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Sales of Electric Two Wheelers surged by a whopping 17% this festive season compared to last month in India The top three companies that did well in October are OLA Electric, TVS Motor, and Bajaj Auto. OLA Electric sold 23,644 vehicles last month, up from 18,615 in September, which is a 27% increase in MOM growth. TVS Motor sold 16,340 vehicles last month, compared to 15,576 in September, showing a 5% MOM growth. As for Bajaj Auto, they sold 8,289 vehicles last month, compared to 7,087 in September, with a MOM growth of 26%. These companies are doing a great job in the electric market. If we crunch the numbers and calculate the monthly growth of the top five companies, they have 82% of the market share of the total sales. Source:Electric Vehicle Info Read complete here: https://lnkd.in/d2fMtT-i Follow: http://polymerguru.blogspot.com

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than expected It wasn’t long ago rising demand and component shortages sparked concern that “greenflation” would drive up prices for the batteries used in electric vehicles. That’s subsiding as prices cool for battery metals, which could help make EVs more competitive with traditional cars more quickly.  Goldman Sachs Research now expects battery prices to fall to $99 per kilowatt hour (kWh) of storage capacity by 2025 — a 40% decrease from 2022 (the previous forecast was for a 33% decline). Our analysts estimate that almost half of the decline will come from declining prices of EV raw materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt. Battery pack prices are now expected to fall by an average of 11% per year from 2023 to 2030. As battery prices fall, Goldman Sachs Research estimates the EV market could achieve cost parity, without subsidies, with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles around the middle of th

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: Wilhelm Ostwald-Nobel prize 1909 Electrochemistry and Chemical Dynamics: It is assumed that Wilhelm Ostwald started his experimental work in 1875 with investigations of the law of mass action of water in relation to the problems of chemical affinity, with emphasis on electrochemistry and chemical dynamics. From 1894 Wilhelm Ostwald studied catalytic processes. He worked on inorganic, organic and biochemical questions and defined the majority of life processes as catalytic processes. The scientist published an initial determination of the term catalysis in the same year. The Ostwald Process In 1902, Wilhelm Ostwald filed the patent for the Ostwald process, used in the manufacture of nitric acid. Often, the year 1908 is given for the invention of the Ostwald process, which may have been the interval between filing the patent and the time it was granted. With the help of the Ostwald process, a more economical and large-scale production of fertilizers and explo

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share Striking the Perfect Balance: Lightweight vs. Comfort in Airplane Cabins  When flying, we all cherish the unique experience of traveling by air. Today, let's delve into a fascinating topic that often sparks debate: the delicate balance between "Lightweight" and "Comfort" in airplane cabins.  Lightweight Innovations: With advancements in materials, technology, and engineering, airlines have been relentlessly striving to make their aircraft lighter. Why? Lighter planes lead to significant fuel savings, reduced emissions, and ultimately, a more sustainable future for air travel. These innovations are remarkable feats of engineering that we can't help but support with our Additive Fusion Technology (AFT)™ design & manufacturing standard!  The Pursuit of Passenger Comfort: At the heart of every aviation endeavor lies the utmost priority – passenger comfort. Airlines continuously invest in enhancing the in-flight experience, providi

Resolving a 200-year-old challenge, Bengaluru physicists have developed a “heat engine” that generates high-power with high-efficiency, overcoming a “trade-off” associated with all types of engines, from cars and aeroplanes to nuclear reactors. The path-breaking discovery from researchers at the Indian Institute of Sciences and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research opens up the door to design fundamentally new engines using the novel concept, and can be translated into developing tiny microscopic engines for targeted drug delivery inside cells. “This is a conceptual breakthrough that opens up many new doors. It is the beginning of a fresh journey. What was thought impossible, has been achieved, Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government and a co-author of the study, told DH. In 1824, French engineer Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot – known as the father of thermodynamics – proposed what is known as the Carnot engine, the most efficient engine which is

  Today's KNOWLEDGE Share Toray just unveiled TORAYCA™ T1200, the world's ultra high-strength carbon fiber. This carbon fiber helps move us forward to reducing environmental footprints by making carbon fiber-reinforced plastic materials lighter. This also opens a new performance frontier for strength-driven applications, from aerostructures and defense to alternative energy and consumer products. Leveraging this fundamental technology led Toray to develop TORAYCA™ T1200 in its new facility within the Ehime Plant (in Masaki-cho, Ehime Prefecture). T1200 has a tensile strength of up to 1,160 Ksi, more than 10% higher than TORAYCA™ T1100, which currently has the highest tensile strength available. T1100 applications include defense weapon systems, space, aircraft, and sports and leisure equipment. Toray began the commercial production of TORAYCA™ carbon fiber in 1971 at the Ehime Plant and diversified the application into compressed natural gas and high-pressure hydrogen tanks, au

The research group of professor Kotohiro Nomura, Tokyo Metropolitan University, in cooperation with the research group of director Hiroshi Hirano, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, has developed biobased polyesters from inedible plant resources, which can be easily chemical recyclable and exhibit promising mechanical properties in film than commodity plastics. Promising Alternative Materials to Commodity Polymers: The development of high-performance sustainable, recyclable plastics is an important subject to realize circular economy. Biobased polyesters made from plant resources are expected to become promising alternative materials to commodity polymers such as  #polyethylene  and  #polypropylene  produced from petroleum. However, there have been few examples of the development of high-performance materials that exceed required mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation at break. Synthesis methods for high molecular weight (long chain) p