Category: Batteries

Thermal energy storage is not new. Large-scale systems are commonly used and, if what you want back is heat rather than electricity, are very efficient. But, as you scale these […]

What are the issues with EV batteries? Capacity Charge time Low temperature performance Life Cost That’s pretty much the list. It’s a universal problem — that is, all EV manufacturers […]

First we heard that EV batteries could not be recycled. Next we heard it wasn’t practical. Well, it can be done and it is practical. And there is more than […]

18650, 2170, 4680, pouch, prismatic, … Cell, module, pack. What do all these things mean and why might you care? How are cells cooled? How are they connected? What’s a […]

The Electric Viking just posed about the Betavolt nuclear battery. I disagree that this will end up in a car in your lifetime but it is real and it is […]

We have talked before about who is making them but not much about how they work and how they differ from Lithium Ion batteries. Just Have a Think does a good […]

I learned about this thanks to The Electric Viking and it is likely to mean higher energy density 2170 batteries in Tesla vehicles in the US. What Viking doesn’t cover is […]

Gogoro is in the battery swap business for scooters. They started out in Taiwan and I have had people tell me about all the electric scooters they have seen in […]

I am a fan of LFP batteries so, for me, it is exciting to see a company in the US seriously getting into making LFP batteries. Sandy Munro gets a detailed […]

Years ago people seemed to have “range anxiety” with regard to EVs. That is, they were afraid of ending up in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery. That […]