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ASavvyBuyer

Martyn1981 said:

Well, kind of obvious and a brilliant idea ........ now I've read it. Doh!

London bus garage to become world's largest 'trial power station’

A bus garage in north London is to be converted into the world's largest trial site for a new low-emissions type of power station.
Northumberland Park garage will host vehicle-to-grid technology, which feeds energy stored in parked electric buses back into the electricity network.
If the government-funded Bus2Grid project is rolled out across London it could power an estimated 150,000 homes.
The project will begin in November and run for three years.

Links for above:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53762711

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-energy-transportation/london-bus-garage-turns-virtual-power-station-in-worlds-largest-trial-idUSKCN25934H

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/northumberland-park-bus-garage-virtual-power-station-a4523446.html

https://www.offgridenergyindependence.com/articles/21447/london-bus-garage-becomes-worlds-largest-vehicle-to-grid-site

Martyn1981

Quadruple squared for European battery production:

Li-ion Battery Cell Capacity Will Quadruple To 1.3 TWh By 2030, New Report Forecasts

In a new report by Wood Mackenzie, the organization forecasts that the global lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity pipeline could quadruple and reach 1.4 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030 compared to last year. The total capacity applies to the 119 battery manufacturing facilities that are operational, under construction, or announced by more than 50 vendors.

She also pointed out that Europe is getting more competitive. It currently accounts for just 7% of the global capacity. It’s expected to rise up to 25% of the global pipeline capacity in 2030, thanks in part to battery upstart Northvolt (see our three-part interview with its CEO and founder Peter Carlsson here, here, and here). Additionally, major Asian battery manufacturers have been adding capacity in Europe.

OK 3.57x the market share of a 4x larger market = 14 fold increase.

This is certainly not the most bullish forecast. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloombergNEF) expects 1 TWh of battery production capacity just by 2025, while Benchmark Minerals expects 1 TWh of capacity by 2022/2023, 1.35 TWh by 2025, and 2.5 TWh by 2030, with China’s CATL accounting for 332 GWh and Tesla, the fourth-largest producer, with 148 GWh of capacity in 2030.

That's a hell of a lot of batteries, and BEV's.

Martyn1981

The battery news sounds promising, though the technology may not be viable till 2025-2030.

Toyota Announces Fluoride-Ion Solid State Battery, Plans To Stop Selling Prius In Germany

We don’t hear very much about Toyota when it comes to electric cars these days. If it is working on them, it seems to be in no particular hurry to bring them to market. But that doesn’t mean Toyta is not hard at work on developing new batteries for future EVs. This week, researchers at Kyoto University who are working in conjunction with Toyota announced the development of a fluoride-ion solid state battery with up to 7 times the energy density of a conventional lithium-ion battery, according to Nikkei.

Solid state batteries require no complex cooling systems because they are far less subject to thermal runaway incidents that can lead to fires or explosions in conventional lithium-ion batteries. Higher density means more power and longer range. The lack of a cooling system means lower costs. Those are both good news.

Martyn1981

Big market share for Tesla, but VW and Nissan/Renault are strong too. Not sure if he was joking, or just thinking out loud, but Elon recently said that with annual production rises around 40-50%pa, Tesla could aim for around 20m cars and 20% of all sales (pa) in a decade.

Tesla Had 28% of World’s Fully Electric Vehicle Sales in 1st Half of 2020

When you look only at fully electric vehicle sales, Tesla’s market share rises to 28%, while the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Volkswagen Group each had 10%.

Martyn1981

OK, kinda whacky, or brilliant, I'm not really sure, but small scale passenger 'ferries' linking pedestrian/cycle routes in/near large cities seems like a good idea ..... I think?

CrossWater Autonomous Electric Personal Ferry Is Way Cool

CrossWater is an autonomous, electrically-powered floating horizontal elevator designed to traverse bodies of water safely and comfortably. Imagine if people in New Jersey didn’t need to cross the George Washington Bridge or use the Lincoln Tunnel to get to Manhattan every day. Instead, they could go down to the banks of the Hudson River and be whisked across in a matter of minutes. Pair the CrossWater with bicycle sharing on both sides of the river and millions of trips by car could be eliminated every year.

Martyn1981

Kia Niro has pushed Tesla off the top spot in the Netherlands:

Kia Niro EV = New #1 EV In The Netherlands

The Dutch automotive market is out of its pandemic-related disruption, having reached positive numbers in July (+4% year over year/YoY), but while the overall market has finally recovered, the plugin segment is officially in Warp Speed (up 139% last month). Overall, 5,685 plugin vehicles were sold in July, a new year best, pulling the YTD tally back into positive numbers (+15% YoY), thanks to over 25,000 registrations.

joefizz

Martyn1981 said:

The battery news sounds promising, though the technology may not be viable till 2025-2030.

Toyota Announces Fluoride-Ion Solid State Battery, Plans To Stop Selling Prius In Germany

These developments should always be read in context with other parallel developments. One of the things they dont mention is that the lifetime of the battery with this technology (and sodium) is a lot shorter. I mentioned it previously in the battery thread.
If they nail this and also nail down quick battery replacements (think perhaps every year or every 18 months during a service) as well as full recycling then you have a winner. Hence my previous comments about changing technologies and car/vehicle development lifecycles. Would still be on track for current targets and potentially a lot less polluting than current battery technologies (as well as more availablitity of resources).

ASavvyBuyer

There have been a lots of reports about the high % of EV's in Norway compared to elsewhere.

I was just checking the Day Ahead prices on Nordpool and noticed the map feature for showing prices for the rest of Europe.

Seeing Norway's prices per MW was quite a surprise, currently averaging about 4.5eur/MW compared to 47eur/MW for the UK:

No wonder they have a lot of EV's if their electric wholesale price is that cheap.

ASavvyBuyer

Electric vehicles could save the US billions each year, study finds

While electric vehicles usually cost more for the consumer at the point of purchase, a new study has applied a much broader scope to the economics of green transportation and found it could actually save the US tens of billions of dollars each year. The analysis combined climate modeling with data on vehicle fleets and public health to reveal that electric vehicles (EVs) could negate significant damages brought by climate change and air pollution, in addition to preventing many premature deaths.

Martyn1981

Seems Hamburg is keen to go BEV for Buses.

Hamburg Will Get 530 Electric Buses In 2021–2025

The city of Hamburg is one of the first in Europe or the Americas to follow the lead of Chinese cities and switch over 100% to purchasing electric buses, rather than gas, diesel, and natural gas buses. In the coming five years, it plans to get 530 new buses, all 100% electric.