Any electronic device with a battery will gradually discharge, even if it is completely switched off. As it turns out, one of the reasons for this is an amazing and very common manufacturing defect identified by researchers from Halifax, Canada...
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American General Motors is considering switching to cylindrical batteries in its electric vehicles instead of the pack options used today. This promises the manufacturer a number of advantages. Other leading automakers are either already pursuing a...
On the eve of the publication of ambiguous quarterly reports, companies prefer to announce plans that can positively influence investor sentiment. Perhaps Tesla is also guided by such considerations, which a day before the publication of the...
Australian mining company Fortescue has received a prototype 1.4MWh battery for a 240t electric dump truck, developed in collaboration with Liebherr, which will begin testing later this year. Image source: wae.com The monstrous battery was developed...
The state of Virginia (USA) has blocked a joint initiative by Ford Motor and China’s CATL to build a plant to manufacture traction batteries for electric vehicles. According to Business Korea, the reason was the potential risks of future Sino...
Back in 2018 as noted in the company press release, South Korea’s SK On has been awarded a contract by a major automaker to develop a traction battery for an electric vehicle that can be recharged in 18 minutes. The so-called SF battery won an...
SK On has repeatedly indicated that it will not limit the range of lithium batteries produced to high-nickel versions. Batteries without cobalt but with a higher manganese content will come onto the market as a cheaper alternative, and LFP batteries...
Users who want to replace the battery in their iPhone, iPad or MacBook should hurry to visit Apple service, as Apple will increase the fee for such repairs starting March this year. The company plans to increase the cost of out-of-warranty battery...
Manufacturers’ experiments with lithium battery chemistry tend to have similar goals: reducing production costs, increasing energy storage density, and eliminating reliance on scarce materials. In the case of cobalt, there is also a certain...
On Saturday evening, the Chinese company NIO presented two new models of electric vehicles and shared some plans for the future, which made it possible to understand by what means it will achieve superiority over competitors. Up to $430 million is...
While the world’s largest manufacturer of traction batteries, CATL, has been prevented from entering the United States for political reasons, one of them has already started operations in Europe, supplying lithium batteries to BMW and Mercedes...
According to the portal of the European Parliament, its MEPs and the European Council have reached a preliminary agreement that envisages the revision of European regulations on the circulation of electronic batteries, taking into account...
On the challenges of electrifying the global vehicle fleet during a special event earlier this week spoken the heads of the Stellantis group Carlos Tavares and the Maserati subsidiary Davide Grasso. The first reported that it would take five to ten...
Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO Jeffrey “JB” Straubel, has plans to build a $3.5 billion battery recycling facility near the port city of Charleston, South Carolina, “in the heart of the ‘battery belt’...
At the end of the week, the European automaker Volkswagen summarized a three-year presence in the market for electric vehicles built on the first generation MEB platform. It has already brought to life more than 670,000 electric vehicles of various...
It became known that the Volkswagen Group is looking for a location to build a battery plant in North America. The company’s CEO Oliver Blume (Oliver Blume) called Canada one of the logical options. The plant will supply batteries for ID.4...
The South Korean automobile group Hyundai Motor Group and the battery manufacturer SK On announced to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday that will regulate the supply of SK On batteries for electric vehicles manufactured by Hyundai...
Developed by Swiss startup Morand, eTechnology has the potential to completely change the rules of the electric vehicle market. The proposed solution is traction batteries, which can be charged to 80% in just 72 seconds – many times faster...
There are many guides on the Internet to extend the battery life of an Android smartphone. Some recommend turning off vibration and using automatic screen brightness adjustment based on ambient light. Others advise setting a dark theme and turning...
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp plans to invest 1.5 trillion yen ($10.6 billion) in batteries for electric vehicles by 2030 in partnership with Chinese battery maker Envision AESC. informed on Tuesday the resource Nikkei Asian Review. Credit:...
