Electric vehicles are colliding with a hard reality: lithium is expensive, supply chains are fragile, and safety concerns still unsettle buyers. A new generation of solid-state sodium-ion batteries ...

The race to revolutionize the science of electric vehicles (EVs) is heating up. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Often touted as the "holy grail" of sustainable driving, solid ...

It was easy to doubt solid-state batteries until someone finally got one into a car. For over a decade, various automakers have attempted to produce an EV with a solid-state battery instead of a ...

Applying high stack pressure is primarily done to address the mechanical failure issue of solid-state batteries. Here, the authors propose a mechanical optimization strategy involving elastic ...

Solid-state electrolytes are considered the holy grail of Li-ion battery technology. BMW is the latest carmaker to start testing all-solid-state battery cells. The BMW i7 prototype is touted as the ...

Solid-state batteries promise everything EV buyers want, but Honda and Toyota’s latest patents show the hardest work happens long before production ever begins. Solid-state batteries promise more ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Jinsong Zhang (left) and Mario El Kazzi with a test cell of the all-solid-state battery developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. The two researchers developed a process that combines mild ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.