A new kind of battery could make American EVs cheaper and safer, experts say. But first, it will have to overcome trade barriers between the United States and China. If you bought an EV with a ...

General Motors’ homemade version of the low-cost power option favored by China’s auto industry will hit three years before ...

Cheaper car batteries could usher in a new phase of the green revolution, experts say. kool99. Global hunger for nickel and cobalt has skyrocketed as electric vehicles become commonplace.

Much more efficient electric vehicle batteries. At an event called Battery Day, you’d expect some nitty gritty engineering details about anodes and diodes—and Musk didn’t disappoint.

As manufacturers hike up their price tags, industry observers are predicting that EVs will get still more expensive in the near term, as will their usually cheap batteries.What’s going on?

Taiwan-based startup Thunderzee Industries reckons it may have solved enough of these problems to bring the zinc-air battery to larger appliances—and even cars, news which made something of a ...

Looming behind the battery supply hurdle is another, equally large barrier, one America must contend with if it’s to democratize the electric car: The well-meaning, but utterly borked $7,500 ...

Researchers also found that along with having discovered a way to make cheap batteries, they found ones that wouldn't burn and didn't require any special insulation or measures to prevent corrosion.

Getty Images By Deepa Seetharaman TROY, Michigan -- For nearly two years, a team of former Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius engineers has been working on the next big thing in electric cars: the ...