Many battery cells experience thermal runaway, a condition that results in damage from overheating. Kokam Company produced a new battery, composed of Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC), Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), to overcome this problem.
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In its quest to equate its materials with science fiction references, the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HHT) has just come out with a material called Vibranium.
Based in southern California, HHT collaborated with c2i, a Slovakia company, to produce a...
Toyota’s headquarters is moving to Texas and making a shift towards environmental practices.
Toyota consulted the Texas energy management and consulting services firm, Priority Power Management (PPM), to design a plan for a headquarters based on renewable power.
The Plano headquarters...
Australian scientists discovered a way to boost the performance of Li-ion batteries, by giving them a salty bath.
No matter how well you preserve your Li-ion batteries, degradation of the electrodes is inevitable. This is probably the reason why everyone...
Apple may be planning to sell electricity power to the U.S. markets. The company just filed a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to receive permission to sell its excess energy.
Although money might be an important factor,...
How can radioactive waste from nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants be banished? Nature Communications published research by scientists at the national level at EPFL and the U.S. on SBMOF-1, a material deemed a metal-organic framework.
This type of crystal absorbs radioactive waste...
From a simple Tweet, Tesla’s Elon Musk allowed Samsung’s share price to drop as Panasonic’s increased by $800 million. Tesla Motors is partnering up with Panasonic Corp to provide batteries for the Model 3 which will rival the BMW...
The ocean temperature in the body of water called the Persian Gulf has recently skyrocketed to the point of causing the breakdown of six Type 45 British warships.
Unbelievably, the ships are prone to losing power from the drastic changes.
Although...
The Eco Cooler is a revolutionary DIY air conditioning system, which is made from recycled plastic bottles and needs no electricity.
Summer is finally here for most of us in the Northern hemisphere. Jackets go safely in storage, and we all...
The rumor that Norway is planning to ban gas-powered car sales by 2025 shows that vague Tweets have the potential to produce a misinformed population.
Tesla’s Elon Musk misinterpreted the Norwegian newspaper as exclaiming that there would be a ban...
