Tag: batteries

sodium batteries to disrupt energy storage market

Sodium-ion batteries are set to disrupt the LDES market within the next few years, according to new research – exclusively seen by Power Technology’s sister publication Energy Monitor – by GetFocus, an AI-based analysis platform that predicts technological breakthroughs based on global patent data. Sodium-ion batteries are not only improving at a faster rate than […]

EV batteries may be giving consumers headaches. Here’s why.

A J.D. Power study revealed several issues troubling battery electric vehicles, finding 266 problems per 100 electric vehicles versus 180 per 100 internal combustion engine vehicles. Pras Subramanian joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss the maintenance challenges, particularly for Tesla (TSLA) vehicles. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch […]

Brazilian mining firm tests fast-charging niobium batteries

Brazilian niobium producer CBMM has completed the development of a lithium ion battery which uses niobium titanium oxide (NTO) in the anode. It was done in collaboration with Toshiba Corporation and Sojitz Corporation of Japan. The firms have unveiled a prototype e-bus powered by the battery which has a charging time of around 10 minutes […]

Startup makes breakthrough that could halve the cost of EV batteries — and it could be sourced domestically

The next big battery breakthrough might not involve a 500-plus-mile range or a minutes-long charge time — the traditional measuring-stick metrics for the electric vehicle industry. Instead, California-based Coreshell’s silicon electrode coating could halve the cost of anodes while decreasing dependency on a Chinese-mastered graphite market, according to a report from TechCrunch. And if the […]

Chinese maker of semi-solid EV batteries reports delivery jump amid range rivalry

Beijing WeLion New Energy Technology, a maker of semi-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), reported a jump in delivery volume last month, the latest sign that Chinese EV builders are incorporating advanced technology to extend the driving range of their premium models. The company, backed by Shanghai-based EV producer Nio, supplied 482.9 megawatt hours (MWh) […]

Supercapacitors Are About To Blow Past Batteries as the Kings of Power

A new paper could give energy scientists a better way to design supercapacitors. Capacitors are a circuitry tool, and supercapacitors use them in a battery-like design. Batteries move energy using chemical reactions, and these can deteriorate over time. Much of the modern world relies on battery charging—from the world’s billions of mobile devices to electric […]

‘Until now, lithium-ion batteries have been the gold standard’

A new type of electric vehicle battery is entering the game. Tech startup Lyten announced in a press release on May 8 that it is shipping a new type of sample battery cell to equipment managers. Its lithium-sulfur A sample cells have the capacity to “hold more than two times the energy density of lithium-ion,” […]