Tesla battery researcher unveils new cell that could last 1 million miles and last at least two decades

Not just anybody but [lithium-ion battery pioneer] Jeff Dahn released a paper detailing cells that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) and last at least two decades in grid energy storage.” We present a wide range of testing results on an excellent moderate-energy-density lithium-ion pouch cell chemistry to serve as benchmarks for academics and companies developing advanced lithium-ion and other “beyond lithium-ion” cell chemistries to (hopefully) exceed. These results are far superior to those that have been used by researchers modelling cell failure mechanisms and as such, these results are more representative of modern Li-ion cells and should be adopted by modellers. Up to three years of testing has been completed for some of the tests.
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Consumption slowdown started with note ban: RBI

“Basically, it works through the income route, so there were two factors that seem to have impacted the dip in Bank’s exposure to consumer durables post-demonetisation — one is that the MSMEs had serious problems in terms of cash crunch, employees’ departure which eventually led to their shutdown, and second is inventory pile-up, as people did not have cash to buy, along with increased unemployment and loss of income in the same year,” said Govind Rao, member, 14th Finance Commission.
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