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- A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years https://www.techradar.com/phones/a-tiny-radioactive-battery-could-keep-your-phone-running-for-50-years 83 comments
- "Sodium-Ion" Promises To Be The Future Of Rechargeable Batteries https://techsngames.com/index.php/2021/03/13/sodium-ion-promises-to-be-the-future-of-rechargeable-batteries/ 12 comments science
- Future iPhones May Adopt New Power-Saving Backplane Technology to Extend Battery Life https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/24/future-iphone-displays-lpto-tft/ 8 comments apple
- Tim Cook says that users will be able to turn off iPhone battery throttling future iOS update https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/17/turn-off-iphone-battery-performance-throttling/ 437 comments apple
- Tim Cook says users will be able to turn off iPhone battery performance throttling in future iOS update https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/17/turn-off-iphone-battery-performance-throttling/ 3 comments apple
- Apple's investment in micro LED predicted to lead to future Apple Watch with longer battery life http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/03/apples-investment-in-micro-led-predicted-to-lead-to-future-apple-watch-with-longer-battery-life 71 comments apple
- Solid State Batteries: the Future? http://www.economist.com/node/18007516?story_id=18007516 10 comments technology
- Paper battery offers future power http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6945732.stm 12 comments reddit.com
- Phone Hub for Chrome OS won't destroy your phone's battery in a future update https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/07/05/phone-hub-for-chromeos-may-finally-fix-the-massive-android-battery-drain/ 8 comments chromeos
- Why Vanadium Flow Batteries May Be The Future Of Utility-Scale Energy Storage https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/10/24/why-vanadium-flow-batteries-may-be-the-future-of-utility-scale-energy-storage/#3d625f342305 3 comments technology
- Cheap Gas Is Killing Nuclear, Green Power May Finish the Job. A potent mix of solar, wind and batteries is threatening the future of nuclear. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-21/cheap-gas-is-killing-nuclear-green-power-may-finish-the-job 15 comments technology
- China Is Building the Batteries of the Future https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/02/china-is-building-the-batteries-of-the-future-tesla-li-ion/ 7 comments geopolitics
- An iPhone Battery That Lasts for 7 Days Could Be In The Near Future http://www.craveonline.com/design/894269-smartphone-battery-lasts-7-days-change-everything 66 comments apple
- The future of the flywheel: electromechanical battery http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=909 4 comments science
- It's Done. The Future Is Battery-Powered Electric Cars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/-it-s-done-the-future-is-battery-powered-electric-cars 225 comments environment
- 'Instantly rechargeable' battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601151813.htm 22 comments technology
- Elon Musk explains why he is so confident Tesla's batteries are the future http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musk-on-teslas-battery-advantage-2015-11 33 comments technology
- The Batteries of the Future Are Weightless and Invisible - There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research, which aims to build energy storage into the very devices and vehicles they power. https://www.wired.com/story/the-batteries-of-the-future-are-weightless-and-invisible/ 7 comments technology
- E-Cars and Batteries and a lucrative future (I am a scientist) https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/10/17/rare-earths-crisis/ 6 comments wallstreetbets
- Batteries made from trees could help transform the future of e-travel https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/08/10/batteries-made-from-trees-could-help-transform-the-future-of-electric-travel 52 comments futurology
- Ion age: why the future will be battery powered | The variable nature of wind and solar power means storing energy is a huge part of the fight to mitigate climate change https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/14/on-the-charge-why-batteries-are-the-future-of-clean-energy 6 comments technology
- GM unveils a new electric vehicle platform and battery in bid to take on Tesla - The largest automaker in the US will spend $20 billion to assure investors it’s serious about embracing an electric future https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21164513/gm-ev-platform-architecture-battery-ultium-tesla 6 comments technews
- GM unveils a new electric vehicle platform and battery in bid to take on Tesla - The largest automaker in the US will spend $20 billion to assure investors it’s serious about embracing an electric future https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21164513/gm-ev-platform-architecture-battery-ultium-tesla 7 comments technology
- Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2019/11/uk-needs-to-act-to-prevent-electric-vehicle-battery-waste-mountain.aspx 3 comments science
- Never Mind Electric Cars: Why Electric Roads are the Real Key to the Future - Trucks are bigger polluters than cars, and electric batteries may not be the answer. https://www.inverse.com/article/38301-siemens-ehighway-electric-highway 32 comments technology
