Battery Manufacturing and Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.

Intro -- BATTERY MANUFACTURING AND ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES -- BATTERY MANUFACTURING AND ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: Battery Manufacturing for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: Policy Issues -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- HOW DOES A TRADITIONAL AUTOMOBILE ENGINE WORK? -- BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES -- What Are the Alternatives? -- The Basics of Lithium-Ion Batteries -- The Li-Ion Battery Supply Chain -- The Role of the Automakers -- THE BATTERY MANUFACTURING PROCESS -- ARRA AND THE BATTERY SUPPLY CHAIN -- FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY R&amp -- D -- Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles -- FreedomCAR and beyond -- GROWTH PROSPECTS OF THE U.S. BATTERY INDUSTRY -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A. ARRA AWARDS -- APPENDIX B. HYBRID VEHICLE BATTERY PLACEMENT -- APPENDIX C. CURRENT AND PLANNED HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE U. S. MARKET -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- WHERE WE ARE TODAY -- Market for Electric Drive Vehicles Expected to Increase -- POLICY -- Manufacturing Investments -- Deployment, Demonstration, and Outreach -- Incentives -- ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH R&amp -- D -- CONSUMER DEMAND -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: Comparative Costs of Flexible Package Cells and Rigid Cells for Lithium-Ion Hybrid Electric Vehicle Batteries -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. COST COMPARISON -- 2.1. Cost of Fabrication of Cell Windings -- 2.2. Cost of Attachment of Electrodes to Terminals -- 2.3. Cost of Container Fabrication and Sealing -- 2.4. Cost of Terminal Fabrication and Sealing -- 2.5. Cost of Provision for Cooling Channels -- 2.6. Cost of Pressure Relief and Pressure Sensing.

2.7. Cost of Intercell Connections -- 2.8. Cost of Module and Battery Hardware -- 3. COMPARATIVE COST SUMMARY -- 4. RIGID CONTAINER WITH POLYMER-SEALED TERMINALS -- APPENDIX A. DESIGN MODELING -- APPENDIX B. THERMAL MANAGEMENT -- APPENDIX C. SAFETY AND MONITORING -- APPENDIX D. COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: A Review of Battery Life-Cycle Analysis: State of Knowledge and Critical Needs -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EVALUATION CRITERIA -- 3. ENERGY ANALYSIS -- 3.1. Materials Production -- 3.2. Battery Manufacturing -- 3.3. Recycling of Batteries and Battery Materials -- 3.4. Cradle-to-Gate Life-Cycle Energy Comparisons of the Batteries -- 3.5. Emissions Analysis -- 3.6. Use of Results in Product Life Cycles -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 5: Batteries for Vehicular Applications -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION TO BATTERIES -- BATTERIES FOR HEVS -- BATTERIES FOR EVS -- BATTERIES FOR PHEVS -- FUTURE OF BATTERIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Index.

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