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The battery packs are produced by GS Yuasa, the same company that supplies the batteries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, whose entire fleet was grounded in January 2013 for battery problems. The lithium-ion battery of an i-MiEV caught fire at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant on March 18 while connected to a charge-discharge test equipment.
The 787 battery contract was signed in 2005, [27] when LiCoO 2 batteries were the only type of lithium aerospace battery available. Still, since then, newer and safer [ 28 ] types (such as LiFePO 4 ) and LiMn 2 O 4 (lithium manganate), which provide less reaction energy during thermal runaway , have become available.
The US government has announced new regulations that aim to keep Chinese batteries out of cars sold in the United States, a move that could push up the price of electric vehicles for American drivers.
Lithium-ion batteries from cars can sometimes be re-used for a second-life in factories [67] or as stationary batteries. [68] Some electric vehicle manufacturers, such as Tesla, claim that a lithium-ion battery that no longer fulfills the requirements of its intended use can be serviced by them directly, thereby lengthening its first-life. [69]
The rules also effectively ban Chinese- and Russian-made cars that incorporate the technologies in question. This ban comes after the White House quadrupled tariffs on some Chinese EVs to over 100% .
The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden ...
Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty titles that make up the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Title 14 is the principal set of rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) issued by the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, federal agencies of the United States which oversee Aeronautics and Space.
FAA data shows that lithium battery fires on U.S. flights have risen 388% since 2015, now occurring nearly twice a week.