Electric mobility may sound simple, but it is pretty far from it. A big battery pack offers more range, but most people will not use it most of the time. In road trips, it may allow them to travel ...

Ample was the first company to propose swappable battery modules that I have covered. Soon after I spoke to John de Souza – Ample's co-founder and president – CATL announced the Choco-SEBs, the ...

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 ...

A battery charge controller is an essential part of a power system that charges a battery because it can keep the battery safe for a long term. A charge controller, in principle, is an electronic ...

Hopefully writing the final chapter in the battery-related Bolt Fire saga, GM is set to start replacing all modules in some Chevy Bolt EV Batteries within weeks. Electrek had an exclusive sit-down ...

Stellantis is testing a new EV battery design said to eliminate an EV's separate charger and inverter hardware, making it more efficient and yielding more range. The secret to its success, Stellantis ...

About three times a day, Rich Benoit gets a call to his auto shop, The Electrified Garage, from the owner of an older Tesla Model S whose car battery has begun to fail. The battery, which used to ...

In a departure from his usual repair and tear down fare, [Kerry Wong] has set out on a long-term project — building a whole-house battery bank. From the first look at the project, this will be one to ...

The company said on Weibo that it has updated the charging and thermal management setting for Model S and X cars out of an abundance of caution.

In April, video surfaced of a Tesla Model S catching fire while parked in Shanghai, China. At the time, Tesla told Reuters it sent a team to investigate the conflagration and determine a cause. Now, a ...