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Could Mobile Batteries Enable Electric Construction Vehicles and Enhance Grid Resilience?

Researchers at the NSF-funded DERConnect testbed stand in front of several of the large, mobile batteries being tested as chargers for electric construction vehicles. Photos by David Baillot / UC San ... Read More

Hundreds of old EV batteries have new jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the power grid

East of San Antonio in Bexar County, 500 electric vehicle batteries at the end of their automotive lives will soon be repurposed to provide energy storage for Texas’ electric grid, a California ... Read More

Electric cars are greener in the long run, study finds

Researchers say electric vehicles offset their higher manufacturing emissions within two years of driving. Over their lifetimes, gas-powered cars caus ... Read More

Electric cars may be the 'green' choice, but they're driving a scramble for critical minerals

Our cars are responsible for about 20% of global carbon emissions. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) is central to the effort to decarbonize the world's transport. Read More

Battery makers look to grid storage as market for electric vehicles slows

Companies that make the high-capacity batteries that usually end up in EVs are now shifting focus to supplying data centers and storage for energy producers. General Motors said it will take a $1.6 ... Read More

How better battery lifespans and reused batteries can push the US power grid into the future

As artificial intelligence and data centers demand more power from the grid, Carnegie Mellon University is improving a key technology at the heart of America's energy future—batteries. Subscribe to ... Read More

Gasoline vs. Electric Cars: A Plug-In Hybrid Can Give You the Best of Both Worlds

You can get the efficiency of electric driving with the peace of mind of a gas backup making the plug-in hybrid a good compromise. Despite the growing popularity of traditional electric vehicles, not ... Read More

How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles?

Every few weeks, it seems, yet another lab proclaims yet another breakthrough in the race to perfect solid-state batteries: next-generation power packs that promise to give us electric vehicles (EVs) ... Read More

Buying an EV? Here’s why electric cars are so heavy

EVs weigh much more than ICE cars on average. There are safety concerns for collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Automakers are developing new batteries that offer more range and ... Read More

How does regenerative braking boost your electric car’s range?

A regenerative braking system recovers kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost when you brake. In an electric car, some of this energy can be harnessed by the motor – and that effectively means ... Read More

Hundreds of old EV batteries have new jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the power grid

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