When temperatures drop below freezing, cellphones require regular charging, and electric vehicles have lower ranges. This is because the anodes in their lithium-ion batteries become sluggish, retaining less charge andContinue Reading
BMW i Ventures announced today a lead investment in Mangrove Lithium‘s Series A-1 fundraising round, a feedstock-flexible modular platform producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate to improve lithium’s sustainability profile.Continue Reading
Porsche AG, which has just enhanced its electric credentials by heading a $400 million Series C investment round from the US business Group14 for innovative silicon-lithium technology. Silicon has longContinue Reading
Tohoku University and UCLA researchers collaborated to make substantial progress toward high-voltage metal-free lithium-ion batteries that employ croconic acid, a tiny organic chemical. This acid, when used as a lithium-ionContinue Reading
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are currently facing a key challenge: the availability of rare minerals like lithium, cobalt etc. which are required for the creation of battery packs. Mining lithium,Continue Reading
Exide Industries’ board of directors recently resolved to build a multi-gigawatt lithium-ion cell production factory and also intends to apply for and participate in the Ministry of Heavy Industries’ Production-LinkedContinue Reading
The Indian government’s Make in India project, which aims to promote India as the preferred global manufacturing location, has aided sectors such as pharmaceuticals and clothing in carving out aContinue Reading
There is a growing need for environmentally friendly, ethical, and cost-effective energy storage. The Bristol Composites Institute’s scientists have devised a revolutionary programmable unidirectional ice-templating approach that enables tailoring theContinue Reading