- An engineering team from Italy has designed a new type of mechanical muscle that can lift 70 times its own weight, all while conserving energy for future movement. This muscle design may help extend the life of battery-powered autonomous robots by at least 20 percent. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/super-human-robot-muscle-strength 11 comments science
- Volkswagen Plans To Offer V2G And Plug & Charge Technology In 2022. With V2G, electric cars can power a driver’s home or provide electricity to stabilize the electricity grid. All ID models with a 77 kWh battery will have this capability in the near future. https://cleantechnica.com/2021/12/23/volkswagen-plans-to-offer-v2g-and-plug-charge-technology-in-2022/amp/ 30 comments energy
- Netherlands-based inland vessel operator Future Proof Shipping expands hydrogen fuelled fleet with two further vessels. The retrofit involves removal of the vessels’ main engine & gearbox, and installing...electric motors, hydrogen tanks, a PEM fuel cell system and a battery system https://shipinsight.com/articles/fps-expands-hydrogen-fuelled-fleet-with-two-further-vessels/ 14 comments energy
- The Energy Future Needs Cleaner Batteries - To deal with climate change and power the cars of tomorrow, we’ll have to solve the cobalt problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-23/future-of-energy-requires-cleaner-electric-batteries-to-solve-cobalt-problem 22 comments futurology
- Why We Still Can't Deliver on the Promise of Hydrogen Cars. For decades, hydrogen was presumed to be “the fuel of the future.” That’s not how it’s played out. It all comes down to two things: battery cost and fueling infrastructure. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/33408/why-we-still-cant-deliver-on-the-promise-of-hydrogen-cars 26 comments energy
- Ten years left to redesign lithium-ion batteries. Reserves of cobalt and nickel used in electric-vehicle cells will not meet future demand. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05752-3?utm_source=twt_na&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nnpnature&error=cookies_not_supported&code=513b3e0d-37e5-4dfe-bac6-81c551f8bc1d 16 comments technology
- Vehicle-To-Grid Solutions Could Open Fast Lane To Net-Zero Future. According to new research on V2G by MIT as the number of EVs rises, the collective fleet’s batteries might function as a cost-effective, large-scale energy source, with potentially significant effects on the energy transition. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/11/30/vehicle-to-grid-solutions-could-open-fast-lane-to-net-zero-future/amp/ 17 comments energy
- SEPTA’s cracking battery buses raise questions about the future of electric transit. Most are now gathering dust in a South Philly bus depot, riven by cracked chassis and other defects. https://whyy.org/articles/septas-cracking-battery-buses-raise-questions-about-the-future-of-electric-transit/ 11 comments energy
- How Does Vehicle To Grid (V2G) Work? 'V2G', enables energy stored in electric vehicles to be fed back into the grid. One EV providing this is negligible, but if millions of these mobile batteries could be deployed in an instant, they’d become the biggest future asset for grids. https://insideevs.com/news/436503/vehicle-to-grid-explained/ 55 comments energy
- China is crushing Europe's electric car dreams. China is the driving force in the business of electric vehicle batteries, which European leaders see as vital to the future of the auto industry. "Europe might well see its carmakers massively moving production to China in the future." https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/business/europe-lithium-electric-batteries/index.html 5 comments europe
- Carbon fibre can store energy in the body of a vehicle, finds a new study that shows that carbon fibres can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly, which can contribute to a significant weight-reduction in the aircraft and vehicles of the future – a key challenge for electrification. https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/ims/news/pages/carbon-fibre-can-store-energy.aspx 4 comments science
- Tesla big battery defies skeptics, sends industry bananas over performance. It has given a glimpse of the future, how a grid can be effectively managed with a very high share of wind and solar – not just faster, but also cleaner, smarter and more reliable than the dumb and ageing fossil fuel grid. https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-defies-skeptics-sends-industry-bananas-over-performance-38273/ 14 comments technology
- Electric cars and smartphones of the future could be powered by supervolcanoes like Yellowstone after scientists discovered that ancient deposits within them contain huge reservoirs of lithium—a chemical element used to make lithium-ore batteries, supplies of which are increasingly dwindling. http://www.newsweek.com/yellowstone-supervolcano-lithium-electric-cars-651912 16 comments science
- Imperial researchers developed a new future energy costing model to predict that electric cars could potentially rival petrol by as early as 2022, and home batteries, used to store power from solar panels in individual houses, could become competitive in the 2030s, as reported in Nature Energy. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_10-7-2017-11-17-23 3 comments science
- Toyota has developed a new long-range electric vehicle powered entirely by a cutting-edge fuel cell. The project represents a dramatic departure from the goal of developing a mass-produced, effective, battery-driven electric car. But what does it mean for our future? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/toyota-develops-new-fuel-cell-car-a-930834.html 318 comments technology