This Is Why Automakers Should Offer Battery Upgrades to EVs and PHEVs
9 Oct 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sometimes, you have a perfect car, but its battery pack lacks range. Instead of buying a new vehicle, why can’t we just upgrade the battery pack?
GM’s Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center Is a Tribute Preparation for EVs
5 Oct 2021, 15:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new center pays homage to Bill Wallace, who pursued battery excellence for GM with the two generations of the Volt. He also worked on the Bolt EV
Solid Power Wins IARPA Contract To Develop New FeS2 Cell With Up to 500 Wh/Kg
1 Oct 2021, 18:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apart from having twice as much energy density as current ternary cells (NMC and NCA), it would be much cheaper for skipping nickel and cobalt.
Toyota Might Have Fixed an Underlying Issue With Electric Vehicles
12 Sep 2021, 11:52 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Toyota's upcoming electric vehicle might solve an issue that has brought mistrust in EVs. Here is that issue and what that means to existing electric vehicles.
QuantumScape Promises a Better LFP Cell and Clarifies Its SSB Technology
8 Sep 2021, 09:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company would not be simply developing a solid-state battery (SSB): it would be creating a solid-state lithium-metal platform for all cells.
Toyota Promises the bZ4X Battery Pack Will Retain 90% of Capacity in a Decade
7 Sep 2021, 19:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company’s new electric vehicle would also have a 30% more affordable battery pack. By 2030, Toyota expects battery packs will cost half that much.
Automotive Design Student Imagines Lotus Electric Sedan With Solid-State Battery
20 Aug 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not affiliated with Lotus, the Evisa design study imagines an indirect successor for the Lotus Carlton with Emira-inspired looks
Qatar Wants a Piece of QuantumScape, Buys 4.69% Stake in It
4 Aug 2021, 13:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The country that will hold the 2022 World Cup and lives from oil and gas sales is betting on new battery technologies with the American startup.
Volkswagen Reinforces How Crucial Its Unified Cell Will Be
14 Jul 2021, 14:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / More than technology or chemistry, Volkswagen aims for scale with its prismatic cells: 80% of its EV will have it starting in 2023.
Stellantis Revealed All Platforms It Will Use For Its Electrification Plans
9 Jul 2021, 10:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There will be four dedicated electric architectures combined with three different electric drive modules to create EVs for 14 brands.
Solid-State Battery Startup Solid Power Goes Public With SPAC Merger
15 Jun 2021, 17:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Solid Power and Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III announced the merger, which allows the startup to avoid an IPO.
Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich Is the Secret to 10-Minute EV Charging Times
13 May 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A team from the Harvard University found a way to sandwich elements of a solid-state battery as to make it long-lasting and fast-charging
Ford and BMW Are Now Partners in Chasing Solid-State Batteries
3 May 2021, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford and BMW become equal equity owners in Solid Power, a company in the business of manufacturing solid state batteries for electric vehicles
The Android of Electric Vehicles? Foxconn Announces MIH Open Platform for EVs
19 Oct 2020, 11:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The company that builds the iPhone 12 for Android will soon be responsible for building EVs for traditional automakers thanks to an all-new platform
Solid-State Batteries Are the Future for EVs, Volkswagen Bets Big on Them
16 Jun 2020, 15:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen said this week it is investing an additional $200 million in American solid-state battery maker QuantumScape.
Samsung All-Solid-State Battery Promises 500 Miles of Driving Range
13 Mar 2020, 12:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Given time, Samsung may provide the automotive industry with an all-solid-state battery design with silver-carbon composite instead of lithium-metal anodes
Volkswagen to Accelerate Solid-State Battery Development
21 Jun 2018, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen increases its hold on QuantumScape, a U.S.-based company that works to develop a solid-state battery for electric vehicles.
Solid-State Battery Technology Eyed By Toyota For 2022 EV, Report Says
25 Jul 2017, 13:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Following a C-HR crossover-derived electric vehicle due in 2019, Toyota intends to one-up its zero-emissions game with solid-state battery technology
Volkswagen Wants to Build EVs powered by Solid-State Battery Packs
31 Mar 2015, 10:15 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Things are shifting in the automotive industry's electric/plug-in hybrid segments, as Volskwagen is looking to use solid-state batteries for future green cars