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- A new solid-state EV battery never loses charge capacity Fri, 16 Dec 22, 7:30amA group of scientists have discovered a new way to build the next-generation batteries for electric cars. The new batteries will not lose their capacity even after hundreds of charging cycles. The breakthrough has been attained...
- Fisker Replaces Almost All Of Its Faulty Karma Batteries in a Speedy Fashion Wed, 4 Jan 12, 2:44amJust two weeks ago Fisker Automotive and their battery supplier A123 announced to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the lithium ion batteries used in their Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid electric models...
- Fisker Officially Recalls All Karmas to Fix Battery Defect Sat, 31 Dec 11, 9:01amFisker Automotive, the maker of the Fisker Karma luxury plug-in electric hybrid vehicle has officially announced a recall of all 239 Karmas in the world in order to fix a defect recently revealed by their battery manufacturer, A123...
- New Graphene Lithium-Air Batteries Increase Energy Density and Decrease Costs Wed, 30 Nov 11, 4:52amIn a not so distant future the concept of electric vehicle range anxiety may completely disappear thanks to research by laboratories across the nation...
- New Crash-Proof Electric Vehicle Battery Can be Mass Produced Sat, 8 Oct 11, 1:52amResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal, Germany are looking to help electric vehicles shed a few pounds – the lighter the car, the further it can travel on one charge...
- New Axeon Battery Could Extend Electric Car Range by 35% Thu, 29 Sep 11, 10:30pmUK manufacturer Axeon has successfully led a consortium to develop a new battery pack that could extend the range of electric vehicles by 35 percent. That would be enough to make your Chevy Volt go 50 miles instead of 37...
- MIT’s New Liquid Flow Batteries Could Make Refueling EVs as Fast as Pumping Gas Tue, 7 Jun 11, 12:50amA team of researchers at MIT set out to “reinvent the rechargeable battery” and succeeded by creating a liquid-flow battery, suitable for electric vehicles that can be recharged as quickly as simply pumping gas...
- New Lithium-Air Batteries Could Go 500 Miles on a Single Charge Tue, 12 Apr 11, 2:15amResearchers at the materials research division of Risø DTU in Denmark are developing a new lithium-air (Li-air) vehicle battery that is lightweight, holds a lot of energy, and could enable car-makers to fully electrify larger...
- Used EV Batteries Will Help Power Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant Wed, 16 Mar 11, 2:04amFord is working with Xtreme Power to test the reuse of electric vehicle batteries for solar power storage at its Michigan Assembly Plant.
- The MET Concept Car’s Back Wheel is an Interchangeable Battery Tue, 22 Feb 11, 3:27amDesigners Kyu-Hyun Lee & Sol Lee wanted to solve the hassle of charging electric vehicle (EV) batteries, so they designed the MET concept car which has an interchangeable back wheel that holds the car’s energy...
- Contour Energy Systems Designing Batteries That Last 10x Longer Wed, 13 Oct 10, 3:15amLithium ion batteries may be the battery of choice for electric vehicles such as the Prius, but they’e still severely limited, with some batteries needing a recharge after 100 miles...