U.S. launches new project to develop electric-vehicle batteries

The Obama administration launched a fresh $120-million research project Friday, aimed at developing cheaper batteries for electric vehicles....

U.S. says A123 sale requires its consent

The U.S. government said bankrupt A123 Systems Inc cannot be sold without its consent because the battery maker received a $249 million gran...

Berkeley Lab Develop Lithium-Sulfur Battery Good For 300 Mile Range

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated in the laboratory a l...

Self-healing electrodes could make li-ion batteries last 10x longer

Researchers at Stanford University and Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have made a pretty big breakthrough i...

MIT researchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance [VIDEO]

Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery wei...

Graphene Supercapacitors Ready For Electric Vehicles

Automakers are always searching for ways to improve the efficiency, and therefore the range, of electric vehicles. One way to do this is to ...

Tesla plans 'giga factory' for EV battery pack manufacture

Tesla Motors is considering plans to create a "giga factory" to manufacture electric vehicle battery packs for the automaker's...

Samsung SDI to invest $1 Billion in EV Battery Gigafactory

In order to acquire the dominance and leadership in Chinese EV market, Samsung SDI became the first global battery manufacturer to construct...

Tesla Superchargers Enables Free Travel Between San Diego and Vancouver

Tesla Motors today announced the opening of the West Coast Supercharger Corridor, energizing a network of stations that enable Model S owner...

Panasonic Agree to Supply Tesla with 2 Billion Battery Cells

Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in which Panasonic will expand its s...