An American battery company wants to completely rethink how lithium-ion batteries are made. The company claims its electrode-to-pack design eliminates waste and boosts energy efficiency. It can ...
BMW’s next electric SUV wants to go farther on a single charge than any battery-powered vehicle the company has ever built.
Volvo Buses’ new BZR Electric coach chassis can be fitted with an enormous battery pack. With a modular design that can accommodate up to eight individual modules, the electric coach has a maximum ...
When Cadillac designed its new ultraluxury EV, the handcrafted Celestiq, the design team had to completely rethink its battery pack: a standard EV battery wouldn’t fit inside. “We had a challenge, ...
MG4 with semi-solid-state battery pack revealed in patent photos by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The semi-solid-state tech will permit greater thermal safety, ...
As improvements to cell-level energy density have become slower to realize, automotive OEMs are increasingly turning to pack design as an avenue to increase vehicle range. This includes cell-to-pack ...
A team of South Korean scientists has just reported a massive breakthrough in electric vehicle battery tech, revealing an “anode-free” lithium metal battery that nearly doubles energy density without ...
Look at just about any discussion of an electric vehicle’s (EV) battery lifetime and there’s alleged handwringing over statutory warranty periods, cost of replacement, and industry capacity to recycle ...
Engineers at the EVDC emphasized a key target: reducing platform complexity by as much as 30 percent compared to previous programs.
The concerns associated with electric vehicle battery fires are an oft-used talking point against the developing tech. Granted, there is some validity attached to those fears, as EV fires are much ...