by dankeelan | Aug 9, 2023 | Batteries, Safety
Volvo is recalling nearly all battery-powered electric trucks in the U.S. that were made over the past four years because of an issue that may potentially cause a battery fire. The checks affect about 172 vehicles as part of the Volvo brand and nine Mack Trucks, built...
by dankeelan | Jul 20, 2023 | Batteries, Business, Detroit
General Motors has idled production of some of its electric vehicles due to a battery shortage. BrightDrop—a GM startup brand that’s building last-mile delivery vans for companies like FedEx and Verizon—has stopped building EVs at its plant in...
by dankeelan | Jul 13, 2023 | Batteries, Business, Electric Vehicles
Panasonic has confirmed it intends to build four more electric vehicle battery plants in the coming years, according to Reuters. This comes after Automotive News reported last month that the Japanese multinational giant plans to build a third EV battery...
by dankeelan | Jul 13, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Draping an electric car with a temperature-regulating blanket while it is parked could help keep its battery in prime condition. When an electric vehicle is parked outside, or in an unheated garage, its temperature can vary dramatically from day to night and from...
by dankeelan | Jul 6, 2023 | Batteries, Trucks
Harbinger has gone for a modular design that uses 2170 cylindrical cells, packed in increments of 35 kWh, each adding about 40 miles (64 km) of range. Instead of stamping the pack casing out of steel, it’s using a giant casting press to make a single-piece...
by dankeelan | Jun 29, 2023 | Batteries
John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery that revolutionized modern life, has died at the age of 100, the University of Texas announced. Goodenough died on Sunday, said the university, where he worked as an...
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