Renault's EV unit Ampere teams up with LGES, CATL on battery technologyThe company also pledged to work towards the development of so-called cell-to-pack battery solutions aimed at boosting the range of its EVs...
02 Jul, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
500 km range after 15 minutes of charging: This new tech may revolutionise EV sectorChinese automaker Geely's premium electric vehicle brand, Zeekr will be using the new charging tech in its upcoming 007 sedan. The rapid-ch...
15 Dec, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
Chinese EV company launches battery that offers 400 km range with just 10 minutes chargingThe battery which has been labeled "Shenxing" is capable of providing a total range of over 700 km on a single charge and will be available...
21 Aug, 2023, 10.12 AM IST
GM backs EV battery startup Mitra Chem as it shifts future focus to cheaper materialsGM will lead a $60 million investment in Mitra Chem, a two-year-old Mountain View, California, company that uses artificial intelligence to...
16 Aug, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
China's CATL launches fast-charging LFP battery, production expected by year-endMass production of the new battery called Shenxing is expected by the end of the year while electric vehicles equipped with Shenxing batter...
16 Aug, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
Lithium shortages could hand salt a starring role in EV shiftWith both supply and demand for battery metals growing at a breakneck pace, forecasting the path of future growth in the industry has prove...
09 Jun, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
Tesla's Model 3 cheaper than Toyota's Camry in California with tax benefitsThe Biden administration on Tuesday confirmed that all Tesla Model 3 vehicles now qualify for $7,500 electric vehicle consumer tax credits ...
06 Jun, 2023, 09.19 PM IST
Ford to build battery plant in Michigan in drive with Chinese tech partnerFord's plan to build the battery plant near Marshall, Michigan, hinges on a judgment that lower cost and faster recharging will attract man...
14 Feb, 2023, 08.44 AM IST
How Rs 34 trillion lithium find could shape India's EV storyThe recent lithium discovery is classified as G3. Further exploration, a detailed mapping including geochemical and geophysical surveys and...
13 Feb, 2023, 01.13 PM IST
EV battery makers race to develop cheaper cell materials, skirting ChinaThe EVs of the future — those arriving after 2025 — could shift to sodium ion or lithium sulfur battery cells that could be up to two-third...
15 Nov, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
Who says China has locked in the EV supply chain?After effectively popularizing safer and cheaper lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, chemistry for EV batteries, China’s Contemporary Amperex T...
27 Jul, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
Electric vehicles' batteries are getting really expensive to make. So now what?Prices for the metal used to make EV batteries have shot up so high that miners are posting multi-fold profit increases. They’ve passed cos...
16 May, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
EVs are a reality. But no one knows how it will play out, and whenMost investors have chosen the “spray and pray” approach — invest across the spectrum instead of one company (in OEMs such as Tata Motors o...
07 Feb, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
Panasonic unveils prototype battery with five times the storage capacity for TeslaPanasonic this year established a test line in Japan to make the 4680 format battery cell that Tesla says will store more energy.
25 Oct, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
Apple's talks with Chinese battery makers CATL and BYD mostly stalled, says sourcesThe firms informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements, the people said. But the U.S. co...
22 Oct, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
Tesla in talks with China's EVE for low-cost battery supply deal: ReutersEVE makes lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which are cheaper to produce because they use iron instead of more expensive nickel and c...
14 May, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
How to interpret Tesla’s Battery Day lingoEnergy, in the form of electricity, is discharged from the battery cell when lithium ions flow from the negative electrode, or anode, to th...
21 Sep, 2020, 02.48 PM IST