Desten Takes Another Step Toward Fast Charging
We have written several times about the opportunities and challenges of ultrafast charging systems. Here is an article on a recent development. Hong Kong-based company Desten is promoting its 900 kW charging system and the remarkable battery that goes with it,...
Some Big Advances in Lithium Ion Battery Recycling
Recycling batteries in EVs and consumer electronics is a “must” if these technologies are going to be sustainable. So far it has been neither easy nor inexpensive to do this, so batteries largely have just been accumulating. The big wave of spent batteries which may...
GM Backs a Third Entrant in Battery Race
GM recently led a $139 million Series D investment round for Singapore-based SES (formerly Solid Energy Systems) to advance its thin lithium metal anode battery. It joins the race to get to 500+ Wh/kg with an ability to charge to 80% in 15 minutes, go for 1000+...