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Isorg raises €24M in series B funding

Isorg, a Grenoble and Limoges, France-based developer of printed organic photodetectors and large-area image sensors, raised €24M in Series B financing.

US solar funding

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office announced $105.5 million in funding for projects that span the office's research portfolio and address the affordability, flexibility, and performance of solar technologies on the grid.

ISORG

ISORG develop Organic Photo Detector (OPD) systems which are partly printed, with mass production beginning in late 2018 or early 2019. They are focusing on smart shelves and finger print scanners (small and large area).

Dubai trials autonomous pods

The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) has completed initial tests of the world's first autonomous pods. The autonomous electric vehicles are fitted with a battery that supports 3 hours of operation.

IDTechEx Show! USA 2016 Award Winners

The winners of the IDTechEx Awards were announced yesterday evening (16 November), at the end of the opening day of the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, CA, where over 3,200 attendees were brought together at the biggest conference IDTechEx has held. The awards recognized the most significant innovations in electric vehicles, energy harvesting and storage and the internet of things (IoT).

IDTechEx Show! USA 2016 Award Winners

The winners of the IDTechEx Awards were announced yesterday evening (16 November), at the end of the opening day of the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, CA, where over 3,200 attendees were brought together at the biggest conference IDTechEx has held. The awards recognized the most significant innovations in electric vehicles, energy harvesting and storage and the internet of things (IoT).

Hybrid and electric systems R&D at the U.S.-DOE

This paper first presented at EVS29 Montreal Canada provides an overview of the Fiscal Years 2015-2016 Hybrid and Electric Systems research and development activities - with emphasis on its advanced electric drive research -funded by the Vehicles Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.

New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half

Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.

Battery with liquid electrodes can be recharged or refilled

A new kind of battery stores energy in what researchers are calling "rechargeable fuel"—electrodes in liquid form. The result can be either recharged like a conventional battery or replaced by pumping in new fuel like gasoline.

New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt

Significant advance in battery architecture could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage

New battery design could provide breakthrough storage

A radically new approach to the design of batteries, developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid.

A car battery at half the price

24M intends to greatly reduce the inactive material in a battery. According to estimates in a new paper.

Progress in Japan - part one

The Japanese postal service plans on 21,000 electric vehicles. Japan Post has been testing the vehicles since 2009 to evaluate their cost and performance.