Category Archives: EV Batteries
Is Tesla painting itself into a corner because Gigafactory only builds Lithium-ION cells?

The SeekingAlpha website isn’t exactly known for highly accurate investing prognostication. We should therefore take the suggestion that Tesla Motors is doomed because of the Gigafactory with a suitably large chunk of salt. According to conventional thinking, the Gigafactory (Gigafactories, actually) is what will propel Tesla Motors into a huge…
Toyota’s battery breakthrough, does it mean they’ll ever abandon fuel cells?
Hoverboards catching fire runs risk of destroying their potential contribution to transit problems

Hoverboards have been catching fire, airlines have banned them from luggage, some retailers have stopped selling them, and the fires are starting to show up in the press. These vehicles, “Self-balancing two-wheeled scooter” is a better phrase than Hoverboard, are an interesting new way to get around. They’re pure electric,…
FORD ACCELERATES EXPANSION OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BENEFITING CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE

Ford is expanding its global battery research and development footprint for electrified vehicles this year, adding research and engineering capabilities in Europe and Asia to take advantage of new market opportunities The company has invested in a world-class battery research and development facility at the University of Michigan to…
Sion Power and Solid Energy claim lithium-metal batteries will give us 200+ mile range EV’s

The quest for long range electric cars is heading towards lithium metal batteries, according to two companies who presented at the IDtechEx battery technology conference last week in Santa Clara. The companies, Sion Power and Solid Energy, both claim the lithium-ion battery won’t supply the needed energy density and cost improvements to implement…
Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield – Tesla Motors patent 20120312615

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120312615 Abstract: An improved protection system for a battery pack mounted between the passenger cabin floor panel of an electric vehicle and the driving surface is provided, the system utilizing a ballistic shield mounted under the electric vehicle and interposed between the battery pack enclosure and the driving surface, where…
Tesla Motors Battery Suppliers – Gigafactory and friends

Tesla Motors’ primary battery supplier is Panasonic, but they’ve been working with everyone else as well. Since collecting all this back in 2013, Tesla Motors announced plans to develop the Gigafactory. As of this moment it is September 2015 and the Gigafactory is under construction, due to go into production…
30 kiloWatt-hour Nissan Leaf battery pack manufacturing details
Kleenspeed being aquired by Flux Power – missed REFUEL 2013
At yesterday’s REFUEL race there was a conspicuous missing participant who had shown up to the previous four REFUEL’s, and holds the track record for electric race cars. Namely, Kleenspeed. It was largely because Kleenspeed was absent that Brammo’s Eric Bostrom was able to win the event outright with a…
Is the Formula E being extravagent with two electric race cars per driver?
Is Formula E’s plan to have two cars per driver a super-extravagence? This is a question raised in comments on a posting on another site (see link below) reporting on the Formula E 2014 season calendar. Because the Formula E cars have battery packs that support only 15-20 minutes of…
Add 40 miles driving range to Nissan Leaf with Enginer’s add-on battery pack
A123 Systems announces cold/hot weather battery breakthrough amid financial woes

A123’s new Nanophosphate EXT technology offers better performance in cold and hot weather, reduces the need for thermal management systems, and is a breath of good news following months of difficult times at A123 Systems. Amid worries that A123 Systems might be unable to continue as a going concern, the…
Will electric Car Buyers Win as EV Racing Goes From Two Wheels to Four? Will Mavizen/TTXGP win in the shift to car racing?
“Electric racing offers the potential to both accelerate the development of electric drivetrain technology in the crucible of competition, but also to show how exciting zero-emissions race cars can be and so shift consumer attitudes towards the adoption of EVs,” said Drayson Racing chief Lord Paul Drayson. So far the…