Can electric trucks challenge diesel? The Future of Heavy Transport. Even though transitioning passenger cars to battery electric is well underway at this point, we’re right at the beginning of transitioning trucks and semis. But there’s a major wrinkle. While … Read the rest
This Chinese Battery Company Has Produced More Billionaires Than Google Or Facebook | Forbes
A little-known but fast-growing Chinese maker of batteries for electric vehicles now has more billionaires on Forbes’ list than just about any other public company. A whopping nine billionaires have fortunes of $1 billion or more based on their stakes … Read the rest
Exploring When Solid State Batteries Will Arrive
Exploring When Solid State Batteries Will Arrive. Try Audible for free for 30 days. Companies like Samsung, Quantum scape, and Toyota have all announced major breakthroughs in solid state battery technology, but why all the interest and when will they … Read the rest
Why Tesla’s New Nanotech Battery Will Be Worth Trillions
Elon Musk’s Tesla is not just famous for its electric cars. Tesla also has a huge interest in making innovative batteries to power its vehicles. Right now, most electric cars use lithium-ion batteries like the ones used in phones and … Read the rest
How The Next Batteries Will Change the World
Silicon Valley is about to commercialize revolutionary technology that will enable huge breakthroughs in the battle against global warming.… Read the rest
The Tesla Mafia: How Elon Musk’s Ex-Employees Are Becoming His Top Rivals | Forbes
PayPal is famous not just for its pioneering of electronic payments but also for its mafia—a group of successful alums who went on to start or fund companies ranging from Yelp and LinkedIn to Palantir and Affirm. Now Elon Musk, … Read the rest
Liquid Metal Batteries. Are they an economic possibility?
Liquid metal batteries are being hailed by some as the most transformative and revolutionary energy storage technology since John B. Goodenough came up with lithium ion batteries several decades ago. But the road from laboratory to full scale production has … Read the rest
How it Works: Electricity
The fundamental scientific properties are explained.… Read the rest
How Batteries Work – Battery electricity working principle
How does a battery work, learn from the basics where we use and battery and how batteries work. … Read the rest
The Mechanical Battery Explained – A Flywheel Comeback?
When it comes to energy storage, our first thought usually is lithium ion batteries. But what if we went old school … like just spinning things really fast and capturing that kinetic energy, old school. I thought I’d explain an … Read the rest