Batteries
A New Battery Intended to Power Passenger Airplanes and EVs, Explained
The transition to electric vehicles is accelerating, with a rise in market share and advances in technology. In the accompanying blizzard of reports and corporate statements, some potentially huge developments can pass with little notice or explanation. Here’s one: CATL, the China-based company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of EV batteries, provided details last […]
Read MoreThis Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a solid-state battery that could be used to vastly expand the range of EVs, and it could unlock the ability to use batteries on short-haul aircraft and heavy trucks. But for now it’s a lab-scale battery cell, about the size of a […]
Read MoreThe EV Battery Boom Is Here, With Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories
Last week, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the headquarters of Our Next Energy, a battery manufacturing startup in Novi, a Detroit suburb. This is an increasingly common scene as demand for electric vehicles is leading to an expansion of U.S. battery manufacturing on a scale so large that it’s almost difficult […]
Read MoreHow a New ‘Battery Data Genome’ Project Will Use Vast Amounts of Information to Build Better EVs
How much does an electric vehicle’s battery performance change in hot weather? How about cold? If someone drives aggressively in an EV, how does that affect the battery life? How much do variations in battery materials make a difference in how an EV performs in various conditions? Researchers and manufacturers have partial answers to these […]
Read MoreA Clean Energy Trifecta: Wind, Solar and Storage in the Same Project
Elected officials and energy company executives gathered last week in rural Oregon to mark the completion of Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility, a project that combines a wind farm, solar array and battery storage. This is the fourth and the largest project in the United States to combine those three renewable energy resources on the same […]
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