It took thirteen years and untold billions of dollars to make a single test car. Mercedes recently announced that it was road-testing an EV with a solid-state battery in it. This is a historic feat— ...

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.

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 ...

Imagine an electric vehicle that charges in minutes, travels hundreds of miles on a single charge, and eliminates the risk of battery fires. This is the promise of solid-state batteries, a technology ...

This week already brought us a camper loaded with solid-state battery power, and now we have a luxury EV putting its own solidified energy storage to work. BMW is road-testing solid-state batteries in ...

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.

Solid-state batteries have long been billed as the "holy grail" of sustainable driving. Proponents say they offer safer, cheaper and more powerful batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), as well as ...

Mercedes-Benz starts road testing first solid-state-battery vehicle using Factorial Energy battery cells (Source: Mercedes-Benz) The race for the “holy grail” of EV batteries is heating up.

Silicon negative electrode in all-solid-state batteries can lose electrical contact at low stack pressure, reducing performance. Here, the authors introduce a conductive, water-processable polymer ...