Panasonic Flags Cell Shortage as Tesla Creeps Towards 5,000 Model 3s a Week
The sharp increase in Model 3 production has been great for Tesla fans and investors, but it appears to have…
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India to Reduce Dependence on China Lithium-ion Battery Imports
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between CSIR’s Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) (Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu) and RAASI…
‘Not Good Enough for Goodenough”: Mobile Battery Inventor’s Breakthrough May Help EV Battery Tech
Dr. John Bannister Goodenough is known to many as the father of the Lithium-ion battery, that humble cell pack that…
8 Years Ago This Happened between Tesla and Panasonic
Almost eight years ago in June 2010 in Suminoe, Japan, Panasonic Energy Company president Naoto Noguchi presented Tesla Motors CTO…
Tesla and Panasonic Lead the EV Battery Cost Race by Cutting Cobalt
Cobalt is expensive, and if Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had his way there would be absolutely no cobalt in…
Model 3 Goes 606.2 Miles on “Hypermiling” Jaunt, but There’s a Problem
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, “hypermiling” is when you push your EV to its distance limit by…
World’s largest Lithium-ion battery goes live in South Australia, courtesy Elon Musk
Tesla’s massive 100MW lithium-ion battery, the largest of its kind in the world and a project that won Elon Musk…
Can This New Sodium Battery Really Topple Lithium-ion Dominance?
A recent article titled “There’s a new challenger to lithium batteries”, which was originally published on OilPrice.com and carried by…
Samsung and LG Moving to Solid State Battery Tech in 2019, No More Explosions!
Smartphone batteries can be a risky proposition and no company knows this better than the tech giant Samsung since its…
China’s Lithium Ion Battery Production Plans Outstrip Tesla’s Gigafactory Ambitions
The massive Tesla Gigafactory in the Nevada desert is projected to be the world’s largest battery factory by 2018. Tesla’s…
Toyota’s New EV Battery Tech Could Give Electric Cars 15% More Range
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed “the world’s first method for observing the behavior of lithium ions in an electrolyte when…
Not Just Samsung: Understanding Lithium-ion Battery Safety
Samsung’s Note 7 is a famous phone. Unfortunately, it’s for all the wrong reasons. But Samsung’s problems aside, we dug…
