Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL, says Musk's 4860 battery design "is going to fail and never be successful." Reading time 2 minutes The founder and chairman of CATL, one of the world’s ...

24M, a spinout from MIT, designed a suite of new EV battery technology that’s safer, easier to recycle, and lasts much longer without needing to charge. If an electric car is made with a new EV ...

Learn how to make your car battery last longer with this expert advice from CR. These simple steps will catch any battery ...

Tesla introduced its 4680 battery during a massive "Battery Day" event in late 2020, with company CEO Elon Musk then saying the new battery would more than halve the cost to produce batteries for its ...

A hunt for carbon-free electricity is raising questions about where the electric vehicle battery supply chain will get its power. Searching for the right place for his battery materials factory, Eric ...

Lithium-ion batteries revolutionized the world when Sony brought them to the mass market in 1991. Compared to previous rechargeable battery technology, they were lighter, more energy-dense, last ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract minerals. That’s put a spotlight on batteries’ heavy environmental toll, at least upfront. But ...

Nio made a massive mistake when it gave its future brand, Firefly, a unique battery-swapping system. As I have already written, these cars will not be compatible with the thousands of swap stations ...

I'm not here to moralize or make guesses about your driving needs. Yet, I find myself constantly frustrated with the conversations we have about range and range anxiety. It's not that they aren't real ...

New rules could mean you'll be able to replace your phone's battery. We talk with an expert about the promise and the challenges. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she ...