Mercedes-Benz Launches a US Energy Storage Company

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...

This Is the Enormous Gigafactory, Where Tesla Will Build Its Future

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...

Stretchy ‘Origami Batteries’ Could Power Smart Clothing

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....

Tiny Cardboard Battery Charges Your Smartphone

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...