EV Battery

New Mega‑Study of 1,300 Used EVs Just Blew Up the Battery‑Degradation Myth

New Mega‑Study of 1,300 Used EVs Just Blew Up the Battery‑Degradation Myth — Here’s Who Tops the List (Hint: Not Tesla)

What Kvdbil actually did — and why it’s news Kvdbil, one of Sweden’s largest marketplaces for used vehicles, embedded a battery check into its standard inspection and has now released the first large slice of data: 1,366 SoH tests across used EVs
October 31, 2025
How AI4S and LLMs Could Crack Solid‑State Batteries - And Supercharge the Clean‑Energy Race

‘ChatGPT for Materials’ Meets Robot Chemists: How AI4S + LLMs Could Crack Solid‑State Batteries – And Supercharge the Clean‑Energy Race

Why LLMs + AI4S are a turning point for solid‑state electrolytes Solid‑state electrolytes promise safer, higher‑energy batteries by replacing flammable liquids with ion‑conducting solids. But they’re notoriously hard to discover and manufacture: you must balance ionic conductivity, stability (chemical/electrochemical/mechanical), interfacial behavior, and
October 22, 2025
Solar, Wind & EV Giants Fight for Survival

Green Energy Bubble About to Burst? Solar, Wind & EV Giants Fight for Survival

A Clean Energy Boom Runs Out of Steam Wind turbines and solar panels in Palm Springs, California – symbols of a renewable energy boom that is now facing a harsh reckoning as market realities set in. Not long ago, clean energy was
October 18, 2025
New EV BMW iX3

BMW’s €10 Billion “Neue Klasse” Shock: How a Fossil‑Free Hungarian Mega‑Plant and CATL Supply Will Help Munich Outrun China’s EV Giants

In‑depth analysis 1) The €10 billion bet: BMW’s biggest reinvention in decades BMW’s Neue Klasse isn’t a single model—it’s an all‑new EV platform, electronics architecture, and manufacturing playbook that the company has already funded to the tune of “well over €10 billion.” That spend
October 15, 2025
Streetlight EV Charger

Penn State’s Genius Streetlight Hack Could Put an EV Charger on Every Block – Here’s How It Works

The story: How Penn State turned a city’s streetlights into an equitable EV charging network The problemPublic charging often clusters at highway fast‑charge hubs and commercial lots, while millions of urban drivers can’t plug in at home. That inequity slows EV adoption
October 14, 2025
Huawei Solid‑State EV Battery

Huawei ‘5‑Minute, 3,000‑km’ Solid‑State EV Battery: Breakthrough or Bold Claim?

The in‑depth explainer What Huawei actually filed (and why it matters) Huawei’s patent (CN118899435A, published Nov 5, 2024) describes doping sulfide solid electrolytes with nitrogen‑containing groups so that, against a lithium‑metal anode, a stabilizing lithium nitride (Li₃N) interphase forms. In lab data
October 13, 2025
Wireless Charging

AI Cracks Wireless Charging’s Biggest Problem: Chiba University team designs a “load‑independent” wireless power system that holds steady at 86.7% efficiency

The news, at a glance Wireless power transfer is everywhere—from phone pads and toothbrush chargers to industrial sensors—but most systems’ voltage sags or spikes when the load changes, especially during battery charging. Sekiya’s group says their machine‑learning design procedure solves that by
October 6, 2025
Your Electric car could be a Home Battery

Stop Buying a Home Battery? Your EV Could Be a 60–100 kWh Backup Powerhouse — The 2025 Roundup of Bidirectional Chargers (V2H, V2G & V2L)

Bidirectional EV chargers: your EV as the ultimate home backup battery What “bidirectional” really means In North America, UL 9741 defines safety for bidirectional EV power export equipment and references UL 1741/IEEE 1547 for grid interaction—the same framework used for solar and
October 4, 2025