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Brazilian aerospace company Embraer plans to launch its first all-electric prototype aircraft in 2020. Electric equipment manufacturer WEG will produce the demonstrator aircraft’s motor and controller at its headquarters in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. Parker Aerospace will supply the aircraft’s cooling system. The technology will be tested on the single-engine EMB-203 Ipanema.

The US DOE has awarded $1,223,833 to Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a company that uses high-throughput methods to develop next-generation battery materials, to develop materials for an all-solid-state battery. Solid-state batteries will allow for higher energy densities and better safety performance, according to Wildcat, which will use the money to explore the development of a composite solid ion conductor and stabilization of a lithium metal anode.

The project is scheduled to begin in October, and end in late 2021.

Wildcat CEO Mark Gresser said, “This valuable funding from the DOE, combined with our unique high-throughput discovery capability, provides us with the resources necessary to make some really exciting progress in this field.”

Wildcat Chief Scientific Officer Dee Strand said, “Wildcat is ideally suited to rapidly explore new materials for solid electrolyte technologies via our parallel high-throughput experimentation and machine learning platform.”

Source: Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Source: Electric Vehicles Magazine

Volkswagen’s first EV designed for mass production, and the first to be based on the modular MEB platform, is on display at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show. So are a lot of other EVs – mainstream outlets from CNET to the Wall Street Journal reported that electrification is the dominant theme at this year’s show.

The VW ID.3 is a five-door hatchback with three battery options. The base model will have a 45 kWh battery pack that delivers a range of 205 miles (as measured by the WLTP). The mid-range option (the only one offered for the launch edition), has a 58 kWh pack with a range of 261 miles. The top of the range will be a 77 kWh rig that packs 342 miles.

The ID.3’s rear-axle motor cranks out 204 hp (150 kW) and peak
torque of 229 lb-ft (310 Nm). Volkswagen hasn’t released a 0-60 time, but says
the new EV will “accelerate rapidly,” and will have an electronically limited top
speed of 100 mph.

Production is to begin in November, and VW claims to have
over 30,000 pre-orders on the books. The entry-level version is expected to be
priced under €30,000 in Germany. Now for the bad news: there are no plans to sell
the ID.3 in the US.

The Germans haven’t entirely forgotten us, however. Also on display in Frankfurt is a camouflaged production version of the ID.4 CROZZ, a crossover that’s expected to hit the US market next year. VW isn’t ready to give the press a good look at the CROZZ yet, but the booth bunnies say it will have a two-motor all-wheel drive system, an 83 kWh battery pack and a range of “up to 300 miles.” VW plans to offer a 150 kW DC charging capacity.

Last year, VW said it will begin building the ID CROZZ and the ID BUZZ in the US in 2022. The company has announced an investment of $800 million in its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory to prepare for the production of the two new vehicles.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen execs are hinting that, thanks to
economies of scale, they’ve brought the cost of the ID.3’s batteries below $100
per kWh, the figure that many analysts consider to be the tipping point at
which EVs become more affordable than legacy vehicles.

Ralf Brandstätter, COO of the Volkswagen brand, wouldn’t be
drawn – when the New York Times recently asked him whether the automaker had
reached the magic number, he just grinned and said, “We are the company that will
provide electromobility for all.” However, another exec, who declined to be
identified, said that the company was paying “less than $100/kWh for batteries.”
(Of course, the Times did not specify whether this referred to cell-level or
pack-level cost.)

It really manages to reduce unsprung mass with clever solutions.
Source: Electric Vehicle News

VW is planning to make a hot-hatch ‘R’ version of the ID.3 with the higher performance delivered by an all-wheel-drive electric powertrain, but it will likely take a while. more…

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More than 9 out of 10 plug-in cars registered in the Netherlands are all-electric.
Source: Electric Vehicle News

Tesla is making a lot of moves in the battery space lately and now it has added a patent for a new longer-lasting battery cell with better performance and cheaper cost. more…

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Source: Charge Forward

Juiced Bikes has a new electric moped-style e-bike coming out soon, the Juiced Scorpion. And the latest news shows that it will start at an ultra-low $1,299 price.

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