The battery packs of electric vehicles are quite resilient; the lithium-ion type used in most modern EVs can last at least a ...

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Seattle startup Emerald Battery Labs raised just under $1.1 million in a pre-seed round to continue scaling its sodium-ion ...

Innovations in batteries are advancing the development of electronic devices, robotics, electric vehicles, and modern machines. However, making batteries safer in different conditions during their ...

These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery ...

Scientists work on new types of batteries that could be safer, more energy dense, or cheaper than existing Li-ion cells. Water-based batteries are promising, but they have a low energy density.

Batteries used in smartphones or in EVs normally charge for 10 hours on their first cycle, but turbo-charging them to 100% capacity in 20 minutes may lead to a 50% longer lifespan. When you purchase ...

EV enthusiast Chad Moran built a portal where people could see information about used cars in Tesla inventory, including battery degradation estimates ...

Arguably the toughest hurdle facing EV designers is creating a battery pack that could power a vehicle for as much as 1,000 miles on a single charge. With that goal in mind, researchers at the ...

Sodium-ion batteries unveiled by Swedish group Northvolt last month completely avoid the need for critical minerals such as lithium. This is currently the only viable battery chemistry that does not ...