Source: theguardian.com Published: February 3, 2016 Tesla’s Powerwall captured attention at its launch, but the lithium-ion batteries it’s based on are just one of a host of energy storage technologies taking root in the UK. Photograph: Patrick T. Fallon/REUTERS...
Source: greentechmedia.com Published: November 3, 2016 Mercedes-Benz Launches a US Energy Storage Company Photo Credit: Mercedes-Benz Julian Spector We knew the Mercedes-Benz residential battery would be coming to the shores of America in early 2017. Now we know it...
Source: good.is Published: September 20, 2016 Image via Twitter. Behold the nanobattery. By Tod Perry There’s an old saying that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. There’s no better example of that than a recent discovery at the University of California,...
Source: wired.com Published: July 27, 2016 Tesla Jack Stewart Twenty miles east of Sparks, Nevada, a factory is rising from the red dirt of the high desert. It doesn’t look like much—a few completed structures amid exposed steel girders—but this building, dubbed...
Source: mnn.com Published: June 16, 2015 The bendable and foldable batteries created by engineers at Arizona State University. (Photo: Arizona State University/Vimeo) Even while sewn into a stretchy wristband, the folded batteries could power a device. Charles Q....
Source: fastcompany.com Published: November 17, 2014 By John Brownlee Having trouble keeping your smartphone charged throughout the day? Designer Tsung Chih-Hsien has created a Red Dot Design Award-winning concept for a tiny cardboard capsule that could juice up your...
Source: csglobe.com Published: September 9, 2014 Scientists are using industrial hemp for futuristic ‘supercapacitor’ batteries. Liam K. On top of its vast medicinal benefits and a “high” that’s safer and mellower than alcohol, what if cannabis could also power a...