Samsung SDI will reportedly supply JAC Motors with the batteries used in the electric iEV6S SUV — recently unveiled at the 2015 Guangzhou International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition. As the JAC Motors iEV6S will be […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. One of the most exciting segments of cleantech these days is the battery market. One thing that makes it so exciting is all of the research going on regarding different battery technologies, and […]
Originally published on the Tesla Motors Club forum. By FlasherZ I posted some rough data in the 90% thread and the 90D thread, but felt it might be appropriate to pull another thread here when discussing […]
Tesla may build a Gigafactory somewhere in Germany, as CEO Elon Musk has been discussing the possibility with the German government in recent days, according to Bloomberg Business. Musk has in the past stated that there would […]
The guys over at the Autoline Network dug a bit deeper into the BMW i3 in a video discussion earlier this year, pulling in industry experts and BMW Product Management rep John Kelly to really unpack the car […]
New fast-charging lithium-in batteries were recently unveiled by workers from Watt Lab — an arm of the Central Research Institute at Huawei Technology Corporation — at the recent 56th Battery Symposium in Japan, according to recent […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. We recently covered a talk that JB Straubel gave at the University of Nevada — Reno. He gave the typical overview of Tesla, with updates on many of the projects it has going […]
Earlier this year, it was revealed that a new lead-acid battery recycling startup by the name of Aqua Metals had purchased a 12.5-acre plot of land at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (in Nevada), fairly close […]
The BMW i3’s LifeDrive design architecture is detailed in a couple of interesting new promotional videos from the German company. Possibly worth watching — or, probably, if you’re a fan of the company and/or the i3. […]
Work on the Gigafactory is running ahead of schedule, with a production line for Powerpacks and Powerwalls even being moved from the Fremont facility to an automated assembly line at the Gigafactory early in Quarter 4, […]
Those of you who have long wondered what the electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants that create the packs used in popular vehicles like the Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, etc, are like behind the scenes may want […]
The potential use of silicon in lithium-ion batteries as a means of improving energy density has long been sitting in the open, but the relative lack of operational stability with silicon-based anodes has remained something of […]
People (especially advertisers) are fond of calling plug-in hybrid and long-range, fully electric cars “no-compromise cars.” In fact, there’s no such thing as a no-compromise car… and I’m a little tired of hearing the nonsensical term. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to have no reservations about openly sharing company plans and strategies via Twitter, and as a result, we often get quite a lot of “news” directly from his Twitter feed. Here […]
LG Chem will be supplying lithium-ion batteries to Tesla for use in Roadster battery-pack upgrades as part of a new deal between the two companies, according to recent reports. Tesla has confirmed the news, so this […]
