{"id":1180959,"date":"2020-04-28T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1021821"},"modified":"2020-04-28T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:15:09","slug":"talga-resources-to-provide-graphene-for-bentleys-e-axle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1180959","title":{"rendered":"Talga Resources to provide graphene for Bentley\u2019s e-axle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Talga Resources (ASX: TLG) announced that it will be part of the OCTOPUS project, an initiative whose goal is to deliver the ultimate single unit e-axle solution designed specifically to meet Bentley Motors&#8217; performance specifications.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Within the project, Talga has to develop and provide graphene materials for the high-performance electric motor windings. The main objective is to deliver an aluminium-based solution aimed at outperforming, and ultimately replacing, the copper windings currently used.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Talga owns multiple natural graphite deposits in Norrbotten County, north Sweden. Its flagship <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vittangi project  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/talga-receives-environmental-permit-for-swedish-graphite-project\/\" >Vittangi project<\/a> hosts the highest grade JORC\/NI 43-101 resource in the world with a total resource 12.3Mt @ 25.5% graphite using a 17% cutoff<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe improved motor windings form part of the project\u2019s aim of developing next-generation, lightweight, high-performance component systems that integrate the latest advanced materials and manufacturing techniques,\u201d the West Perth-based company said in a media statement. \u201cThe components are to be tested at sub-system and system level for an integration route into future e-axle designs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The e-axle concept combines electric motor, power electronics and transmission into a compact, electric drive solution for hybrid and battery-only electric vehicle applications. Bentley and other automotive manufacturers are focused on the e-axle concept as a way to reduce vehicle weight and improve performance.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for Talga\u2019s participation in this project will be provided by the IDP15: The Road to Zero-Emission Vehicles competition, which is organized by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company received funding to develop and provide graphene materials for the automaker&rsquo;s high-performance electric motor windings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1180959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181062,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180959\/revisions\/1181062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1180959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1180959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1180959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}