Seeking Synergies
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SEEKING SYNERGIES Dear Reader, By the time this copy of Auto Tech Review reaches you, we would be taking the covers off our first event, the ‘India Battery Conclave 2013’. Our endeavour, like we had committed earlier, would be to try and contribute to the creation of a battery ecosystem in the country through thoughtful ideations and resolute deliberations; in an attempt at finding answers to the current challenges in the battery domain, and preparing for a future that offers myriad solutions. While we hope the conclave would set in motion new thoughts in battery technology, some exciting developments have been made world over in recent times. Today, many of the solutions being talked about still seem like fantasies. Like the one by Dr Grigorii Soloveichik at GE Global Research, who is developing a new kind of water-based “flow” battery for electric vehicles that could help you commute between Mumbai and Hyderabad on a single charge! These batteries could even be 75 % cheaper than car batteries currently available in the market, and for electric vehicles, this could be a game changer. Or would it be General Motors, who has talked about a form of lithium-ion technology containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese (NMC) – a combination it feels will produce more powerful and cheaper batteries than any other lithium-ion chemical composition? The Vorbeck Materials Corporation, meanwhile, in their research collaboration with Princeton University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is leading a development of graphene-based batteries, which could recharge in a matter of minutes. For a market with unique requirements and demands, solutions acceptable in developed markets may not quite make practical sense in India. Hence, there is a much bigger need to undertake research work in the area of batteries, specific to the needs of the Indian industry. The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 clearly talks about the need of a more systematic and collaborative approach in order to achieve the potential in the long-term through synergies across the government, industry and the academia. The India Battery Conclave would address most of these issues, and strive to prepare an action roadmap for batteries in the country.
DEEPANGSHU DEV SARMAH
Editor-in-Chief New Delhi, November 2013
@deepangshu
autotechreview.com
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