Amara Raja Batteries Ltd is quoting at Rs 716.9, up 0.72% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The stock is up 10.87% in last one year as compared to a 1.61% jump in NIFTY and a 7.51% jump in the Nifty Auto. Amara Raja Batteries Ltd is up for a fifth […]
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Japan’s battery startups take the world beyond lithium ion
New products can pack up to 10 times more energy than their powerful forebears OSAKA : What is the future of batteries? From smartphones to drones to electric cars, the current source of energy is the lithium-ion battery. But startups in Japan are battling to create high-performance power packs that could become the next global […]
Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing Autopilot, supplying powertrains and batteries to other automakers
Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter on Tuesday night that the automaker would be “open to licensing software and supplying powertrains & batteries” to other automakers. Musk added that that would even include Autopilot, the advanced driver assistance software that Tesla offers to provide intelligent cruise control in a number of different driving scenarios. […]
What the million-mile battery means for electric cars
As every mobile-phone owner knows, after a year or so the battery starts to fade and the beast needs recharging more frequently. That is a nuisance, but a phone’s batteries can be replaced fairly cheaply—or the whole handset traded in for the latest model. An electric car, however, is a much bigger investment. And batteries […]
How Panasonic aims to improve Tesla batteries
TOKYO : Panasonic Corp plans to boost the energy density of “2170” battery cells it supplies to Tesla Inc by 20% in five years and commercialize a cobalt-free version “in two to three years”, the head of its U.S. EV battery business said. This is the first time Panasonic, a leading cell provider for the […]
The UK plans to build huge batteries to store renewable energy – but there’s a much cheaper solution
The UK electricity system is undergoing significant and rapid change. It has the world’s largest installed capacity of offshore wind, has effectively stopped generating electricity from coal, and has recorded a 20% drop in demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this transition from traditional, reliable coal to weather-dependent wind and solar generation […]
Revolutionary Solid-state Batteries Will Create a $6 Billion Market in 2030
BOSTON : Solid-state batteries keep on attracting tremendous attention and investment with the maturing technologies and closeness to mass production. Even with the influence of COVID-19, the potential market size is expected to grow to over $6 billion by 2030, according to IDTechEx’s report “Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2020-2030: Technology, Patents, Forecasts, Players.” With the […]
PURE EV to supply lithium batteries to tech start-ups fighting COVID-19
The batteries give significantly longer charging/ discharging cycles than the standard VRLA batteries Electric Vehicles start-up PURE EV is providing lithium batteries to healthcare tech companies that are engaged in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic across India. The batteries are being used in medical applications such as ventilators and robotic sanitation devices. The start-up supplies […]
Will The Rise Of Big Grid Batteries Make Home Batteries Pointless?
Around the same time, some commentators claimed residential solar power made no financial sense because large solar farms were cheaper. Sometimes they would go into a rant about how rooftop solar only existed because of subsidies. I never bothered to reply. I didn’t think it was worth the trouble, as the Australian internet was particularly […]
European Hydropower Lags as Hydrogen and Batteries Soar
Europe has a huge base of hydropower plants and deep expertise. Why doesn’t the technology factor more heavily in the EU’s decarbonization plans? It’s the oldest and the biggest of all the clean energy technologies, but hydro has an uncertain role in Europe’s decarbonization plans. Over the past five years, Europe’s base of conventional hydropower […]