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India’s nascent EV industry needs to import components and tech from China as it works out cheaper, but some companies hope to become self reliant in the next five to six years. (Photo | FotonPMI.com)

Geopolitics prompts electric bus maker to start work on own tech to phase out reliance on China

PMI Electro Mobility Solutions is also starting a battery assembling plant in Haryana to localise components.

12 Jul 2020 9:30 PM

The exporting underscores the depth of Tesla’s troubles in the US solar business, which the electric car maker entered in 2016 with its controversial $2.6 billion purchase of SolarCity.

Tesla's solar factory is exporting most of its cells

Tesla has only sporadically purchased solar cells produced by its partner in the factory, Panasonic Corp.

16 May 2019 9:38 AM

Tesla said its investigation with authorities into that incident so far found only a few of the car’s battery modules affected and that the majority of the battery pack was undamaged.

Tesla to update battery software following car fires

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper reported that a Tesla car caught fire in a shopping mall parking lot.

16 May 2019 9:34 AM

The Nevada plant produces the newer, higher-energy density “2170” cells for the mass-market Model 3 sedan.

Panasonic plans advanced Tesla batteries from Japan plant

The Japanese plants handle cylindrical lithium-ion “18650” cells, used to power Tesla’s Model S and Model X vehicles.

25 Apr 2019 9:42 AM

That engine, which would allow the trucks to conveniently travel the same distances as today's conventional diesel trucks, would be a flex-fuel model that could run on pure gasoline, pure alcohol, or blends of these fuels. (Photo: ANI)

Engineers devise new method of powering hybrid heavy-duty trucks

The concept involves using a plug-in hybrid engine system, where the truck would be powered by batteries with a spark ignition engine.

10 Apr 2019 11:26 AM

MWC 2019: New smartphone with 18,000mAh battery, folding display

Not one or two, this brand will announced 26 different phone models at the MWC 2019.

02 Feb 2019 11:28 AM

The White House said on Friday that it would expand “direct investment in the industrial base to address critical bottlenecks, support fragile suppliers.”

Pentagon to produce lithium sea-water batteries: Donald Trump

Defense Department would purchase equipment for pilot production of the batteries that are critical for anti-submarine warfare.

06 Oct 2018 9:34 AM

Unless your phone has one of those jumbo batteries of 5000mAh or more, you will still run down your battery within a working day.

Li-Ion king rules!

We are stuck with Lithium-Ion phone batteries for now. So small mercies lie in quick charges.

24 Sep 2018 9:35 AM

Hassan used both a Blackberry and a Huawei handset as his daily drivers. (Representative Image)

Cradle CEO dies after smartphone explodes while charging

Witnesses say that one of Nazrin Hassan’s Blackberry or Huawei smartphone exploded, claiming his life instantly.

21 Jun 2018 9:09 PM

CSIR-CECRI has set up a demo facility in Chennai to manufacture prototype lithium-ion cells.

Lithium-ion batteries soon to be made in India

A new statement from the ministry reveals that the technology has been developed by CECRI scientists.

14 Jun 2018 3:44 PM

Panasonic is the exclusive battery cell supplier for Tesla’s mass-market Model 3 sedan.

Future car batteries to be cobalt-free: Panasonic

“We are aiming to achieve zero usage in the near future, and development is underway,” says Panasonic

31 May 2018 8:38 AM

In this particular case, it could have been possible that there must have been some manufacturing defect in this unit.

Apple AirPods explode in Tampa

AirPods user removed the earbud before it exploded.

10 Feb 2018 5:48 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Swallowed button batteries a concern with 'fidget spinners'

One child required emergency surgery to remove a piece of the broken toy.

07 Feb 2018 3:28 PM

Turns out that there are relatively inexpensive ways to check out the battery health on your old iPhone so that you don’t end up ditching your perfectly good battery or iPhone in favour of a new one.

Want to make your old iPhone faster? Here’s what you can do

The latest ‘Battery-gate’ incident has affected all iPhones excluding this year’s lineup.

26 Dec 2017 9:34 PM

Solid-state batteries offer more durability and longevity in comparison to lithium-ion batteries as they consist of electrolytes that are less likely to ignite under most situations.

‘Samsung to make batteries that won’t explode in the next 2 years’

The company will be able to manufacture such batteries within the next two years, reported Korean Herald.

04 Jul 2017 11:07 AM

Samsung to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7s post battery humiliation

They will be priced below 700,000 won (USD 616) and sales are slated to start July 7.

27 Jun 2017 12:31 PM

Apart from the extended usage range of the battery, the team claims that the battery is safer and more durable.

A battery that uses seawater to generate electricity

The new battery is developed by an MIT startup and can be helpful for underwater exploring drones.

17 Jun 2017 6:47 PM

Sony is projecting a three-fold recovery for the fiscal year through March 2018, because of the absence of quake- and movie-related costs, at 255 billion yen ($2.3 billion), although it warned currency fluctuations could hurt results.

Sony returns to black on healthy chip, game, battery sales

For the fiscal year through March, Sony's profit fell 50 percent to 73.3 billion yen ($660 million) from 148 billion yen.

28 Apr 2017 2:48 PM

Waste bottles can be used to store batteries

UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and personal electronics.

23 Apr 2017 10:25 AM

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