Batteries

Three new plants in California show how lithium-ion storage is ready to power the grid.

It'll be the longest range production electric car in the world.

Tesla has always been somewhat relentless with respect to reaching out to and attracting world-class talent, which is why the company's contract with leading battery researcher Jeff Dahn a few years ago didn't come as much of a surprise.

The Battery Series is a five-part infographic series that explores what investors need to know about modern battery technology, including raw material supply, demand, and future applications.

Despite likely being Tesla’s most important fundamental product developed so far, we know very little about the new 2170 battery cell to be manufactured at the Gigafactory in Nevada. Tesla an…

A few years back, there was a lot of talk about Tesla potentially using a metal-air/li-ion hybrid powertrain to enable a longer range and faster charging in future vehicles. There’s no doubt …

Lithium-ion batteries represent a landmark technology that has made the current generation of electric vehicles possible. However, the day of their demise, while it still lies years in the future, is within view. Lithium-ion chemistries have a certain maximum energy density, dictated by those pesky laws of physics, and today’s batteries are not so far from that theoretical maximum.

EV batteries have to get a lot cheaper by 2017 if the Model 3 is to live up to its billing.

The following post was originally published on EVANNEX Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] is not standing still when it comes to improving lithium-ion technology and reducing battery costs. It was recently reported that Tesla’s battery partner, Panasonic, announced that, “We think the existing technology can still extend the energy density of Li-ion batteries by 20% to 30%. But there […]

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While wind and solar power have made great strides in recent years, with renewables now accounting for 22% of electric energy generated, the issue that has