LG signs battery deals with two Chinese Bus Manufacturers

LG Chem has agreed with Chinese automakers Nanjing Golden Dragon Bus and Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle to supply lithium ion-based batteries f...

LG Chem to offer 80 to 120 kWh battery packs

South Korean chemical engineering company LG Chem have announced its intention to be a supplier of larger batteries to car manufacturers wh...

Graphene Supercapacitor equals Li-ion battery energy density

Scientists in South Korea have developed a graphene supercapacitor that stores as much energy per kilogram as a lithium-ion battery and can ...

Hitachi Delivers High Output Prismatic Li-ion Battery Cell

Hitachi Automotive Systems today announced that the company will be supplying 5,000W/kg high output power density prismatic lithium-ion batt...

GE working on the Battery Powered Home [VIDEO]

GE's joint showcase with Nissan at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit displayed technology that can reverse the flow from your elec...

Williams Demo World’s First Sodium-ion Powered Vehicle

Williams Advanced Engineering yesterday played host to a media event that saw the first public demonstration of a sodium-ion powered vehicle...

Researchers develop 20% improved lithium-sulfur battery for electric cars using vitamin C

Korean researchers have developed a new type of lithium–sulfur battery using vitamin C with a 20% improvement in performance over current on...

Magnesium ion battery shows potential for Electric Vehicles

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have taken a significant step toward the development of a battery that could outperform...

VW Looking to Reduce Battery Costs by 66% with Singe Cell Design

Volkswagen Group may shift to a single lithium ion battery cell design for all of its electrified vehicles. Heinz-Jakob Neusser, VW's bo...

IBM Battery 500: A look inside a lithium-air battery [VIDEO]

In 2009 , IBM researchers set out to develop lithium-air battery technology capable of powering a family-sized electric car for approximatel...