Tag: Battery technology
Audi and BMW team up with Umicore on EV battery recycling
As early-generation electric vehicles (EVs) start to retire from active service, plans for recycling components and materials from their batteries are starting to take...
Electric car demand supercharges lithium-ion battery market. Positive news?
But questions remain around the supply of materials to make lithium-ion batteries, the resources needed to recycle/reuse them, and the carbon emissions associated with...
IoT success demands radical cost reductions and minimal devices, say Cambridge...
The IoT can only succeed if organisations develop a minimum viable device to slash costs, says Rob Milner, head of smart systems at Cambridge...
Spark NZ takes two-pronged approach to IoT connectivity
Spark NZ has announced a 'dual-network' approach in a bid to offer customers more choice when it comes to IoT connectivity in New Zealand.
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Thin film batteries set for solid (state) growth
Smaller, lighter and with no risk of leakages or explosions, thin film batteries based on solid state components are increasingly important to low-power IoT...
Microsoft and GE team up on wind energy and battery tech
Tech giant Microsoft has teamed up with General Electric (GE) on a new wind energy agreement in Ireland, which the two companies claim could...