Molten-Air Batteries Might Give EVs 7,000 Miles Range
3 Jul 2014, 12:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some automakers are investing a lot into creating fuel cell vehicles, but unless they don’t come up with a very cheap way to get hydrogen, standard electric vehicles seem a better alternative ...
Could These Algae Batteries Save Electric Vehicles?
4 Jun 2014, 16:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Scientists are currently working on all sort of technologies to create electricity more efficiently and more portably if possible. So far we have fuel cells, solar cell roads, carbon-carbon batterie...
This EV Can Go 1,000 Miles on New Aluminum-Air Batteries
4 Jun 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Petrol goes down, taxes and regulations go up, but this gives birth to a lot of new alternative ways of powering our cars. If those incredible carbon-carbon batteries didn’t mess up your brain...
This Tiny Battery Will Charge Your Phone and Jumpstart a Car
28 Apr 2014, 15:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Electric batteries are in a continuous development, with humanity’s need of having electricity on the go to power its portable technology. Their potential and interest started to increase alon...
Price of Lithium-Ion Batteries Set to Drop by 2015
8 May 2012, 11:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ronald Berger Strategy Consultants (RBSC) - as their name suggests, a consultancy firm - have released their updated study on the lithium-ion battery industry for the automotive world. The segme...
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Might Have a Chance After All
19 Jul 2011, 15:28 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Hydrogen fuel might have a chance in becoming the energy source of our vehicles in the future after all. A decade ago, hydrogen fuel cells were being considered as the green power source of choice. ...
GM Wants Post Vehicle App for Volt Batteries
21 Sep 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / General Motors announced today it has signed a partnership with ABB Group to develop pilot projects for re-using the batteries from the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. The automaker believes the ba...
Nissan to Give EV Batteries a "Second Life"...
20 Oct 2009, 06:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... and no, they are not talking about taking their business into the virtual world. The Japanese manufacturer is looking, together with Sumitomo Corporation into ways to provide used lithium-ion ba...
Michigan Battery Factory Location to Be Announced by GM This Week
10 Aug 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / After receiving numerous government grants and loans, we finally hear some positive news from General Motors. The giant American auto maker plans to open a new battery assembly line in Michigan, Uni...
Nissan's Smyma to Cost $1 Billion
8 Jul 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan's plans to build electric vehicles in the United States will cost the company some $1 billion, money to be use for the construction of a new facility alone, a Nissa...
7.3Mn Stranded Motorists Expected This Summer
8 May 2009, 12:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / AAA anticipates coming to the rescue of 7.3 million stranded motorists this summer as the traveling season opens. Its forecasts show a rise of nearly 1.5 percent in roadside assistance requests duri...
MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team Introduces "Eleanor"
2 Mar 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Solar-powered cars may be an interesting means of transportation in a sunny future. This future might be closer than we have imagined as MIT's Solar Electric Vehicle Team has just finished the ...