Just a short while ago Mark Kerr and his family became the first in the UK to have a Tesla Powerwall installed in their home. The Powerwall, with it’s smooth minimalist aesthetic,…
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Researchers pave way for ‘ultimate’ lithium-air battery
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a lab based demonstrator version of the ‘ultimate’ lithium-air battery that is more than 90 per cent efficient. Lithium-air batteries have been, for some time now,…
Audi, Samsung, and LG join hands for powerful battery
Audi has inked a deal with LG Chem and Samsung SDI under which it will be developing a battery for its purely electrically powered sport utility vehicle with the two South Korean…
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Battery life, Overheating issues
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 has proved to be the best tablet in the Surface line-up of gadgetry – so much so that an independent study by Which? pegged it as the best…
Swatch working on ‘revolutionary batteries’ that last 6 months on a single charge
Swatch, one of the world’s largest watch makers, has confirmed it is currently working on to develop a new long-life battery for smartwatches that will last for a whopping six months on…
Tesla unveils rechargeable solar-powered batteries for homes
Luxury electric car maker, Tesla Motors, on Thursday, unveiled Tesla Energy, a collection of rechargeable batteries that can be used to power up homes, businesses and utilities. The batteries were launched at…
New battery takes just 60 seconds to charge fully; safer than current batteries
Stanford University researchers have invented a new battery which can be fully charged in just one minute and is a lot safer than currently used lithium-ion batteries. Researchers claim that the inexpensive,…
New aluminium-ion battery charges fully in 60 seconds
Researchers at Stanford University have developed an aluminium-ion battery prototype that is a lot safer than traditional lithium-ion batteries in use today and takes just 60 seconds to charge fully. “We have…
Dyson invests over £10 million in “solid-state” batteries company
British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson has reportedly invested around £10.14 million ($15 million) in a new kind of battery which claims to double smartphone battery life. Dyson is financing Sakti3, an extension…
Apple calls out US court to dismiss A123 Systems’ employee poaching lawsuit
Apple, on Tuesday, called out a US court to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by battery maker A123 systems over employee poaching, saying that A123’s charges are based on an “incorrect and…
Apple ready to settle ‘poaching issue’ with A123 Systems
Apple is reportedly involved in settlement talks with electric car battery maker A123 Systems, which accused the Cupertino of poaching at least five of its employees in a bid to start a…
Apple slapped with lawsuit for poaching Car Battery maker’s engineers
Electric car battery maker A123 Systems has reportedly filed a suit against Apple for poaching at least five of its employees to start a large scale battery division of its own. Tthe…
New type of glass will double your smartphone’s battery life, new research claims
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a new type of glass material that could be used as an electrode in Lithium-ion batteries to almost double the life of smartphone batteries. The researcher…
New ultra-fast chargers can charge smartphone batteries in less than 2 minutes
Israel-based tech start-up StoreDot has developed new ultra-fast chargers that can power up a smartphone’s battery in just two minutes time. The fast-charging process involves use of a completely new type of…
Battery made using titanium dioxide fully charges in two minutes
Researchers have managed to create a battery using cheap materials including titanium dioxide and graphite that fully charges in just two minutes. The smart battery has been developed by researchers at the…