Category: Batteries

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 […]

There has been a lot of discussion in the last few months about lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) batteries. Specifically, the news is that they have a 15 to 20% […]

I have talked about Signature Solar before and I own three inverter/chargers from them. What they have been selling are rack-mount batteries to go with these systems. But, they have […]

This is a big deal. This may be the largest lithium deposit in the world. Found in Nevada. In a relatively easy place to mine. This should quiet down the […]

Yeah, we know but if you want to know how to really do it, thank Sandy Munro. Grinding the batteries up and separating them into “the black mass” and all […]