November 19th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
The Nikola Motor Company dropped a bomb on the electric vehicle industry today with news of a pending acquisition of a team that has developed next generation battery technology. The news comes with claims of a cathode with 4 times the energy density of today's lithium-ion cells, lasts for 2,000 cycles, and at a cell cost of 50% less than today's lithium-ion cells
October 16th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
One of the stealth technologies that was unveiled at the recent Solar Power International trade show in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago is the plug-and-play solar+storage+nanogrid solution from start-up DR Microgrid, of Santa Ana, CA. It looks like a killer app because it is the only other system of its kind on the US market except that of Sonnen, which is more expensive, says DR Microgrid President AJ Perkins
July 28th, 2019 | by Anand Upadhyay
Interest in electric vehicles (EVs) is getting super hot in India. Having missed out on building its own manufacturing base for solar PV, India seems conscious about not missing the EV opportunity, especially for lithium-ion battery manufacturing (LIB)
June 26th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
GBatteries has been working on a new EV charging solution that it believes will slash charging times while preserving the longevity of lithium-ion batteries. CleanTechnica connected with GBatteries' co-founder Tim Sherstyuk to dig into the solution that sounds too good to be true to see if its claims hold water
September 13th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Solid Power has just secured $20 million in new funding to pursue solid state battery research and researchers at the University of Birmingham are hot on the trail of sodium ion batteries. The future is coming. We just don't know when.
July 16th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
American Manganese (AM) says it can retrieve 100% of the lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and aluminum from batteries, like those used in plug-in vehicles, using technology it originally developed to process low-grade manganese ores. We spoke with American Manganese CEO Larry Reaugh about its roots in mining and how he believes it sets them up to lead the charge into plug-in vehicle battery recycling.
July 29th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
Lithium-ion is the gold standard for EV batteries today, but sodium-ion and lithium-sulfur could offer lighter, cheaper energy storage alternatives
February 27th, 2013 | by Nicholas Brown
Cabot has developed a graphene-based additive called LITX™ G700 to improve the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. LITX™ G700 is a conductive [&hellip
September 11th, 2012 | by James Ayre
A super fast-charging lithium-ion battery capable of being recharged 30 to 120 times faster than conventional li-ion batteries has been developed [&hellip
September 10th, 2012 | by James Ayre
A new way to create the flexible components of rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries from discarded silicon has been developed by [&hellip
August 28th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) $712,500 to investigate the behaviour of lithium-ion batteries during charge [&hellip
August 25th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
In an effort to solve a problem in rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries that prevents them from quickly accepting or discharging [&hellip
August 6th, 2012 | by John Farrell
In the long run, there’s no avoiding energy storage for a 100% renewable energy society. The two major sources of [&hellip
July 9th, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown
Rice University researchers have developed an unusual type of lithium-ion battery. It is a liquid that can be painted [&hellip
March 14th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Pike Research has just come out with a new market research report, “Electric Vehicle Batteries.” The report, which ranks what it [&hellip
December 22nd, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Just finished my new solar energy project roundup of the week, so on to wind…. Here are the 7 [&hellip
November 23rd, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen
Using clean energy to power an electric car is a good thing. If that clean energy comes from one’s own personal solar power system instead of the power grid, that’s even better. Japan’s GS Yuasa has developed and produced just such a system. The “PV-EV System” (Photo Voltaic - Electric Vehicle) is
August 8th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have constructed an improved energy-dense lithium-ion battery of tin and graphene.
April 6th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown
Wildcat Discovery Technologies, which is a startup company from San Diego, California, recently discovered a new, higher-capacity lithium-ion battery chemistry using a method known as high throughput screening. This could boost storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries (used in electric cars and portable electronic devices) by over 25% and extend the driving range of electric vehicles or make the vehicles cheaper
December 9th, 2009 | by Derek Markham
Driving to work and flipping on a light switch may seem to unrelated activities, but very soon lithium ion batteries [&hellip
