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VWG invests in battery development

The Volkswagen Group is investing US$10m in the startup Forge Nano with a view to reinforcing its specialist knowledge in the field of battery research. Forge Nano is investigating a […]

New battery factory announced

The UK’s largest independent vehicle battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry, creating around 90 new jobs, at a new, multi-million pound, high-tech facility that will produce batteries […]

Battery sharing experiments underway

Honda Motor and Panasonic Corporation announced plans to conduct a research experiment in Indonesia on battery sharing using the Honda Mobile Power Pack, a detachable mobile battery with electric mobility […]

ADL makes battery market predictions

Arthur D. Little (ADL) released a new study, Future of batteries: Winner takes all? Based on extensive market analysis, the report examines the current enormous level of activity in the […]

New battery technology for Nissan

A UK research programme, funded through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), has enabled Nissan to produce high density battery technology for the new LEAF, as well as help strengthen the […]

£80m set aside for EV battery development

The government has allocated £80m for the development of a national centre in Coventry which will develop batteries for electric cars. The National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility (NBMDF) could create […]

UK edges towards national EV battery hub

The UK is moving towards creating a new national development hub for electric-car batteries with officials setting out plans for companies to work together to improve the technology, possibly paving […]

Samsung battery addresses range anxiety

Samsung has unveiled a battery that it claims can give electric cars a driving range of up to 310.7 miles on a 20 minute charge. The South Korean company said […]

Is your battery charged for winter?

Drivers have been warned to make sure their batteries are ready for winter. With more than 20% of vehicles having to replace their batteries each year, Mopar is inviting Fiat […]

Battery development gets a boost

A consortium, led by Thurso based AGM Batteries, has been awarded funding towards a £5.4 million project to develop the next generation of battery packs for high performance, low carbon […]

DTU confident of battery breakthrough

The Technical University of Denmark is working on a project to develop batteries for electric cars that are twice as powerful as those currently available. Poul Norby, senior researcher at […]

New battery revolution on the horizon?

Electric cars may soon be able to match diesel and petrol vehicles for endurance and power storage capacity, new research suggests. Researchers from Cambridge University believe the answer lies in […]