Battery Technology

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo review: In a wonderful world of its own

(Pocket-lint) – During a week where the sun had non-stop been blinking between the clouds – almost teasing a glimpse of summer – it was perhaps inevitable, from the moment we arrived at Porsche HQ in Reading, UK, that the heavens opened. And didn’t stop properly pissing it down thereafter. But perhaps the car gods… Read more

Hyundai stops making the Kona EV for South Korea after battery recall

Hyundai is discontinuing its first mass-market electric SUV, the Kona EV, in South Korea following a massive recall due to a fire risk in the battery pack, the Yonhap news agency reports. The automaker will instead turn its focus to the forthcoming Ioniq 5 (and the EVs that will follow it), though Hyundai will still… Read more

Xiaomi presents the new Redmi Note 9T 5G and Redmi 9T and many other products for the home. Here they are all

Xiaomi today announces two new smartphones from Redmi series that see the entrance to the 5G network at very competitive prices. Not only because alongside these there are also new devices for the ecosystem. Here are all the news. by Bruno Mucciarelli published 08 January 2021 , at 14: 01 in the Telephony channel Xiaomi… Read more

Tesla is building the largest battery in the world (1 GWh) thanks to Megapack

Tesla used his knowledge on battery technology to give life to a huge energy project in California. Capable of delivering a record 1 Gigawatt hour (GWh) energy capacity, Tesla will help meet the energy needs of California’s most populous cities by Rosario Grasso published on 24 December 2020 , at 14: 31 in the Technology… Read more

Apple reportedly targeting car production for 2024 with new battery technology

According to a new report from Reuters, Apple aims to launch an autonomous vehicle by 2024. Two people “familiar with the matter” explain that Apple has progressed enough on software to achieve an autonomous vehicle. Back in early 2019, Apple laid off around 200 employees from Project Titan specifically to focus on software. One person… Read more

The Apple Car is really coming: in 2024, with a 'revolutionary' battery

The Apple Car will be made, if it is true that now also Reuters is talking about it. Apparently, Cupertino will use a battery with ‘next level’ technology of Rosario Grasso published on 22 December 2020 , at 10 : 31 in the Apple channel Apple More and more confirmations on Apple Car , to… Read more

Apple Car reportedly slated for 2024

A car for the mass market supposedly remains the goal of Apple’s big “Project Titan”. The development has advanced so far that Apple has now decided to manufacture a vehicle intended for end customers, as reported by the news agency Reuters , citing informed persons. Currently the group aims for the year 2024 as the… Read more

Apple wants to build its first car in 2024, Reuters says

Apple once again appears to be seriously looking at making a car. Reuters reports that Apple is pursuing production of a passenger vehicle by 2024 as well as the creation of self-driving systems and a “breakthrough battery technology.” The report is vague on how it all comes together — it’s not clear that all of… Read more

Nokia 5.4 coming to 229 euros in Italy: here are the specifications

A new low-end device from Nokia, arriving in January also on the Italian market. Here is all the useful information about Nokia 5.4 by Nino Grasso published 11 December 2020 , at 19: 21 in the Telephony channel Nokia HMD Global announced Nokia 5.4 , the latest addition to the 5 series smartphones. The new… Read more

General Motors’ electric vehicle plan just got bigger, bolder, and more expensive

General Motors announced Thursday that it was dumping more money into its electrification plans and would also be accelerating its production to release more electric vehicles sooner than expected. Speaking at a conference hosted by the British bank Barclays, GM CEO Mary Barra said the company would spend $27 billion on electric and autonomous vehicles… Read more

Volkswagen is investing billions in e-mobility and digital

There are great concerns about a long dry spell in the auto industry – Volkswagen is now countering the difficulties arising from the Corona crisis and changes in direction in the mobility transition by investing billions of euros. Overall, the expenditure stagnates from 2021 to 2025, but they are growing significantly in the future areas…. Read more

Teslawerk Grünheide is to manufacture a new generation of batteries

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla plans to produce batteries with new technology in its first factory in Europe. In Grünheide near Berlin, larger and more powerful cells should be manufactured than usual, it was said on Wednesday from well-informed circles. Precondition for electromobility in the mass market This was already an issue at the… Read more

Better lithium-sulfur batteries with Italian graphene

The Italian Directa Plus, company based in Lomazzo (Como), will supply graphene for NexTech Batteries lithium-sulfur batteries. The lithium-sulfur batteries, thanks to the high density and the best characteristics, could supplant the classic lithium-ion solutions. by Manolo De Agostini published 04 November 2020 , at 09: 51 in the Science and Technology channel Directa Plus… Read more

Valuable raw material as a by-product: domestic lithium from geothermal systems

Generally speaking, data is considered to be the oil of 16. Century. But one raw material would also be entitled to this title: lithium. It is an elementary component of lithium-ion batteries and is what makes smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles mobile in the first place. In addition, there are non-rechargeable lithium batteries, which have… Read more

Huawei nova 8 SE specs leak, reveal 66W fast charging

Update: The leakster has also provided official images of the phone which we included below. Original article follows: Huawei’s latest nova series phone was the nova 7 SE 5G Youth (yes, that’s the real full name) with a Mediatek chipset and now the company is preparing a successor. Logically called Huawei nova 8 SE, it… Read more