As part of its plan to become climate neutral by 2050, the EU wants to boost local production of the building blocks for green industries – including hydrogen fuel to make low-carbon steel and batteries to power clean vehicles BRUSSELS : The European Union could produce enough batteries by 2025 to power its fast-growing fleet […]
GM: New Batteries Cut Electric Car Costs, Increase Range
DETROIT : General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also will increase the range per charge to as much as 450 miles. The companys product development chief promised a small electric SUV that […]
Electric car batteries: the facts
Driven by lithium – Electric vehicles, or EVs, have an electric motor rather than an internal combustion engine. They may be powered by fuel cells that generate electricity from hydrogen or a lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack Sotkamo : Hailed as a route to a green, carbon-free future, electric car batteries have the world’s superpowers vying […]
Bentley is leading the charge to batteries. British carmakers must join it
Tesla and China have stolen a huge march – but the UK’s automotive sector still has the capability to close the gap Carmakers talk a good game. Even the biggest petrolhead automotive executives are now practised at conjuring images of a zero-emissions future, but that future always seems to be just a bit further off. […]
Does Europe have the tools it needs to quit importing batteries?
For some time now, Asia has been the undisputed centre of global battery production. For companies elsewhere looking to source batteries, Asia was the only place to go. However, from a standing start in 2016, the European battery sector has since burst into life. There is still a long way to go, but there has […]
Iberdrola to operate a giant storage system with network batteries in Australia
Infigen has reached an agreement with local distributor TransGrid to operate Wallgrove’s battery powered energy storage system in New South Wales, called the “Wallgrove Network Battery”. The battery will have a power of 50 MW, capable of producing 75 MW, and Infigen will manage it for a period of 10 years, after its commissioning. Wallgrove […]
A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?
NV Energy tests digital tech to track kilowatts of clean energy from cradle to grave. Blockchain’s energy sector applications range from the highly speculative — think peer-to-peer energy-trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings — to more incremental efforts, grounded in the real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. The latter describes […]
Tesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million miles
A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car. Last year, we reported on Jeff Dahn and his lab, who are under contract to do battery research for Tesla, releasing an interesting paper that […]
Batteries Plus Recognized for Steady Systemwide Sales
Nation’s Leading Battery, Light Bulb, Key Fob & Repair Concept Ranked on Franchise Times Prestigious Top 200 + List of Largest U.S. Franchises HARTLAND, Wis : — Batteries Plus, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing battery, light bulb, key fob and repair franchise announced today that it has been ranked No. 131 on Franchise Times’ Top […]
Inverted Energy launches India made batteries for EVs, homes
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Battery maker Inverted Energy has launched a new range of indigenously designed and engineered lithium batteries that are 20 per cent more efficient than the ones currently in the market. This new range, which will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Okhla, has various applications including electric vehicles, solar […]