Cell-level analysis and testing for batteries used in electric mobility applications can help mitigate risks to application performance and long-term reliability.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has finalized new requirements regarding the minimum energy efficiency of battery chargers.
Published in June in the Federal Register, the DoE’s Final Rule specifies energ... Read More...
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has endorsed a proposal that will ban, on an interim basis, the shipment of lithium-ion batteries aboard passenger aircraft.
According to a... Read More...
Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2011-2015 Touareg Hybrid vehicles because the hybrid battery tray may not drain water sufficiently. If water collects in the hybrid battery tray, it could cause an ele... Read More...
From my days as a young Marine Corps officer, it was stressed that “safety is paramount.” The same is very much the case when it comes to the design of small format secondary lithium battery packs. Failure in t... Read More...
A company that is just one year old is about to unveil revolutionary technology that could replace batteries. K3OPS has developed a product that looks and acts like a regular battery, but is actually an energy ... Read More...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are clearly becoming a growing part of the automotive scene. They promise low or no emissions, conceivably low cost of fuel from the power grid, yet they will continue to deliver us safe... Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded an $81 Million contract to K2 Energy Solutions, a lithium-iron phosphate battery developer and manufacturer, to create a battery strong enough to power an electromagnetic railgun. The rail... Read More...
Lithium-sulfur batteries have the potential to store up to five times the energy per gram that Lithium-ion batteries do, and at a lower cost. The science of using sulfur in batteries is sound, but putting the t... Read More...