Nissan Upgrades LEAF Battery Warranty

Nissan has announced starting spring 2013 they will offer a limited warranty on battery capacity loss. Confirmed by Nissan's executive v...

Johnson Controls files appeal of A123 bankruptcy sale

Johnson Controls filed an appeal in bankruptcy court today of the Dec. 11, 2012 sale order approving Wanxiang's purchase of A123 System...

Bosch consolidate SB LiMotive & Cobasys into Robert Bosch Battery Systems

Now that the relevant authorities have given their approval, Bosch is moving ahead with the reorganization of its lithium-ion traction batte...

Maxwell & SK to Develop Integrated Lithium Ion Battery-Ultracapacitor

Maxwell Technologies announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SK Innovation, a subsidiary of SK Holdings and Ko...

Nissan's U.S. battery plant begins electric Leaf pack production [VIDEO]

With two years of Nissan LEAF sales just completed, the company today announced the launch of the United States’ largest lithium-ion automot...

Nissan tests new Leaf battery chemistry

Nissan believes it can create a longer-lasting battery pack for its electric Leaf next year by altering the recipe used to create the compon...

China's Wanxiang wins auction for assets of battery maker A123

Chinese firm Wanxiang emerged as the winning bidder of bankrupt battery-maker A123's assets after a days long auction that lasted until ...

DoE Launches 'Manhattan Project' for EV Batteries [VIDEO]

Think of it as a Manhattan Project, except instead of secret nuclear bombs, the end result is much better batteries for devices, electric ve...

Japan's Sekisui Chemical develop Silicon based 600 km range battery

Sekisui Chemical has developed a material that can triple the capacity of lithium ion batteries, allowing electric vehicles to travel about ...

BMW-Toyota making big steps in EV Battery technology

BMW’s head of marketing, Ian Robertson, has said the partnership between BMW and Toyota has already heralded “big steps” in battery technolo...