Toyota will soon increase its production of the higher-energy-density batteries sixfold with an eye to putting them into the Prius at an unspecified point in the future,...
A 19th-century idea might lead to cleaner cars, larger-scale renewable energy.Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy...
A123 Systems, the bankrupt lithium-ion battery maker bought by Chinese automotive manufacturing giant Wanxiang last year, has mostly been associated with electric vehicles.
Eos Energy Storage, the startup that says its zinc-air battery chemistry can provide grid-scale energy storage at unprecedentedly low costs, has just landed its first...
Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms.
Battery startup Aquion Energy has raised another round of $35 million from Bill Gates and other new and existing investors. The company has been planning to build a...
Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc. said a range test of the Model S electric sedan by the New York Times was “fake” as the reporter...
Nissan is becoming the first manufacturer to offer limited warranty on battery capacity loss, when it implements a new warranty in Spring 2013.
Friday the Department of Energy established a new, $120 million center for battery research with an ambitious goal of making batteries for electric vehicles and electric...
Peter Thiel is leading a large investment into an air energy storage startup called LightSail Energy. Thiel joins Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures as investors.
There's now some independent analysis that says the Nissan Leaf wilts in the heat. Led by Leaf owner Tony Williams, a group of Nissan EV owners tested a dozen Leafs...
Liquid Metal Battery -- a promising battery startup backed by Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures and oil giant Total -- has changed it's name to Ambri, a shorter and less...
Suffering battery maker A123 Systems has found a lifeline in Chinese auto giant Wanxiang. Wanxiang will invest up to $450 million in A123 which could see it own up to 80...
California is moving ahead with what could be a precedent-setting mandate to require its utilities to invest in energy storage systems and services, which are meant to...
Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest maker of hybrid autos, said its RAV4 EV sport-utility vehicle powered by batteries and motor from Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) will go farther...
A lightweight cell was recently run through 100 charge and discharge cycles, losing just 5 percent of its electrical capacity, researchers claimed.
Yesterday GE officially opened a sprawling, $100 million battery factory in Schenectady, New York, with a dramatic battery-powered show of lights, music, and pyrotechnics.
Nissan is launching services for both the Internet and smartphones that Japan drivers of the Leaf electric vehicle can use to better estimate whether their batteries have...
A123 Systems may have expressed doubt in its ability to continue as a going concern in a recent financial filing, but that doesn't mean the company has given up.
Nissan has started a trial program in Japan that involves a Leaf electric vehicle supplying power to a building during mid-afternoon peak electricity-usage periods, Green...
