Tag: battery

High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market

By Kevin Bullis | 10/28/2009 | 16 Comments

Rechargeable zinc-air batteries can store three times the energy of a lithium-ion battery.

A Consumer Revolution

By Christina Lampe-Onnerud | 08/18/2009 | 0 Comments

Our collective demand for environmental responsibility has stimulated the market.

Lithium Battery Recycling Gets a Boost

By Tyler Hamilton | 08/12/2009 | 6 Comments

The DOE funds a company that recycles plug-in vehicle batteries.

A Startup's Electric Sedan May Be First on the Road

By Kevin Bullis | 06/19/2009 | 5 Comments

A Chinese-built electric sedan could be the first on sale in the United States, but it will quickly face competition.

Volvo Tests Plug-in Hybrids

By Katherine Bourzac | 06/16/2009 | 2 Comments

The company will bring vehicles to market in 2012.

GM Opens a Battery Research Lab for the Volt

By Kevin Bullis | 06/10/2009 | 13 Comments

The large facility is meant to reflect a change of direction for the bankrupt company.

Revisiting Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

By Kevin Bullis | 05/22/2009 | 2 Comments

Advances could at last make the high-energy batteries practical.

A Gas-Sipping Van

By Kevin Bullis | 04/28/2009 | 10 Comments

A spinoff from the Rocky Mountain Institute has developed a 100-miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid.

First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

By Kevin Bullis | 04/16/2009 | 7 Comments

In November, Fisker Automotive will begin sales of a car with 50 miles of battery-powered range.

Can GM's Volt Save the Company?

By Kevin Bullis | 04/06/2009 | 19 Comments

The planned plug-in hybrid car is at the core of the automaker's attempt to reinvent itself. But will the car be a commercial success?

GM to Build Its Own Batteries

By Kevin Bullis | 01/12/2009 | 8 Comments

Just as the company makes engines, it will now make battery packs for electric cars.

BMW's Electric Car

By Kevin Bullis | 11/19/2008 | 10 Comments

The new Mini borrows a drive system from a high-performance electric sports car.