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It’s no exaggeration to say that the development of cheap rechargeable lithium-ion batteries has changed the world. Enabling everything from smartphones to electric cars, their ability to pack an incredible …read more Continue reading OSHW Battery Tester Aims to Help Tame Lithium Cells
When we saw [Max.K]’s automatic NiMh battery charger float past in the Hackaday tips line, it brought to mind a charger that might be automatic in the sense that any …read more Continue reading The Automatic Battery Charger You Never Knew You Needed
Meet the EV equivalent of a full jerry can – a 141 kilowatt-hour battery charger on wheels, that can autonomously drive itself to wherever it’s needed, flexibly extending charging networks and getting much-needed juice to stranded drivers.Continue Read… Continue reading Self-driving powerbank is an EV “gas can” – with brains
With its proprietary battery technology – based around a niobium tungsten oxide anode – Nyobolt claims it’s charging its prototype EV from 10% to 80% in just four minutes and 37 seconds using standard (if high-end) 350-kW, 800-V DC fast chargers.Contin… Continue reading All-electric sports coupe fires up sub-5-minute hyper-speed charging
Lots of things beep these days. Washing machines, microwaves, fridge — even drill battery chargers. If you’re on Team Makita, it turns out you can actually change the melody of …read more Continue reading Change The Jingle In Your Makita Charger Because You Can
One of the benefits of using Apple technology is that it, generally, offers user-friendly synchronicity across devices. However, one of the downsides is the lack of synchronicity when it comes to charging those devices.Continue ReadingCategory: Technol… Continue reading World’s first Apple-certified 6-in-1 charger speedily powers six devices
There’s a good chance that if you build something which includes the ability to top up a lithium-ion battery, it’s going to involve the incredibly common TP4056 charger IC. Now, …read more Continue reading This Open Hardware Li-Ion Charger Skips the TP4056
Startup ZipCharge says that some 40 percent of car-owning households in the UK don’t have designated off-street parking, making owning an electric vehicle less attractive due to lack of home charging possibilities. That’s where the Go power bank on whe… Continue reading Suitcase-sized ZipCharge Go takes the charger to the EV
How fast does an EV charger have to be to completely eliminate range anxiety – and can our power grids cope with ultra-chargers drawing 0.9 megawatts at full blast? It seems we’re going to find out. Hong Kong company Desten is hitting the road to demo a remarkable EV battery and charger combination that’s 2.5 times faster than the industry-leading beast that ABB revealed earlier this week.
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Continue reading Dawn of the 900-kW EV ultra-charger, and a battery that can handle it
We’ve seen a number of thermoelectric camping stove/charger products over the years, and they tend to rely on wood/biomass-fueled heat. The new Gen Stove from Korea’s Viva Plus presents a thermoelectric charging solution that isn’t tied to live fire, p… Continue reading Portable camping stove charges gadgets using propane power