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Battery tech firm ProLogium has taken the wraps off its 100% silicon composite anode battery. Highlighting its potential for use in EVs at the ongoing Paris Motor Show, the Taiwanese company claimed a major leap in energy density and charging efficienc… Continue reading Next-gen EV battery promises 186 miles with a 5-minute charge
The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services.Cont… Continue reading Hydrogen or battery? World-first train glides along on either
Building on the trailblazing carbon-fiber-as-a-battery work started at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology, deep-tech startup Sinonus is working to commercialize a groundbreaking new breed of multifunctional carbon fiber. In its vision, the wond… Continue reading Electrified carbon fiber adds battery power with zero weight
Toyota has long received criticism for dragging its feet on electric vehicles and focusing so much attention on less-favored alternatives like hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells. This week, the company looks to shed that reputation and e-turbocharge its f… Continue reading Toyota concept fleet jumpstarts BEV era and teases all-electric Lexus
Mazda has announced the all-new MX-30, the automaker’s first battery electric vehicle (BEV) to the US market. Aimed at the California market, the MX-30 is a compact SUV-styled car that will also herald the return of the Mazda rotary engine for a plug-i… Continue reading Mazda debuts all-electric MX-30 compact SUV, and rotary plug-in hybrid
Many car trips are made with no more than one other passenger aboard, over relatively short distances at residential speed limits. Toyota’s new battery electric C+pod was designed with just such scenarios in mind.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, T… Continue reading Toyota announces Japanese availability of battery electric C+pod
One of the saddest parts about owning motorcycles is that up to this point, nobody’s worked out how to ride them full time. Indeed, they spend most of their lives lying fallow in some garage, making puppy-dog headlights at you every time you walk past … Continue reading Damon’s electric motorcycles can now act as backup home batteries
We’re no strangers to being able to remove a battery unit from an ebike for charging indoors, and even if you move up the electric vehicle ladder to an electric scooter, you may be lucky enough to be able to swap out a dead pack for a fresh one. But th… Continue reading Nio’s auto stations have now swapped out 500,000 EV batteries
Auto manufacturers are moving ever closer to building electric vehicles robust enough to quell the public’s range anxiety once and for all, but they’re mostly doing so by equipping those vehicles with large, energy-dense lithium-ion battery packs. Chin… Continue reading Space-saving, structural-grade Blade Battery to help improve EV safety