automotive giants are quietly (or perhaps not so quietly recently) have chosen to invest in fuel cells. Which is a better long-term...
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