BMW i3 Extended-Range Electric Vehicle Could Benefit from Expanded BMW Agreement with Samsung SDI

BMW and Samsung SDI Expand Electric Vehicle Battery Agreement

As the battery pack has become the crux of practically every electric vehicle venture, companies are turning to mass-production as a way to reduce...

Breakthrough Battery Technology for Gadgets and EVs in the Making at J-CESR

With numerous developments in the field of alternative energy technologies, and incredible boost in sales of electric vehicles, the pressure is all on energy...

Underwater Giant Balloons to Store Compressed Air From Wind Farms

Over the past few years we have been witnessing incredible developments in the world of renewable energy generation. Unfortunately, while new solar cells, wind...
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Race Car, Powered by Supercapacitor

The Electric Vehicle of the Future Could be Powered by Supercapacitors

Energy can be stored in a number of ways, from pumped hydro to supercapacitors, but you’d be unlikely to engineer pumped-hydro energy storage into...

Nanostructured Silicon Sponge Doubles the Capacity of Li-Ion Batteries

The world is waiting for a breakthrough in energy storage, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of the Department of Energy, might just...
PNNL's Vanadium RedOx Flow Battery for Grid-Scale Renewable Energy Backup Energy Storage

Vanadium Flow Batteries Offer Advanced Renewable Energy Storage

Renewable energy sources, while free of emissions, also has environmental limitations, meaning energy storage is more important. Renewable energy generation continues to expand, from residential...

New Renewable Energy Sharing System Monitors Energy Consumption of Entire Neighborhoods

The hype of electric vehicles and rooftop solar is nowhere near its peak with technology becoming more and more affordable to many. But reducing...
"Sir, the electric vehicle range readout needs a few more digits."

Electric Vehicle Range Could Expand with New Rechargeable Molten-Air Battery

Current electric vehicle range is limited by how much energy you can stuff into them, that is, the energy density of the battery pack,...

Scientists Finally Get the Reasons Behind Battery Life Degradation, But Still No Solution

Long battery life- the single most valuable asset you could possess in case of emergency, need, boredom, desperation, etc., etc. Every one of us,...

This Solar-Powered Smartphone Charger Fills Up the Battery in Less Than Two Hours

There are quite a lot of solar smartphone chargers around, some can even be bought with the pocket money you had prepared for a...