Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, August 19, 2016 MIT startup claims a breakthrough for ‘holy grail’ of batteries, doubles energy density As always, a healthy dose of skepticism is important when it comes to an alleged “battery breakthrough”. Those announcements are being made every 2-3 months over the last decade and rarely anything comes to it, but at least we can always rely…
Nissan may stop making its own electric car batteries It reportedly decided that it’s cheaper to buy EV power from someone else. Jon Fingas, engadget.com, 08.08.16 Nissan has long made its own electric car batteries thanks to Automotive Energy Supply, its team-up with NEC, but it appears to be having second thoughts. Sources speaking to both Nikkei and Reuters understand that…