Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL, says Musk's 4860 battery design "is going to fail and never be successful." Reading time 2 minutes The founder and chairman of CATL, one of the world’s ...

Repeated exposure to extreme heat reduces hybrid battery life. Frequent Level 3 DC fast charging shortens the life expectancy of a plug-in hybrid battery. Habitual charging to 100% affects a plug-in ...

EV batteries rarely fail, but when they do it doesn't have to kill the car. This new video shows that not only can it be cost-effective to replace a battery, but in some cars you can actually upgrade ...

A time traveler visiting from the 1960s might be somewhat disappointed by the state of technological progress in 2025. There are no flying cars, no space hotels, no robot butlers. But even though they ...

Lithium and standard lead-acid car batteries both have their pros and cons, and for some owners, switching to the former has ...

We don’t normally think of batteries as being natural, but the parts that make them originally got their start in nature! In this activity you will build a battery using potatoes, lemons, and metal ...

Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract minerals. That’s put a spotlight on batteries’ heavy environmental toll, at least upfront. But ...

Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...