Apr 13, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
We know: the future of the automotive industry is electric. Car manufacturers are clear about this and work hard to develop vehicles that help them meet the goal of achieving carbon neutrality in their products and operations, in addition to offering consumers...
Apr 7, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after five automakers issued recalls due to possible defects that could cause fires or stalling. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe...
Mar 3, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
A lab at San Diego State University is filled with bundles of wires, some of them attached to battery cells being tested. Near the center of the room is a black, steel case containing about 300 of those cells and weighing more than a thousand pounds. It’s a car...
Jan 13, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Scientists have developed a biologically-inspired membrane that could quintuple the charge capacity of electric car batteries, thereby massively increasing their range. A team from the University of Michigan used recycled Kevlar – the same material found in...
Dec 2, 2021 | Batteries, Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors is forming a joint venture with Posco Chemical of South Korea to build a North American battery-materials plant as it brings more steps in the electric-vehicle supply chain under its umbrella. The Detroit automaker said Wednesday that details of the...
Sep 2, 2021 | Batteries, Climate
In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through...
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