Make In India… Made In India
In 2015 Cochin International Airport (CIAL) had become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by solar energy. It had received praise from across the world and was awarded the United Nation’s 2018 Champions of the Earth Award for Entrepreneurial Vision. The energy self-sufficient airport had become a model that has been replicated around the country and the world.
Now following its footsteps, the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium in the city is all set to adopt renewable energy to run it.
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With billions of dollars being poured into battery electric vehicles, what seems like millions of new innovations crop up every year. Some inventions will find successful implementation. Most will wash up on the shore as EV industry jetsam. The Daily Mail reports on another novelty awaiting judgment, an aluminum-air battery (Al/air) created by British engineer Trevor Jackson. Jackson claims that if you replaced a Tesla Model S lithium-ion battery with one of his aluminum-air batteries of the same size, range would increase from 370 miles to 1,500 miles. Since the Al/air battery is lighter than a lithium-ion unit, Jackson says that if you used an Al/air battery of equivalent weight, the Model S would run for 2,700 miles on one full charge.
Read full article here: https://www.autoblog.com/2019/10/22/aluminum-air-electric-car-battery/
Following my recent article – Lead-Acid Batteries Are On A Path To Extinction – I received an email from Battery Council International (BCI), the trade association for lead battery manufacturers, recyclers and suppliers. Members directly provide nearly 25,000 U.S. jobs and make a $26.3 billion annual impact to the economy – and have experienced a 20% direct job growth since 2016.
They took particular exception to the headline, arguing that in contrast to my arguments, lead-acid batteries have a bright future. A key point they made in the email was that lead-acid batteries are 99% recyclable, while lithium-ion batteries are recycled at a rate below 5%.
So, I asked them if they would like to make those points in an interview. They agreed.
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Bajaj has launched Chetak as if doing the country a great favour. Electric Chetak as a product would have been excellent ONLY for a new company… Hum mangal par jaachuke hai…bhai… Neil Armstrong chaand par jaa ne ka time beeth chuka hai. Tho baisaab Bajaj apna1960 ka design museum me rakho bhai… Thanks. Being an EV fan I refuse to accept 2nd grade design from a market leader.
Aap Classic-Chetak-petrol me kyun nahi banata bhai… EV fans ko kyon thamata hai aise product?
Continue readingRajiv Bajaj had the gall to announce an electric version of the now extinct Chetak. A vehicle they could not DEFEND in the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) age…
Its really hard to believe… that a company which had launched Pulsar… and being the market leader… today launched this oldie scooter… promising that it is a scooter for tomorrow.
Probably 2Wheeler market leader of India, Bajaj still doesn’t take the Electric Vehicle Industry very seriously. Why else would he bring in…
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Singapore scientists from NanoBio Lab (NBL) of A*STAR have developed a novel approach to prepare next-generation lithium-sulfur cathodes, which simplifies the typically time-consuming and complicated process for producing them.
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