This lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges
A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium-ion design to run for the...
Does your fuel cell car run on gasoline?
Hydrogen fuel cell cars seem like a great, low-emission driving solution: oxygen and hydrogen in, nothing but water vapor out. But that hydrogen needs to...
Why Nissan is probably the most serious threat to Tesla out of the traditional...
Nissan recently announced a new £13 billion investment to help transition its business to being focused around electric vehicles (EVs). The investment is centred around...
Electric vehicle owners could sell power back to the grid
American homeowners with solar panels can sell the surplus electricity they generate back to their local grids. Should electric vehicle (EV) owners be able to...
Electric cars could help strengthen electrical grids, shows study
American homeowners with solar panels can sell the surplus electricity they generate back to their local grids. Should electric vehicle (EV) owners be able...
Electric vehicles could be powered by hydrogen harvested from sewage
Hydrogen is valuable as it is a renewable source, and could be sold to the chemicals and plastics industry or used in hydrogen fuel...
Why fast charging reduces the capacity of a car battery
When lithium ions are forced rapidly through a battery, they might get stuck and turn into lithium metal, no longer able to move through...
Deadly auto crashes more likely during pandemic lockdown, shows study
With fewer people on the road during the early days of the pandemic, more drivers were speeding and driving recklessly, resulting in more crashes...
Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot raises serious concerns – but probably not the ones you...
Elon Musk announced a humanoid robot designed to help with those repetitive, boring tasks people hate doing. Musk suggested it could run to the grocery...
Self-driving cars could learn to drive by mimicking others, shows study
Researchers develop new machine learning algorithm that teaches cars to self-drive by observing other traffic. Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require...