“Reindustrialization of the American heartland” In my conversation with Justin Briggs, a cofounder and chief operating officer at Antora, he brought up his vision for the...
The technology behind Antora’s thermal storage is surprisingly simple. Its modular battery system resembles a steel shipping container, filled with blocks of solid carbon—imagine a three-foot-tall,...
What’s happening: A new tool lets artists make invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped...
Form Energy uses an iron-air chemistry in its batteries: as they store energy, the iron combines with oxygen, converting to rust. As energy discharges, the reverse...
The news: One of the leading companies offering alternatives to lithium batteries for the grid has just received a nearly $400 million loan from the US...
There’s also growing concern about fires started by e-bikes in New York City. These fires, which can be deadly, have mostly been caused by bikes that...
Today, lithium-ion batteries are the default choice to store energy in devices from laptops to electric vehicles. The cost of these kinds of batteries has plummeted...
To increase a battery’s total capacity, these anodes can be made with thicker layers of material, meaning there will be lots of space for ions to...
If you want to own that battery, and you don’t want to visit swap stations, your vehicle will cost you roughly $58,500. If, on the other...
And at the same time, energy density is ticking up, a trend I’m personally grateful for because I often forget to charge my phone for days...