ResearchOvercapacity in the U.S. battery industry
Brad Plumer at The Washington Post writes about the massive over capacity of the domestic battery industry right now, owing to the fact that EV sales have been disappointing. Borrowing a… Read more »
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Brad Plumer at The Washington Post writes about the massive over capacity of the domestic battery industry right now, owing to the fact that EV sales have been disappointing. Borrowing a… Read more »
The single biggest constraint for mobile devices today is batteries, and this includes the new iPad. If Apple wants to keep delivering cutting-edge improvements to its always-on, lightweight tablet, it needs… Read more »
Battery innovation, at least at the prototype level, is alive and well in the U.S. and could even lead the next-generation of transportation and grid tech. Read more »
A startup called Envia Systems that’s been working on lithium ion battery technology says it’s developed a key breakthrough that could one day lead to an electric car that has a… Read more »
If there is one thing to know about the pace of progress for battery innovation, it’s this: There is no Moore’s law for batteries. The rapid progress that has been made… Read more »
The supply of batteries for electric cars could far surpass the demand for electric vehicles over the next few years, estimates Lux Research. It could be a “severe mismatch,” that could… Read more »
Is the greentech industry headed for a breakout year, or is it retrenching for hard times to come? The first three months of 2011 provided evidence that could support both assertions… Read more »
The DOE’s program to fund high-risk, early-stage, greentech projects is working, the DOE says this week. The indicator, says the DOE, is that private investors have invested a combined $100 million… Read more »
GM Ventures is now rapidly starting to invest its $100 million fund into auto innovations. This morning GM Ventures said it has pumped $7 million into battery startup Envia Systems, and… Read more »
Robert Stempel, whose brief tenure as chairman and chief executive for General Motors (s GM) in the early nineties earned him the moniker, “father of the EV-1,” in some circles, has… Read more »