Savannah Chen

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Silicon Nano particles Found to Increase Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity Ten Times

By Savannah Chen Comments are Off battery performance, future battery technology, lithium battery, rechargeable battery, Renewable Energy

University of Alberta, Canada chemists Jillian Buriak (pictured above in a photo by John Ulan), Jonathan Veinot and their team found that nano-sized silicon particles overcome a shortcoming of using silicon in lithium-ion batteries. The discovery could lead to a new lithium-ion battery design with ten times the capacity of current lithium-ion batteries. “We wanted to test how different sizes

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VW is investing $800 million in US factory to build electric cars

By Savannah Chen Comments are Off Electirc vehicle, Germany, USA

Volkswagen has confirmed today that it will be investing $800 million in its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee to prepare the location for production of new electric cars using the MEB platform. Dr. Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen AG, made the announcement: “The US is one of the most important locations for us and producing electric cars in Chattanooga is a