Electric aviation has faced a single, unresolved bottleneck: proving to regulators that high-energy propulsion batteries can safely contain worst-case failures.
General Motors has announced a significant uptick in production of its Ultium battery modules, with CEO Mary Barra pointing to a 300-percent increase over the past six months. The announcement was ...
Volkswagen is recalling tens of thousands of its ID.4 electric SUVs in the United States after regulators flagged a risk that ...
When I learned that CATL had given up on its Choco-SEBs, it was clear that Ample was all alone in the battery module swapping business. The Chinese giant lost a massive opportunity to set a world ...
In October 2024, the Free2Move director Miguel Barquilla told the newspaper El Español that his car-sharing company would put Ample's battery module swapping tech to work in Madrid by December of that ...
Swiss startup H55 has finished the testing required for certification of a lithium-ion battery for electric aircraft. This is ...
Battery swapping has long been one of those holy grail solutions for addressing the problem of range anxiety in electric vehicles. It’s been tried a number of times over the past 15 years and while ...
Volvo is recalling thousands of plug-in hybrids in the United States as they could short circuit when parked and fully charged. This poses a serious fire risk and it could occur at night, when the ...