Google announced earlier this week that it was building a new data center in Minnesota that would be powered by a mix of wind, solar, and a very…
Read more Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery | TechCrunchBEIJING—China has demonstrated it can weaponize its control over global supply chains by constricting the flow of critical rare-earth minerals. President Trump went to the negotiating table when…
Read more How China’s Chokehold on Drugs, Chips and More Threatens the U.S.You’ve seen the headlines: This battery breakthrough is going to change the electric vehicle forever. And then … silence. You head to the local showroom, and the cars…
Read more The EV Battery Tech That’s Worth the Hype, According to ExpertsIn science, there is a surprisingly long list of things we still haven’t exactly figured out yet but still use because they work. This unexpectedly has been the…
Read more We’ve Been Using Lithium-Ion Batteries for Decades. Now We Know More About How They WorkExxonMobil, the country’s largest oil and gas company, says it has developed a more advanced form of graphite that could help extend the lifespan of electric vehicle (EV)…
Read more Exxon Says It Invented a New Graphite That Could Boost EV BatteriesEREVs have some manufacturing advantages, too, says Steven Ewing, who directs editorial content at Edmunds. Specifics on Scout production are scant, but at least the Ramcharger is using…
Read more Automakers Are Hot for Extended-Range EVs. They Hope Buyers Like Them TooLast month, a Mercedes Benz EQE 350 electric vehicle caught fire in a South Korean apartment building’s underground parking garage. Reportedly, 23 people were sent to the hospital…
Read more The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle FiresLithium-ion battery fires can be intense and frightening. As someone who used to repair second-hand smartphones, I’ve extinguished my fair share of flaming iPhones with punctured lithium-ion batteries.…
Read more How Electric-Vehicle Battery Fires Happen—and How You Should ReactThis story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. For more than 10 years, Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues have been studying the ocean…
Read more The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean FloorDo you have a collection of old cell phones in a desk drawer somewhere because you don’t know what to do with them? A new US initiative aims…
Read more It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle BatteriesThere are a few things worth thinking about when you’re shopping for a portable charger. Capacity: The capacity of a power bank is measured in milliampere-hours (mAh), but…
Read more The 18 Best Portable Chargers for All of Your DevicesI’m picky when it comes to portable chargers. There are plenty of power banks out there with built-in cables and wall plugs, but in a crowded market, it…
Read more Raycon Made My New Favorite Power BankBuyers curious about making the switch to electric vehicles have made it clear in survey after survey after survey: Charging kind of freaks them out. In many ways,…
Read more How Many Charging Stations Would We Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations?Last week, the Biden administration announced it would levy dramatic new tariffs on electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, and battery components imported into the United States from China.…
Read more Biden’s New Import Rules Will Hit Ebike Batteries TooThe controversial expansion of Tesla’s only European Gigafactory was approved on Thursday, as the local council in the German municipality of Grünheide voted in favor of the carmaker’s…
Read more Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is ApprovedThe school bus is in many ways ideal for V2G. “There’s no uncertainty in terms of the use of the bus,” says Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, director of the Renewable…
Read more These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the GridToday, the Biden administration announced a near-unprecedented 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, a move the White House said would protect the American industry from “unfairly priced…
Read more Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not WorkCar enthusiasts mourn the commoditization of propulsion. Once petrolheads would have chosen a BMW for its sonorous straight-six or a Mercedes-AMG for its thunderous V8. Now many believe…
Read more An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by MercedesWe have a few tips and pointers on what to think about before you shop for a portable power station. Price: Portable power stations can be very expensive,…
Read more The Best Portable Power StationsA compact, family-size car, the BYD Seal is unapologetically aimed at taking on the Tesla Model 3. That said, it’s bigger than the American in every dimension, most…
Read more We Tested the BYD Seal—the Car That Explains Why Tesla Just Cut Its Prices
