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BMW plans to have 10 plug-in models by next year. Ford announces where it plans to build a wider array of upcoming electric cars. Fisker postpones plans for solid-state batteries. And we assess why the Jaguar I-Pace has made us more anxious than other EVs. All this and more on Green Car Reports. At its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, BMW laid out plans to sell more electric cars, including 12 all-electric models by 2025. Ford announced that it will build new electric cars at the Flat Rock, Michigan, factory it originally shared with Mazda—but it won't include its most...
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Fisker solid-state batteries won't arrive until at least 2022
As part of its latest revelation of a new, mainstream electric SUV for 2021, startup automaker Fisker (the eponymous founder's second under his own name), implicitly made a somewhat startling admission: The solid-state batteries the company has been working on may not be ready any time soon...
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Panasonic says solid-state batteries are still 10 years off
While scientists and automakers around the world are racing to develop solid-state batteries for electric cars, Panasonic says don't hold your breath. In an interview, Panasonic North American chief executive officer Tom Gebhardt told Business Insider that the hotly-anticipated battery breakthrough...
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Fisker gets Caterpillar investment for solid-state battery tech
Henrik Fisker has been sketching out big plans—well beyond cars—for the solid-state battery technology being developed by a Fisker Inc. team. And now it appears that the heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar has given it some vote of confidence. On Oct. 22, both companies announced that a...
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VW confirms it’s planning for solid-state batteries by 2025
Solid-state batteries sometimes sound a bit like the missing link that would punt electric vehicles soundly into mainstream acceptance. The list of potential virtues for solid-state tech, which would replace the polymer/gel electrolyte commonly used in lithium-ion cells with a solid one, is...
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Three Dyson electric cars on the drawing board: report
While Dyson may be best known worldwide for high-tech vacuum cleaners, the company has a strong affinity for what the British call "boffins," which roughly translates to "eccentric genius inventors." With a slight resemblance to Doc Brown of "Back to the Future" (as played by Christopher Lloyd)...
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As they say, it's what's inside that counts. That's doubly so for Fisker, Inc., the second auto company founded by famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker. The first declared bankruptcy; its new Chinese owners renamed it Karma. In an interview with Car and Driver, Fisker (the man) claims solid-state batteries will still be part of his company's arsenal—release date: TBD—and an innovative charging solution as well. DON'T MISS: Fisker EMotion electric luxury sedan to be shown at CES in January While few doubt Fisker's ability to pen a pretty car—he's had a major hand in iconic...
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BMW partners with Solid Power to develop solid-state cells for electric cars
While lithium-ion cells have powered all but a handful of plug-in electric cars since 2008, carmakers have looked further down the road toward solid-state battery cells with an eye toward launching them sometime during the 2020s. On Monday, BMW Group and Solid Power announced that the two companies...
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Better alkaline batteries, made rechargeable, to power electric cars?
Alkaline batteries have been a staple energy source for decades, but their potential has been capped by their chemical properties. Notably, alkaline batteries cannot be recharged, which means their application is often limited to single uses in small devices such as flashlights and remote controls...
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2022 Toyota electric car to use solid-state batteries: updated report
Toyota has long claimed battery-electric cars are suitable only for limited uses, and promoted hydrogen fuel cells as the best zero-emission vehicle technology. Pushed by China's increasingly tough emission rules, the company recently—and reluctantly—committed to building all-electric...
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Fisker EMotion won't launch with graphene battery; 400-mile range still promised
Henrik Fisker, the man behind the relaunch of the company that bears his name, has released some new details on the upcoming EMotion sedan. However, the news isn't necessarily the best that electric-car fans and advocates could have hoped for. The graphene battery technology Fisker has frequently...
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Dyson walks away from (three) Sakti3 solid-state battery patents: updated
Just 18 months after its $90m acquisition of Sakti3, the British consumer-products company Dyson is taking a step back. Dyson has chosen to relinquish its rights to three patents co-owned by the company that were part of the core intellectual property of the Michigan based start-up company. Its...
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Lithium-ion battery-cell chemistry is currently dominant in electric cars, not to mention consumer electronics and other fields. But what seems to be an army of researchers thinks it can be improved. That includes one of the people who helped create lithium-ion batteries in the first place. CHECK OUT: Tesla granted patent on metal-air battery charging John Goodenough, a 94-year-old professor at the University of Texas Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering—and the co-inventor of the lithium-ion cell—recently led a team that developed what is purported to be a better alternative...
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Dyson electric car plans revealed by U.K. government filings
The U.K. government is helping to fund a Dyson electric-car project, documents reveal.
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Dyson Buys Solid-State Battery Startup Sakti3 For $90 Million
Dyson, the U.K. company famous for its bagless vacuum cleaners, has acquired solid-state battery company Sakti3 in a deal worth $90 million. The news comes just seven months after Dyson announced a $15 million investment in the company, a spin-out from the University of Michigan. Sakti3 represented...
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Solid-State Batteries Already Powering Electric Cars: BlueCars, In Fact
Bolloré hopes to use car sharing to jump start its solid-state battery business.
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Electric-Car Battery Costs Already Cheaper Than 2020 Predictions: Study
A new study shows a rapid drop in lithium-ion cell prices in recent years.
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VW To Decide On QuantumScape Solid-State Battery Technology By Summer
Volkswagen will decide whether to get more involved with battery startup QuantumScape.
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A new startup looks to break into the electric-car battery business.
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Solid-State Batteries For Electric Cars: 'Great Potential,' VW CEO Says
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn showed interest in solid-state batteries during a recent speech.
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Better Batteries Coming Soon, Experts Agree: A Video Panel Worth Watching
The formula is simple: Put three battery and auto-industry experts in front of a camera, ask them a few leading questions, and let them debate. That's exactly what the Autoline Network did three weeks ago; the resulting 27-minute video is a must-watch for any electric-car enthusiast. The three...
John Voelcker