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VW’s Cariad Software Division Is Doing Better Now: CEO

  Cariad, Volkswagen Group's software unit, is on the right track. CEO Peter Bosch said costs have been significantly reduced. Cariad, Volkswagen Group’s troubled software division, is in a better shape now than it was last year, CEO Peter Bosch said in an interview with Automobilwoche. The German automaker’s software

FUMED SILICA and Silica GEL MIXING METHOD in GEL AND AGM VRLA BATTERIES

17th Power On Conference Presentations The technical presentation evaluates and elaborates valuable information about Gel and AGM Batteries for standby and Automotive applications. The technical Presentation on GEL AND AGM VRLA DESIGN ASPECTS explains parts and processes like FUMED SILICA and Silica GEL MIXING METHOD. REQUIREMENTS OF SEPARATORS, ALLOY AND

Chinese sodium battery maker Zoolnasm secures new funding

  Zoolnasm recently completed its Series A2 financing round, bringing the total Series A financing amount to nearly RMB 300 million ($42 million). The funds will be primarily used for technological R&D, capacity expansion, and market development. (Image credit: Zoolnasm) Chinese sodium-ion battery startup Jiangsu Zoolnasm Energy Technology has completed

Who and How Can Help Indonesia Clean Up Its Minerals Act

  Last Updated on: 5th June 2025, 12:44 am By Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director for Emobility and Supply Chains at T&E, and Tommy Pratama, Executive Director for Traction Energy Asia Indonesia is big when it comes to the new race to secure minerals and cleantech. With some of the world’s largest reserves of

Can von der Leyen Save Europe's Car Industry from 'the Slow Agony of Decline'?

  Last Updated on: 5th June 2025, 01:21 am T&E’s William Todts assesses the EU Commission chief’s three biggest promises There was a time when five-minute charging, full self-driving and ultra-fast development cycles would have been announced in Stuttgart, Wolfsburg or Paris. No longer. These days German and French carmakers

SpaceX marks 500th Falcon launch with Starlink 11-22 Mission  

  Tesla’s lineup of vehicles has expanded considerably over the last few years. At first, the company offered the Model S luxury sedan, then the Model X luxury SUV, which has the seats but not the space or the affordability that everyone is looking for. The Model 3 and Model

Australia’s home BESS subsidy to make it a ‘red-hot market’

“It [the government’s programme] is likely to make Australia a red-hot market for new battery energy storage systems, and so it’ll build out the local supply chains,” Buckley explains. Indeed, when introduced from 1 July 2025, the programme will help cut the upfront cost of home BESS by 30%. Although

Tesla Jailbreak Exposes Trick To Get Inside Locked Glovebox

In the age of smart everything, sometimes dumb tools still win. In a recent TikTok clip that’s been viewed more than 410,000 times, creator Original Dr. Auto (@itsmedrauto) showed the world how to physically "jailbreak" the high-tech electric vehicle. Dr. A has created several videos where he's modified Teslas—often for

Empowering Our World: Unveiling the Advantages of the Battery Industry

The battery sector has grown to be a vital component in our contemporary society, energizing a diverse range of devices and systems. Beyond merely enhancing the convenience of portable electronics, this industry holds profound consequences that reach into domains such as renewable energy, transportation, and environmental preservation. In this article,

Tesla China sells 61,662 cars in May, down 15% year-on-year

This marks Tesla China's eighth consecutive month of year-on-year sales decline. In the first five months of the year, Tesla China sold 292,875 vehicles, down 17.64 percent year-on-year. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) sales of China-made vehicles continued to falter, extending the decline to the eighth month. Tesla China sold 61,662 vehicles

How Ford And GM Are Plotting A Battery Breakup With China

  The research labs inside General Motors' Global Technical Center aren't what spring to mind when you think of a traditional car company. The labs in Warren, Michigan, just north of Detroit, are top-secret facilities. They have long, empty corridors illuminated with bright white lights. Each corridor is spotless, feeling clinical

नवीन एवं नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा मंत्रालय

नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा उपयोग के परिवर्तन में सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं माध्यम उद्यमों के योगदान को बढ़ाने के लिए दोहरे वित्तपोषण दृष्टिकोण को अपनाया जा रहा है: सीओपी 28 में आईआरईडीए के मुख्य प्रबंध निदेशक प्रदीप कुमार दास भारतीय नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा विकास एजेंसी लिमिटेड (आईआरईडीए) के अध्यक्ष और मुख्य प्रबंध निदेशक श्री

Dürr and Grob present battery concept factory

  At the Battery Show Europe, the two partners Dürr and Grob are presenting their new concept factory for lithium-ion battery cells. The optimised production is intended to offer ‘more performance and the highest battery cell quality’ – with lower energy and space requirements. Dürr and Grob want to demonstrate

Snapshot of China's critical mineral export controls

  Global automakers are sounding the alarm on an impending shortage of rare earth magnets as China’s restrictions on the material vital for the automotive, defence and clean energy industries threaten production delays around the world. German automakers became the latest to warn that China’s export restrictions threaten to shut

Will the Capacity Market in Germany help or hurt BESS?

Capacity Markets (CM) have been launched in the UK, Italy, Belgium and Poland to name just a few in Europe, and battery energy storage system (BESS) technology has won increasingly large shares of the long-term revenue contracts they provide. In some places, like Poland, it provides the bedrock of the