Charley Grimston, Altelium chief executive, urges the automotive and green energy industry to unite and call on the Government to dramatically increase the UK’s battery production capacity. As Charley explains in Smart Transport, we need to make far more electric …
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Empowering second life uses of electric batteries
From an environmental and financial point of view, electric batteries need to be given second life uses. Altelium provides the battery data to make this possible with minimal risk. AZoCleantech asked Altelium’s Alex Johns, where will the Tesla second life …
Read MoreResponse to the Sixth Carbon Budget
While recognising that the Sixth Carbon Budget is a high-level vision, and that the general direction has been set well, it comes across as very urban centric and notably lacking in a decentralised, two way, micro grid approach. The ambition …
Read MoreResponse to the Green Plan
We welcome the government’s Green Plan (18.11.20), and in particular the determination to bring forward the ban on sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to 2030. As Charley Grimston, Chief Executive of Altelium notes in The Guardian there are …
Read MoreTaking Lithium to London and Hydrogen to Heysham
Professor Harry Hoster of Lancaster University, and co-founder and chief technical officer at Altelium, gave a presentation on Thursday 15th October, speaking as part of Lancaster University’s public lecture series. Highlighting the role of battery technology knowledge in creating new …
Read MoreShared standards and protocols are essential to autonomous driving
Tesla started beta testing of its latest full self-driving software yesterday, 20.10.20. This will see driverless vehicles take a huge leap from level 2+ autonomy (“hands off”) to at least level 4 autonomy (“mind off”), which is getting very close …
Read MorePreparing for the end of the ICE age
Writing in Aftermarket magazine, Charley Grimston describes the role of the garage market in handling electric vehicles and how the sector can best prepare for the day when internal combustion engines (ICE) are outlawed. As Boris Johnson is set to …
Read MoreAltelium celebrates World EV Day 9 Sept
The inaugural World EV Day is a great opportunity to celebrate how the EV is the cornerstone of the world’s transition to a sustainable energy circular economy. Charley Grimston, Altelium’s CEO and co-founder, describes why we are at such an …
Read MoreFleet Managers Need Complete Battery State Of Health Data
Alex Johns, Altelium’s new business development manager, argues that fleet managers need complete battery state of health data to effectively operate EV fleets, benefit from extended warranties and understand the second life market. In an article recently published by Electronic …
Read MoreAltelium welcomes Minister Kwarteng’s announcement about battery storage planning laws
Altelium CEO Charley Grimston gave an enthusiastic response to the announcement from Kwasi Kwarteng, Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, that planning laws would be relaxed to allow large energy storage units to be built more quickly. Charley said: …
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