Clean energy
How Bulgaria became a champion in battery electricity storage
Bulgaria recently surpassed 3 gigawatts in total capacity of battery storage systems, which is about 16% of the country's total power capacity
Science
How to kill the battery: Scientists have found a solution
Can you imagine never having to change the batteries in your remote control again? An international team of scientists led by University College London claims to have found a solution
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Internal combustion auto industry
Even on super-fast chargers, an electric car must spend at least 15 minutes, more realistically twice as long, which is incomparable to the two or three minutes it takes to fill a tank with gasoline, diesel or liquid petroleum gas
Germany
The Warta crisis: Porsche enters the battery business
A solution to the long-term crisis in which the well-known company for the production of batteries Varta has fallen is in sight - it will be taken over by Porsche.
Economy
Lithium fever worldwide
Lithium has become a key raw material for the automotive industry. The EU overlooks that the demand for lithium will grow 2050 times by 17, that this raw material will become more important than oil and gas. In order not to depend on imports, the Europeans want to encourage lithium mining and production on their own continent.
EU and China
Battle for lithium-ion batteries: Fear of dependence on China
Europe got rid of dependence on Russian gas and oil with great difficulty. There are now fears of a heavy reliance on Chinese-made lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells, which could become very uncomfortable if the West escalates its confrontation with Beijing.
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EU battle for smartphone batteries
Auto industry
The future has arrived: Electric cars will be able to be charged while driving
A team of experts from Stuttgart "covered" part of the road with special magnetic strips that are used to charge e-cars in the middle of driving. It is a big step forward compared to the previous variants of static car charging in parking lots