Who will help power the electric car? Trees
A Swedish-Finnish business partnership could be the first step towards commercially viable wood-derived batteries for electric vehicles.
From tamarind shells, energy storage materials in electric vehicles
From food waste such as tamarind shell a really interesting prospect of producing materials for superconductors of electric vehicles
Fast battery charging at 100%, Storedot has one that takes 5 minutes
This will be the decade of fast battery charging. StoreDot factory produced one that reaches 100% in just five minutes.
Battery cost down: that's when electric vehicles will cost like others
Battery cost is still a crucial factor. A Bloomberg report gives us the dates of the "break even" between the prices of electric and petrol cars.
In 2021, a Toyota car with a solid-state battery and charging in 10 minutes
Nikkei Asia reveals Toyota plans to present (5 years ahead of competitors) a solid-state battery car. It would be charged in just 10 minutes.
Scientists use fruit peel to recycle old batteries
Orange peel and citric acid to recover precious metals and recycle exhausted batteries: an approach that fights both food waste and energy shortages.
Water vapor in the air is a possible new source of renewable energy
A discovery that could change many things: Water vapor can produce a tension on surfaces: towards a new renewable energy source.
Exhausted batteries in electric cars can have a second life
Cheaper, environmentally friendly and also profitable: exhausted electric car batteries can live ten years longer after normal service by performing less demanding tasks.
Lithium-sulfur battery: 5-day cell phones and 1.000 km electric cars
Great performances, great availability of raw materials and less costs. The lithium-sulfur battery is a candidate to be the energy protagonist of our devices.
The aluminum-air batteries are changed every 2500km
Aluminum (also from used cans) and non-polluting electrolytes. Every 2500km you change them in 90 seconds and they recycle. Aluminum-air batteries? A bomb.
'Solar petrol' stores energy from the sun for 18 years
One of the most important alternative sources of energy is photovoltaic. Solar energy, growing ...
A ferroelectric battery improves with use
The 96-year-old inventor of lithium batteries challenges thermodynamics by announcing the development of a glass battery that increases its capacity with use rather than deteriorating.
StoreDot recharges an electric scooter in just 5 minutes
StoreDots are thinner than normal lithium-ion batteries, contain less lithium, more Germanic and some preserving agents that counteract their decay: the results are amazing.
Graphene prodigies: charged electric cars in 16 seconds, now you can
If I asked 10 of you readers what in your opinion is the biggest problem that...
Nissan lower and lower: car loaded in 10 minutes.
The next electric car revolution will be as fast as the time it takes to recharge your…
Met, the electric family with dual batteries does not convince us.
One of the biggest difficulties people have in approaching the next car revolution…
