Better Batteries Will Soon Be Able to Power Cars & Trucks Over 1 Million Miles

1.) Scania and Northvolt jointly develop lithium ion battery cell capable of powering a truck for almost one million miles.

2.) Chinese battery giant CATL announces‘Condensed Battery’ cell technology with energy density of 500 Wh/kg.

3.) North American battery company Electrovaya says tests show its battery delivered 9,000 charge/discharge cycles, retaining 87% of initial capacity.

4.) Beverly, MA adds third school bus to its vehicle to grid program. Another bus V2G project starts in Vermont this summer.

5.) West Virginia’s GreenPower Motor Company receives $15 mn order from state of West Virginia for 41 all-electric school buses. 

6.) Food distributor Sysco building an EV charging hub at Riverside, CA facility to power 40 EV trucks and 40 hybrid-electric refrigerated trailers.

7.) Enel X Way to add at least two million North America EV charging ports for home, commercial and public charging segments by 2030.

8.) Sunnova gets a $3 billion conditional loan from DOE for a new low-income solar/storage loan channel.

9.) 900 MW, 700-mile Labrador – Island Link transmission line finally commissioned after lengthy delays and billions in cost overruns.

10.) Maine jury OKs Avangrid construction of 145 miles of NECEC transmission line to bring 1,200 MW of Quebec hydropower to Massachusetts.

11.) Pentagon concerned Biden administration offshore wind locations along central Atlantic US coast will conflict with military operations.

12.) CAISO reports net electricity demand hit - 63 MW at 12:20 PST on 4/16. Following Sunday CAISO notches a lower number, dropping to - 203 MW at 1:10 PM