Lithium Battery Chemistries
Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in many applications, from small electronic devices to electric vehicles. The high energy density, low self-discharge rate, and long cycle […]
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Aluminium-Air Batteries
The internet, or at least the parts of it that show interest in EVs, were all buzzing last week over an announcement from a UK […]
Battery Technology Advances
The Li-ion batteries that are commonplace today in EVs, home storage systems, laptops and other consumer electronics are impressive, but not without their problems. The […]
California’s Rooftop Solar Initiative
Came across an article in the Sacramento Bee last week that was somewhat critical of California’s moves to require all new build houses to include […]
Batteries: Recharge & Reuse
Not for laptops, phones, tablets and all the other gadgets we own with lithium-ion rechargeable batteries embedded in them; we’re talking about all those other […]
Winter Driving
To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting “winter” here in Northern California to have much impact on our EV. We don’t get snow, or even […]
Powerwall Batteries
Here in Alameda our local utility is city owned and has been very active in getting people to be aware of renewable electricity instead of […]