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Battery technology - June 2020

Dr Gregory Offer speaks about battery cell technology in the series of AVID Technology podcasts - Episode 52.

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Nature Comment - June 2020

In this Comment we propose the Cell Cooling Coefficient as a new metric to aid the design of new battery packs.

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Battery fires - Sept 2020

Battery fires: Industry and research must work together for safer batteries.
New review paper on Fire Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries.

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July 2016

Battery futures

The impossible dream: perfecting smartphone battery life. Dr. Billy Wu talks about the challenges in improving energy density.

January 2016

Exploding batteries

Charged issue. Dr. Billy Wu talks about how phone batteries work – and why some explode.

January 2016

How a battery works

Dr. Billy Wu speaks on the BBC Radio 4 inside science programme on how lithium-ion batteries work.

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July 2016

Battery Breakthroughs

Batteries take 20-30 years to scale up, but there are enough developments in the pipeline to deliver some impressive improvements in the short term.

January 2016

Inductive Charging

Inductive or wireless charging is the only way to fully electrify all road transport, but faces considerable barriers due to infrastructure requirements.

January 2016

Chemistry World January 2016

Dr Gregory Offer comments in Chemistry World on a materials development out of Stanford University that potentially makes lithium ion batteries far safer.

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Dr Billy Wu, and Prof Dan Brett (Group Alumni) are interviewed by China Daily about Formula E about to start its second season in Beijing.

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Autonomous vehicles July 2015

Autonomous vehicles are going to be a true technology revolution and will fundamentally change our transport systems and the automotive industry.

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology

Tesla January 2015

Tesla is doing so well because people like new. They like the idea of being the first, the ones who changed the world, even the ones who saved it.

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Fuel Cells July 2013

Hopefully within three years the industry can blow away the hydrogen and fuel cell skeptics.

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History teaches us that a technology that gets to market first can be very hard to dislodge, even by something superior.

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology

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For many students, involvement in a university race team is not just desirable - it's necessary in order to get the best graduate jobs.

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We need to design zero and low emission cars that are affordable for the masses, right now.

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The economics of batteries are important, but $/kWh is misleading as it doesn't take into account lifetime and durability.

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Fuelling Transport's Revolution September 2010

As we use up the worlds natural resources, we have no choice but to embrace alternative ways to power cars.

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The Bigger Picture January 2011

We shouldn't just focus on building hybrid and electric vehicles as quickly as we can, we also need to think about how they are going to be used.

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology

The maturing battery market July 2011

The market for lithium batteries is expected to grow five-fold by 2020.

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2020 Predictions January 2010

Biofuels will re-emerge as a contender but not as we currently know them, and this decade will be the battle of the range extenders and plug-in hybrids.

Engine Technology International

Better Place vs RiverSimple March 2010

I applaud Riversimple’s approach because, quite frankly, new and innovative upstart companies doing things differently are the fastest way to force the pace of change.

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology International

Electric Motors July 2010

Rare earth metal supply is far more of a concern for electric vehicles than lithium supply which is pretty abundant.

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Electric vehicles March 2009

The biggest feather in the electric vehicle cap versus other alternative engine technologies is that the refuelling infrastructure already exists, with power sockets in every building.

Engine Technology International

Biofuels June 2009

Ten people could be fed for a year from the first-generation biofuels used to drive 10,000 miles – a staggering statistic, when you consider global food production.

Engine Technology International

Fuel cells September 2009

Refuelling infrastructure will require huge investment, but on a scale that is peanuts for major energy companies, and hydrogen is a much more attractive proposition.

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