MLADA BOLESLAV, Czech Republic—Skoda Auto, a leading European car manufacturer, recently produced its 100,000th battery for plug-in hybrid models at its flagship factory here.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—Engineers at Penn State are developing lithium-iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles and can charge in 10 minutes.
HERZELIYA, Israel—A startup company called StoreDot claims to have reached a milestone by developing a lithium-ion battery that can charge in only five minutes.
CAMBRIDGE, England—Thermal management is critical for electric vehicle battery packs. Without it, fires are a constant threat. Unfortunately, that has been a thorn in the side of recent EV deployment efforts, says a new report from IDTechEx.
A century ago, vertical integration thrived at Ford Motor Co. Today, as the curtain starts to close on the golden age of the internal combustion engine, Ford is rethinking its strategy for building electric vehicle components in-house.
FRANKFURT—Daimler will buy battery cells worth more than $23 billion by 2030, as it readies mass production of hybrid and electric vehicles, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars announced on Tuesday.
