Nissan, Formula E, UCR, Auto Recycling Nederland.

Ethanol fuel cell testing: Nissan is testing what could prove a real champion of efficiency in Brazil. The Japanese now showed the Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system working inside an NV200. That prototype allegedly runs for 600 km on the “e-Bio Fuel Cell” without the need for reloading hydrogen as it uses ethanol to produce H2 on board. Nissan says it will proceed testing the EV with a 24 kWh battery on public Brazilian roads.
automotiveworld.com, nissan-global.com, youtube.com

Roborace presents: The Formula E is to get autonomous company by next year. Roborace now unveiled the final design for the driverless electric racers. As they come without a pilot, they are ultra-flat, futuristic, and pretty fierce. No other than Tron:Legacy designer Daniel Simon signs responsible.
carscoops.com, topgear.com

Tiny bits of tin increase the charge capacity and cycle stability of silicon-based anodes significantly, researchers in California found. The UCR team made a structure in which nanoparticles of tin are segregated at the interface between the silicon layer and the solid electrolyte interface.
greencarcongress.com

Official second life: Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN) has received approval to give used batteries from hybrid and electric cars a new purpose in stationery storage applications. ARN implements the Battery Management Decree (Bbb) and partners with Dutch battery foundation Stibat.
arn.nl