battery technology

The Apple Car is like the automotive Bigfoot; no one knows if it actually exists or not, or if anyone will actually ever see one. Okay, so maybe that’s a bad example. Bigfoot most certainly…

In the world of electric mobility, the one with the most range is king. With electric cars, the horsepower war is over and the range war has begun. Car companies are constantly fighting to increase…

If there is one impediment in the fast adoption of electric vehicles is the battery technology which still delivers a fairly limited driving range in electric vehicles. BMW has recently updated its battery pack in…

Last week, former BMW R&D chief, now Volkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess, said that a battery-production facility was necessary in Germany and that the Germans automakers should seriously consider producing their own batteries for electric…

Want to know the future of electric cars?  First you have to understand where battery technology is going, and more importantly—when. You think, if Tesla is selling fast, long-range EVs today, and Chevy has announced…

BMW announced this week via Automotive News that it is opening up its patents related to battery cell technology that it co-developed with Samsung SDI. Last month, Tesla said it would make hundreds of its EV…