Battery life is the bane of of electric vehicle manufacturers. At
this point, batteries aren't advanced enough for cars to go significant
distances without either switching out for a fresh battery or
recharging at a designated ...READ»
Watch out, Duracell. Xtreme Power may have you beat on the durability front with its PowerCell battery, a cheap dry-cell battery that lasts up to 20 years and keeps working after a machine gun blasts it repeatedly.
The fiberglass ...READ»
Apparently, consumer electronics brand Sanyo isn't content with dominating the lithium ion market. Now the company has announced that it is building entire homes equipped with its li-ion batteries. The recently announced Sanyo Homes ...READ»
Lithium-ion batteries will most likely power the next generation of electric vehicles, but Arizona-based startup Fluidic Energy is already looking further into the future. The company, which is betting on a metal-air ionic liquid ...READ»
Lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries are often the most expensive part of an EV, jacking up the price of what might be an affordable sedan to a price that is out of reach for most consumers. The solution: Nissan wants to recycle ...READ»
Lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries are often the most expensive part of an EV, jacking up the price of what might be an affordable sedan to a price that is out of reach for most consumers. The solution: Nissan wants to recycle ...READ»
You may presume, what with the technology being so new, that there isn't much opportunity to supe up your green tech hybrid car. California company 3Prong has a different idea--and a new system to mod your Prius.
Note that by "mod" ...READ»
Many of our most promising electric cars have parts--or entire assemblies--being built in China. But when it comes to the most important (and most expensive) component, EV companies may turn to American manufacturers. One such ...READ»
Better Place, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle infrastructure startup, has stepped up its game--first with the announcement of an in-car piece of software that checks battery charging options, and now with news of a partnership ...READ»
Lithium ion batteries are the de facto choice for most plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturers, but at least one company thinks that zinc-air batteries are a better option. Advanced Power and Energy Sources Transportation ...READ»
Lithium-air batteries are a strong candidate for electric car energy storage, but they face a major hurdle: internal clogging due to solid byproducts. It's an issue that has prevented li-air batteries, which offer 10 times the ...READ»
Finally, some good news for beleaguered electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors. Only a day after CEO Elon Musk wrote a long blog post defending himself and his company against rumors and accusations, Tesla has been awarded approval ...READ»
Electric vehicles have definitely hit the big time now that gasoline-slinging companies are getting involved. The Maya 300, an all-electric vehicle coming out in 2011, will feature a lithium ion battery separator film dubbed ...READ»
There's already a glut of solar-powered electronics chargers on the market, but battery behemoth Energizer is expanding its Energi to Go line of power packs with ten new models scheduled to be released in July--including two new ...READ»
Lithium battery technology--the hidden power behind much of the improvements in our portable gadgets--is about to make a huge step-change, thanks to two different science groups. One uses sulfur and the other uses air--but both ...READ»
Plants miraculously create clean energy using only sunlight and water, and until recently, we've only been able to look on in envy. All our attempts to mimic photosynthesis have been expensive and energy intensive. But a new ...READ»
We've heard a lot of creative ideas for powering rechargeable batteries, but this one from MIT takes the cake. Researchers at the university have genetically engineered viruses to build the positively and negatively charged ends ...READ»
During a visit to the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in California yesterday, President Obama addressed how the $2.4 billion outlined in the stimulus fund to get more electric vehicles on the road is going to be spent. ...READ»
MIT has been keeping us on our toes recently. First we heard about robotic farmers tending to fruit and vegetable plants, and now researchers at the venerable university have re-engineered lithium ion batteries to charge at ...READ»
We've talked a lot about future battery technology, but generally the innovations are for products that we won't see for years. Perhaps not so with a new invention from MIT since it's a modification of already ubiquitous lithium-ion ...READ»
One of the biggest hurdles to more widespread use of solar power is that there is no simple way to store the excess energy produced, and peak energy demand doesn't always dovetail with sunny days. The latest attempt to solve this ...READ»
Palm's very promising Pre smartphone looks like it may reuse battery tech from it's older Centro sibling. And while this is probably good news as far as pricing is concerned, the decision has people asking: "is the battery big enough ...READ»
While Li-ion battery makers in the US are going cap-in-hand to the government in search of federal aid to keep up with foreign companies, it's been rumored that Nissan and NEC are about to invest around $1 billion of their own capital ...READ»
Though a number of solar-powered gizmos for recharging your batteries have existed for a while, the entry of a big player like Energizer into the market means that you can take solar-recharging seriously from now on. Due to be ...READ»
Battery technology progresses on a daily basis, but lithium-ion tech still has a place in many consumer electronic gadgets and electric-powered cars. And that's why a consortium of fourteen US companies is lobbying for a ...READ»
