Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won't take you farther than 100 miles on one charge. To boost their range toward a tantalizing 300 miles or more, researchers are reporting new progress on a "breathing" ...
Tags: battery, air batteries, lithium-ion battery
Ubiquitous but frustrating, lithium-ion batteries fade because the materials lose their structure in response to charging and discharging. This structural change is closely related to the formation of electron-rich regions within the ...
Tags: electrons, The Lithiation Front, Silicon
TAIYO YUDEN (U.S.A.) INC.'s new Cylindrical Lithium Ion Capacitor (LICLithium Ion Capacitor.) offers extremely large energy densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per cubic inch for capacitorsA figure of merit usually ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Capacitors
The San Francisco-based hardware startup Aether Things has started offering a reservations list for its debut product, a music player that will apply machine learning to figure out what you want to hear. The speaker works with Apple iOS and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors is set to raise $1.6bn through convertible senior notes in a registered public offering for business expansion. The American carmaker will use the amount to expand its business; develop and manufacture ...
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Sprint snagged the U.S. exclusive for the new Harman Kardon Onyx Studio, a portable Bluetooth speaker priced at a suggested $399. Related Harman Harman Picks Brightstar For Onyx Speakers sprint Sprint Adding Wi-Fi Calling sprint Sprint: ...
Tags: portable Bluetooth speaker, Consumer Electronics, LTE Smartphones
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Tags: Mobile Devices, wireless accessories, mobile experience
Panasonic, along with some Japanese materials suppliers, is reportedly planning to invest around JPY100bn ($977m) in a lithium-ion car battery manufacturing plant to be established by electric carmaker Tesla Motors in the US. ...
In studying a material that prevents marine life from sticking to the bottom of ships, researchers led by chemist Joseph DeSimone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a surprising replacement for the only ...
Tags: UNC, PFPE, Ion Battery, team
With the FBM-B 3100, Flux-Ger?te presents the world s first brushless battery motor for pumps. The motor is designed for the small sealless Combiflux drum pump. In combination with the pump, the motor provides a delivery rate which is ...
Tags: Drive Pumps, Pumps, Processing Machinery
The phrase "An army marches on its stomach," often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, underscores the importance of logistics in the military. And in the 21st century, keeping up the supply of diesel fuel is one of the most challenging ...
BASF today inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first ...
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Set to the sounds of soulful electrified blues music, Kia Motors America (KMA) today hosted the global unveiling of the 2015 Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. Scheduled to go on sale in the third quarter of 2014, the Soul EV will be Kia's ...
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TOKYO, Jan 29, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) --- JSR Corporation is pleased to announce that JM Energy Corporation, a 100% JSR subsidiary focusing on lithium ion capacitors technology (LICLithium Ion Capacitor.), has decided to expand its existing ...
Tags: Lithium Ion, JM Energy
We were contacted a while back about this new concept called the Hammerhead. After hearing about the concept, we thought it was pretty cool and decided on trying one out. The Hammerhead is a cross between an autohammer and a right angle ...
Tags: Hammerhead, tools