May
16
Norwegian research scientists are now working on the concept of storing electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water pressure. It’s a new idea invented by a German engineer who has spent much of his professional life working in aerospace technology. Rainer Schramm, inventor and [...]
May
2
The Supercharging Battery Charger
May 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Chalmers University of Technology researchers in Sweden have developed a unique integrated motor drive and battery charger for electric vehicles. Get ready – Compared to today’s electric vehicle chargers, the team’s new charger shortens the charging time from eight to two hours, and reduces the cost by around $2,000. These are huge improvements for what [...]
Apr
29
Electric Drive For Formula Motorsports
April 29, 2013 | 1 Comment
Electric Drive For Formula Motorsports FIA, the governing body for much of the world’s motor sport, a federation of the world’s leading motoring organizations and organizer of the famed Formula 1 tour, is planning a racing series for electric vehicles. One answer for the series comes from Fraunhofer research scientists showing an electric racing car [...]
Apr
25
A Better Simpler Flow Battery For the Grid
April 25, 2013 | 1 Comment
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that might make solar and wind energy major suppliers to the electrical grid. An electrical grid’s tolerate of large and sudden power fluctuations from wide swings in sunlight and wind power sources is a [...]
Apr
17
The Miracle Breakthrough Microbattery
April 17, 2013 | 3 Comments
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) have announced their new Microbatteries that out-power even the best supercapacitors and could drive new applications in radio communications and compact electronics. The press release suggests the new microbattery is the most powerful battery on the planet. They are only a few millimeters in size and [...]
Apr
11
How Long Will My Battery Last?
April 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Mikael G. Cugnet, Ph.D. spoke on the question that worries millions of owners and potential owners of electric and hybrid vehicles (EVs) using lithium-ion batteries: How long before the battery pack dies? A view to the answer was presented at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), may surprise skeptics. [...]
Mar
29
Ultracapacitors Get Really Disruptive Technology
March 29, 2013 | 2 Comments
Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a huge improvement in ultracapacitor design. Tracking into the two notorious problems of cost and density Ionova has announced a 25-fold improvement in build costs and a 5-fold improvement in energy density. These are major improvements, especially for consumers building power [...]
Mar
26
Graphene May Make the Super Battery a Reality
March 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Rice University’s lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan has made hybrid ribbons of vanadium oxide (VO2) and graphene thousands of times thinner than a sheet of paper that built into half-cells fully charged and discharged in 20 seconds and retained more than 90 percent of their initial capacity after more than 1,000 cycles. This qualifies [...]
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