Proterra, the leading manufacturer of electrified buses, and LG Chem, a leading manufacturing lithium-ion batteries, have teamed to create a battery cell made specifically for heavy-duty vehicle applications. The batteries are designed to have exceptional energy throughput, acceptance of high charge rates, and optimal energy density. Read about it at …
Researchers at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering have proposed using the model pharmaceutical companies use to move product from research phases to market. Their paper, published in MRS Energy & Sustainability, suggests an industry model for automotive battery innovations that is based on the research-development-market model used by pharma. The …
Persistent battery drains are a serious annoyance for car owners, but are particularly difficult (and tedious) for a mechanic to locate and repair. Quite often the drain will be in an inaccessible place, there will be more than one drain source, or the issue just never seems to resolve. Small, …
A report in Europe says that the failure rate for Nissan LEAF batteries is very, very low. So low that it almost doesn’t register statistically. Read more at Torque News.
A relatively common “side-effect” of replacing a battery and/or alternator in a car is to have the voltage (battery) warning light come on. This is especially true in late-model vehicles with their more sophisticated internal diagnostic systems. It’s an issue that was mentioned in our forum last August by user …
A user in our forum, tegarthe, has replaced both the battery and the alternator in a truck and still has a battery warning light on. This is a vehicle non-specific problem and can happen to anyone. He replaced the battery with a new one and the alternator with a refurbished …
To protest Nissan’s lack of meaningful response to battery lifespan issues, Leaf owners in Arizona have banded together in one of the largest EV tests of its kind to prove that the Leaf’s batteries are, indeed, aging prematurely and losing effectiveness before their time. Pinboard (MacAaron)
