Browsing: battery
Amid a crowded environment for battery startups, Sila has raised $375 million to complete construction of a US factory that will scale up next-generation battery technology…
Battery recycling startups have sprung up in Europe in a bid to tap into the next big opportunity in the electric vehicle market: wasted batteries. Among…
Porsche Ventures invests in battery startup South 8 to boost electric vehicle performance in cold weather
All cars suffer when the mercury drops, but electric vehicles suffer more than most, as heaters draw more power and batteries charge more slowly as the…
Google is introducing a new version of its smartwatch operating system, Wear OS 5, into developer preview. This latest version, one of several announcements from the…
Lithium-ion batteries have transformed the global economy, powering everything from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles, e-bikes and more. But while costs have plummeted over the…
This battery startup says it found a way to make cheap LFP batteries without sacrificing range
Cost remains one of the biggest barriers to electric vehicle adoption. Most of today’s EVs sell for higher prices than fossil fuel vehicles, and this prevents…
Alphabet’s SIP spin-off launches Verrus, a data center concept based on battery ‘microgrids’
Pedestrian Infrastructure Partners (SIP) — the Alphabet spinout focused on creating and supporting new approaches to complex infrastructure problems in areas such as electricity, broadband and…
OnePlus’ Watch 2 has a 100-hour battery thanks to a pair of Wear OS chips and customizations
OnePlus’ first smartwatch was many things. Unfortunately, they were not particularly good or memorable. If you’re going to enter a category as established as the smartwatch,…
OnePlus took a three-year “reflective pause” before increasing the battery of its smartwatch
It’s 2024. All smartwatches should offer days of battery life, period. As things stand now, there’s an incredibly wide range across all devices. I would go…
Imagine you work at a car rental agency or a parcel delivery company and are responsible for a fleet of vehicles. If you switch to EVs,…