Batteries

The UK company Dyson has shuttered its electric-car project but says that it will continue with some of the auto-related tech it’s been developing.

Mercedes-Benz and its parent Daimler are going for a commodity-cell approach for batteries, but with a lot of control over what goes into them.

Volkswagen has started a pilot line for battery cell production alongside R&D efforts in Germany, where it has a joint venture with Northvolt.

Canadian battery researchers reveal a new battery chemistry that could be the basis for future models and back up "robo taxi" use.

The Chinese battery supplier CATL is setting some ambitious targets for energy density advancements, as it seriously considers a U.S. plant.

Nio is allowing owners to get a fully charged battery in less time than Tesla Supercharging—via the company's three-minute battery-swapping.

Lithium is currently in oversupply and its price is plunging; but other materials needed for lithium-ion battery production remain tight.

A 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric exploded in an incident possibly related to its lithium-ion battery pack. No cause has yet been determined.

Volkswagen is attempting to help its battery suppliers boost their supply, as production ramps up toward mass-market electric vehicles.

Based on data from Nissan, it could be time to ramp up efforts for second-life uses for Leaf electric car batteries.

Rivian founder RJ Scaringe has revealed that its trucks will be able to share a charge with other Rivian products, by using an auxiliary battery system.

Shortages of raw materials for batteries, as well as a new lawsuit among battery suppliers, may lead to delays in some upcoming electric cars. On Thursday, according to Reuters, Tesla's global supply manager for battery metals, Sarah Maryssael, told a conference of mining executives and lawmakers...

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Updated: This article has been updated to include the specific location of the first charger and detail from the event. At an event in Los Angeles on Monday, EVgo turned on the first DC fast charger in the nation that doesn't rely on RFID tags or even credit cards to be activated—other than...

In its latest environmental impact statement, Tesla announced that it will open its own battery recycling facility. Tesla has been recycling batteries made at the factory using third-party recyclers. Now, as the earliest Model Ses reach 7 years old, and the company is starting to receive some...

For the past 50 years, the German auto industry has enjoyed quite the roll of growth and success in the U.S., built largely on its expertise with one specific technology: the internal combustion engine. But now the importance of that advantage is fading, with electric cars on the rise and the...

As part of its latest revelation of a new, mainstream electric SUV for 2021, startup automaker Fisker (the eponymous founder's second under his own name), implicitly made a somewhat startling admission: The solid-state batteries the company has been working on may not be ready any time soon...

Electric-car batteries need to get recycled or reused at the end of their road. And campers are always in need of more batteries to stay out longer and run more things without resorting to gas power. Combine the two needs and you get the Nissan x Opus, an inflatable, folding camping trailer that...

Falling reliability costs the Tesla Model 3 its Consumer Reports recommendation. Could high-speed rail be replaced with high-speed highways? Volvo is pulling depleted batteries out of electric buses to use as energy storage for solar in a large apartment complex in Sweden. Argonne National Lab has...

According to scientists at Purdue University, the best way to charge electric car batteries may be to take them to a gas station, and have them serviced at an instant oil-change shop. The two scientists have been testing a new type of flow battery in golf carts, and say the battery now develops...