UC Irvine experts available to discuss electrification of vehicle fleets

https://engineering.uci.edu/users/jack-brouwer   Jack Brouwer Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor (Joint Appointment) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor (Joint Appointment) Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, NFCRC National Fuel Cell Research Center Director, APEP Advanced Power and Energy Program…

Electrification push will have enormous impacts on critical metals supply chain

The demand for battery-grade lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and platinum will climb steeply as vehicle electrification speeds up and nations work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through mid-century. This surge in demand will also create a variety of economic and supply-chain problems, according to new Cornell University research published in Nature Communications.

On the Road to Better Solid-State Batteries

A team from Berkeley Lab and Florida State University has designed a new blueprint for solid-state batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements. Their work could advance efficient, affordable solid-state batteries for electric cars.

ORNL’s Ozpineci selected for Nagamori Award

Burak Ozpineci, a Corporate Fellow and section head for Vehicle and Mobility Systems Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is one of six international recipients of the eighth Nagamori Award chosen annually by the Nagamori Foundation based in Kyoto, Japan. The honor recognizes outstanding researchers and engineers working in electric motors, motor drives and related fields.