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Concerns Raised as Tesla Model 3 Spontaneously Combusts!
One of the biggest (and legitimate) concerns surrounding the expansion of electric cars on our roads generally tends to fall upon the batteries. Put simply, lithium-ion has a very messy production cycle (in terms of mining/pollution), and worse, when something goes wrong, they tend to flame up in a pretty…
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New Lithium Battery Design Doesn’t Need Cobalt or Nickel
For around 10-years now, the vast majority of battery designs have now transitioned onto a Lithium-Ion base. There is, of course, a good reason for that. Largely being that the technology has allowed for battery lifespans to increase massively compared to the prior technology. It isn’t, however, perfect. The utilization…
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Aston Martin Debuts the Rapide E – Their First All-Electric Car
Unveiled In-Person After Four Years Attendees of the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show were in for a surprise when Aston Martin finally took the covers off their latest project. Introducing the Rapide E, the company’s first all-electric car. This has been a long time coming, and was actually announced over four…
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HP Issue Laptop Recall Over Fire Concerns
HP Issues Laptop Recall While lithium-ion batteries have provided us with much longer-lasting electronic products, there are more than a few inherent risks involved with them. Overlooking the questionable mining processes required to create them, when they catch on fire the results are (almost literally) explosive. Perhaps most concerning of…
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First Rechargeable Proton Battery Created
Worlds First Proton Rechargeable Battery Created At present, batteries are largely of a lithium-ion design. Despite the fact that they can hold and sustain high charges to power modern appliances, there are inherent issues with them. Firstly, they are exceptionally liable to fire or explosion when damaged. Secondly, the sourcing of…
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Lithium-Ion Battery With Heat Control Created
Lithium-ion batteries are used in everything, from your phone to handheld gaming devices. They are the basis for most portable powered devices but by design, they are typically quite old. While they’ve received their upgrades over time, lithium ion batteries have the same flaw a lot of technology has these…
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StoreDot’s Latest En-devour Could Super Charge Your EV
StoreDot’s at it again, remember that company, whose tech could charge your smartphone in a minute, their latest en-devour could charge an electric vehicle in just 5. At Microsoft’s ThinkNext conference, the Israeli startup announced that it had started work on a technology that would enable electric vehicles to fully…
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Discarded Laptop Batteries Could Power Slums, Claims IBM
An IBM study has determined that old laptop batteries could be used to power slums. 70% of discarded batteries were able to hold enough charge to power an LED light for four hours a day over a whole year, an Indian IBM team has shown. The idea was trialled in…
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Scientists Use Sand To Triple Smartphone And Other Devices Battery Life
The battery life of our mobile devices – and anything that contains a battery for that matter is something which ranks quite high in everyone gripe list. Although manufacturers are discovering new ways to design components the need less power to run, there is only a certain amount of power…
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Sugar-Powered Battery Said To Last 10-Times Longer, To Be Released In 3 Years
Sugar is the best biological source of energy. We need it to be active in just about anything, and not to mention its effect on kids when is almost bedtime! But recently, it has been discovered that with sugar, we can even break the barrier of lithium-ion batteries as well.…
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Patriot Fuel+ 9000mAh Mobile Rechargeable Battery Review
Introduction We find ourselves busy every moment of our lives. There’s not enough time to do all the things we want or even need to do and charging our portable devices is one of those things as that leaves us with the inconvenience of being tethered by a cable and…
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