Tag: Batteries
Tata plans to build new battery factory in UK
Car production at Jaguar Land Rover The Indian parent company Tata apparently wants to build a new battery factory in Great Britain. (Photo: REUTERS) London The Indian industrial group Tata…
Important decision from the EU: Replaceable batteries are coming!
Today, a decision approved by the Council of Europe (EU) was on the agenda. Council approved new regulations mandating replaceable phone batteries. With this decision, the EU aims to ensure…
Factory for sodium chloride storage is built in Saxony
cerenergy An integrated project with the new salt battery could look like this. Dusseldorf The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) has developed a battery whose most important…
Claim: iPhone 15 Family Will Come With Much Larger Batteries
According to a new leak, the iPhone 15 family will come with much larger batteries compared to the iPhone 14. The biggest change in this regard will be in the…
The first factory for sodium chloride storage is built in Saxony
cerenergy An integrated project with the new salt battery could look like this. Dusseldorf The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) has developed a battery whose most important…
Chemical company wants to become number one in battery material
New BASF plant in Schwarzheide The company aims to become the world’s leading cathode supplier in the booming electric car battery business. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In Schwarzheide north of Dresden,…
Manufacturers warn of global lithium shortages
Lithium mine in the Chilean Atacama desert Extraction of the raw material is not growing as fast as the production of electric cars. (Photo: AP) Las Vegas According to lithium…
China controls a third of the world’s lithium reserves
Lithium production in the Atacama Desert in Chile Lithium is mainly used for batteries and is therefore currently in high demand worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Beijing, Buenos Aires China is driving…
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
What the new EU rules mean for consumers
Brussels On Wednesday, the EU Parliament passed new rules for batteries. For the first time, these are now regulated along the entire life cycle. “It’s revolutionary,” says Green MEP Malte…
Coal-fired power plants as electricity storage – Old kilns help with the energy transition
Storage for renewable energy Coal-fired power plants, which still produce electricity today, could be used as electricity storage in the future. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Dusseldorf It is the right time for…
Volkswagen secures battery raw materials from Brazilian mines
Nickel processing in Indonesia Car manufacturers are increasingly securing direct access to important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Dusseldorf Car makers Volkswagen and Stellantis and mining group Glencore are backing…
Samsung and Apple are not on the list: Smartphones with the best batteries!
The activity in the smartphone market continues. In the sector where a new model is released day by day, platforms such as DxOMark that test phones and compare them under…
Mercedes and Stellantis want to break the Chinese battery supremacy
Douvrin The black and white patterned main building of the new Automotive Cells Company (ACC) battery cell production facility towers over the industrial area of Douvrin. Plenty of celebrities gathered…
With the turbocharger into the future of the fuel cell
Zurich Accelleron’s core product can’t be overlooked by visitors in the courtyard of the company’s headquarters, not far from Zurich. It is a turbocharger for diesel engines in container ships,…
With the turbocharger into the future of the fuel cell
Zurich Accelleron’s core product can’t be overlooked by visitors in the courtyard of the company’s headquarters, not far from Zurich. It is a turbocharger for diesel engines in container ships,…
Is the dream of electric flight getting closer now?
E-plane at the Aero aviation fair in Friedrichshafen The energy density of the batteries is still only sufficient for the operation of small aircraft. But there are significant advances in…
Northvolt is considering building two sites at once
Northvolt According to initial plans, one million batteries are to be produced annually in Schleswig-Holstein with around 3,000 employees. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The major investment was uncertain for a long…