Within the race to go electrical, carmakers have targeted on vary to ease shopper nervousness over charging infrastructure, however battery makers are already engaged on the smaller, longer-lasting and cheaper batteries of the long run, which additionally cost extra shortly. Whereas carmakers right this moment chase market chief Tesla Inc, in search of to construct […]
The auto industry bets its future on batteries
Synopsis Car manufacturing hasn’t fundamentally changed in 50 years and is barely protable, but the battery industry is still ripe for innovation. Technology is evolving at a pace that is reminiscent of the early days of personal computers, mobile phones or even automobiles and an inux of capital has the potential to mint the next […]
Carmakers want to ditch battery packs, use auto bodies for energy storage
There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research. Elon Musk made a lot of promises during Tesla’s Battery Day last September. Soon, he said, the company would have a car that runs on batteries with pure silicon anodes to boost their performance and reduced cobalt in the cathodes to lower their price. Its battery pack […]
Japanese Marubeni Corporation to Invest in BYTON in Series C
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYTON has signed an agreement with Marubeni Corporation, a major Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate, on December 5, making the Japanese company an investor in BYTON’s ongoing Series C funding, according to Chinese media 36Kr. The two will also strike a strategic partnership to cooperate on ride-hailing […]