batteries
Volkswagen to invest 1B euros in battery production plant
Factory is part of the company’s effort to electrify its vehicles.
AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40%
Tesla disputed the AAA study results.
Tesla buys battery technology company
Maxwell Technologies will help the manufacturer of electric vehicles cut production costs.
Toyota, Panasonic announce joint venture for green auto batteries
Automaker will take a 51% stake in the venture, which will be running by the end of 2020.
GM to offer two more electric vehicles in next 18 months
Sees its entire model lineup running on electricity in the future, big battery or hydrogen.
Electrovaya gets $3.8M to develop Li-Ion batteries for commercial vehicles
Funding made available by Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
Electrovaya Inc. CEO to pay $250K penalty over OSC disclosure violations
Settlement follows allegations by the OSC that Electrovaya issued unbalanced press releases and failed to update its disclosure record.
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Dal’s battery man: Jeff Dahn awarded the Herzberg medal
The researcher was awarded the $1 million Herzberg medal recognizing his efforts to improve lithium-ion batteries.
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Electrovaya: Charging a greener future
Electrovaya is confident its safer and greener technology will overcome concerns about the promising battery technology.
Dalhousie professor wins top science prize for battery research
Jeff Dahn has an “exclusive research partnership” with Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors.
Proposal to build Quebec graphite mine, world’s largest
Material used in lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.
Johnson Controls spending $245M on North American battery plants
Investment largely will be in the US and will add jobs at multiple locations.
The battery that could last a lifetime
University of California research team develops nanowire battery that’s been charged over 200,000 times.
Nanotechnology applied to improve battery efficiency
Prague-based HE3DA has developed a technology increase the size and surface of battery electrodes.
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Experts amped about battery tech helping to limit global warming
Scientists overcome major obstacles in creating a battery that has up to 10 times the energy density of today’s best batteries.
