25 Jul 2012, 14:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After Lithium-Air, now the discussion topic are Zinc-Air batteries, which while not widely used or acknowledged as a solution, are apparently one of the better alternatives currently out there.
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23 Jul 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have been reporting a good number of battery innovations over the last few months, and this, Lithium-Air battery technology is one of the more promising ones. It features Lithium, which is the li...
23 Jul 2012, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As increasing the efficiency of EVs as well as their range via improved batteries and more advanced components is a difficult, time-consuming and very expensive process, other ways need to be found ...
17 Jul 2012, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We all know that the main and really only downside to owning and driving an EV is the limited capacity of its battery, which translates into a range figure which is much lower than that of a normal ...
14 Jul 2012, 11:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Is the Nissan Leaf and others like it saving the planet? Well, with so much contradictory information floating around, it’s actually very difficult to have a properly informed opinion on the m...
9 Jul 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The EV craze is sweeping the world at an unprecedented rate. Each day brings forth new ways of using electricity as a means of propulsion more and more efficiently, it being one of the fields of act...
6 Jul 2012, 10:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the biggest problem of modern batteries is their capacity, a group of graduate students from Rice University have taken battery tech in a different direction and they have made a rather import...
28 Jun 2012, 09:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The most common type of batteries used in pretty much anything from your mobile phone to electric cars are lithium-ion batteries. They have been steadily developed over the years and, now, they (alm...
22 Jun 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While predictions about future prices are not really accurate, and the further the deadline for something is, the lower the chances are for that ‘thing’ to materialize as intended. Howev...
22 Jun 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to greencarreports.com, the battery pack of the Nissan Leaf is already starting to lose some of its capacity, around 8.3% of the total, or one of the 12 bars showing the state of charge, a...
18 Jun 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The advance of the EV and the hybrid is relentless. It is a matter of (few) years before we see all cars fitted with fuel consumption reducing devices, before the final transition to all electric. A...
1 Jun 2012, 09:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite saying that an improved version of the Lithium-Ion battery was at least 10 years away, apparently, it may not be the case, as a Colorado-based company founded in 2010, Prieto Battery, aims t...
25 May 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current generation of batteries still aren’t compact enough, and still can’t store enough energy to give EVs the range of a conventionally-powered vehicle. Lithium-Ion batteries have...
23 May 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Bosch is the world’s largest automotive components supplier, and being such a big name, we need to take note whenever they have something to announce. This time, it’s their announcement ...
21 May 2012, 07:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The biggest hurdle faced by today’s EVs is the bulky batteries they have to carry around everywhere they go. Not only are batteries, even the most modern of them, extremely heavy, but also exp...
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...
3 Aug 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Nowadays, there is a growing trend for eco-awareness, revealed not only by manufacturers, but also by designers who are dreaming new environmentally friendly concepts. There might not be many eco-f...
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. ...
13 Jul 2011, 15:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When a combustion engine reaches the end of its lifecycle, it’s bound for the scrap heap, but Nissan has found a way to give the electric storage system in end-of-life LEAF batteries into some...
15 Jun 2011, 12:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Waste battery collection and recycling specialist, G&P Batteries, has placed an order for six new Iveco Stralis rigids following a competitive tender involving six truck manufacturers. Each of t...