New Lithium Deposits in Wyoming Could Bring Down Cost of Battery Production
Researchers from University of Wyoming discovered new deposits of lithium in the Rock Springs Uplift in southern Wyoming. The amount of the element is...
New Mobile Energy Storage System Captures Excess Wind Power
New type of mobile energy storage system based on Lithium-ion batteries, has the potential to store 500 kilowatt-hour of excess wind power, which otherwise...
Researchers Find Method of Making Ammonia a More Affordable Hydrogen Storage
Sometimes quoted as the main component of a new and good hydrogen storage material, ammonia (NH3) could this time rival hydrogen in the race...
Toshiba DMFC-Based Battery Charger Close to Market Release
Toshiba has announced for a while that they will introduce on the market a direct methanol fuel cell-based battery charger(DMFC) at the end of march 2009. The company also announced it will releases for market DMFC packs for cellphones and laptops starting with April.
Volkswagen to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Car Battery Factory
Volkswagen wishes to make an electric car comeback by investing $11 billion in a battery factory.
After suffering through the backlash of consumers who discovered...
Thin and Flexible Glass from Penn State Suited for Ultracapacitor Applications
A new type of glass developed at Penn State promises better energy storage technologies that could power future hybrid and electric cars in the...
Solid State Batteries the Basis of Extended Range Audi EV?
One of the biggest fears of EV owners is getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery. Volkswagen, the makers of...
States Competing for Tesla Gigafactory to Build Within Their Borders
Economically speaking, the Tesla Gigafactory promises to be a boon to, not only Tesla Motors, but also to whichever state Tesla Motors ends up...
Flexible Supercapacitor Could be Woven into Cloth
Researchers collaborating between Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Tsinghua University (TUC), China, and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), US, believe they have developed the...
Next-Gen Microsoft Smartphones Come with Week-Long Lasting Battery
There is no single person (at least that I know of) that has not developed a special connection with their smartphone from the moment...
