General Motors on Tuesday said it’s planning to become the world’s first automaker to use lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries in production trucks and full-size SUVs starting in 2028. The new chemistry marks a major pivot, not just from today’s nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) and lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, but also from pouch cells GM has long relied on. Going … Continue reading “GM Says These EV Batteries Are 'Critical' For Its Future”
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Slate dropped a bombshell this week when it revealed both itself and its first model: a utilitarian electric pickup truck expected to cost under $20,000 after factoring in the federal tax credit for plug-in cars. Cheap electric vehicles have been elusive for years, in part because EV batteries have historically been so expensive. So this … Continue reading “Why The Slate Truck Doesn’t Use LFP Batteries”
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The batteries inside electric vehicles can do a lot more than power a car. They can back up homes, schools, and businesses during power outages. They can soak up grid power when it’s plentiful and cheap and send it back when it’s scarce and costly. And they could eventually provide enough reliable power to allow utilities to … Continue reading “How Massachusetts is trying to turn EVs into grid batteries”
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The Xpeng G6 all-electric SUV has received a raft of 81 updates for the 2025 model year – and chief among these is a new, “bulletproof,” ultra-fast 5C charging “A.I. battery” that can go from 10 to 80% charge in just twelve minutes. Sized and priced to put the best-selling Tesla Model Y firmly in its … Continue reading “Turing AI and “bulletproof” EV batteries arrive with 2025 Xpeng G6 SUV”
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Hyundai and Kia likely won’t have solid-state batteries ready for electric vehicles before the end of the decade, an executive said in an interview with Automotive News published Thursday. “I don’t think we can commercialize these batteries before 2030,” Spencer Cho, head of global product planning for Kia, said Feb. 24 at the automaker’s EV … Continue reading “Solid-state batteries aren't likely for Hyundai or Kia before 2030”
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This year, utility-scale solar is expected to continue its winning streak as the largest source of new electricity generation. More than half of new power plant capacity built this year will be solar, followed by batteries, with 29% of total capacity. That’s a step up for batteries from last year. Meanwhile, solar’s share is forecast to … Continue reading “Chart: Solar, batteries to lead US power plant construction in 2025”
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The company designed its own battery hardware, giving it far more capacity than the market-leading home battery systems. Base Power wrote its own software to govern the batteries and operate them as a decentralized fleet bidding into the wholesale markets. And the startup does its own sales, installations, and long-term maintenance. The corporate strategy, Dell explained, … Continue reading “Base Power offers Texans big backup batteries, no purchase necessary”
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Solid state batteries have entered trailblazer mode. Pretty much every big automaker and battery plant is working on making a commercially-available product—a race to achieving that sweet, sweet equilibrium between cost, scalability, and viability that lets a piece of conceptual tech make its way into the car parked in your driveway. But while some automakers … Continue reading “Hyundai, Kia Pump The Brakes On Solid State Batteries Until 2030”
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Silicon anodes are further ahead in development and commercialization than solid-state batteries. Battery makers are aiming to increase silicon content to boost driving range and reduce charging times. General Motors says the percentage of silicon in EV batteries is expected to increase over the years. Smaller in size and better in range and charging performance, … Continue reading “EV Batteries With Higher Silicon Content Are Coming: GM Exec”
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For almost two decades, solid-state batteries have been hailed as the game-changer for electric vehicles. A breakthrough that promises to eliminate range anxiety, slash charging times and make electric cars as practical and convenient as gas-powered ones—without the nasty tailpipe emissions that pollute the air and harm human health. And yet, solid-state batteries have felt like … Continue reading “Solid-State Batteries Are In ‘Trailblazer’ Mode. What's Holding Them Up?”