THE FARADAY INSTITUTION/RESEARCH PROJECTS THE FARADAY INSTITUTION / FAST START PROJECTS 2018

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A key goal holistic and coordinated efforts of the • University of Glasgow electric vehicles is crucial to help assuage and the physical and chemical processes • University of Southampton for the automotive industry is to better research. An ability to fully understand the • University of Liverpool range anxiety and provide the operational occurring inside the battery that lead to • University of Sheffield understand the causes and mechanisms of causes of low lifetime in lithium ion • convenience required for mass adoption of degradation. This Fast Start Project will • degradation to enable improved prediction batteries will place the UK at the forefront • University of Southampton the technology. Fast charging, however, provide a more complete understanding of • And 10 industrial collaborators and control of the state of health of of the next generation of battery electric • University of Strathclyde can rapidly accelerate degradation and the signatures of degradation, lead to battery systems. vehicle technology. • University of Warwick even trigger degradation mechanisms that increased lifetime and better prediction of • And 10 industrial collaborators

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