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Japanese electronics corporation TDK says its new solid state batteries will replace the coin sized batteries found in wearable electronics.

Apple Battery Supplier Working on New Battery Material With 100 Times the Energy Density of Current Tech

By Frank Landymore

A Chinese tech company claims its miniature nuclear battery is fully capable of working for up to 50 years.

Startup Says Its Coin-Sized Nuclear Battery Could Fly Drones “Continuously”

By Sharon Adarlo

Australian scientists have discovered a new bacterial enzyme that can turn air — yes, seriously — into working electricity.

Scientists Discover Enzyme That Can Turn Air Into Electricity

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Two new high capacity battery prototypes are pushing the frontiers of energy storage — and in a beachy twist, one is based on sand and the other on water.

Unrelated Teams Install “Sand Battery” and “Water Battery”

By Frank Landymore

Putting out a Tesla fire once is one thing. Putting out a Tesla fire that kept reigniting three weeks after it was taken to the junkyard is another.

Firefighters Struggle as Junkyard Tesla Bursts Into Flames Weeks After Crash

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new paper suggests that quantum technology could allow future electric vehicle owners to be able to charge their cars in just three minutes

Advanced Transport

Scientists Say Quantum Tech Will Charge Electric Cars as Fast as Gas Ones

By Tony Ho Tran

South Korean regulators are investigating Tesla for allegations that it exaggerated how far its cars can drive on a single charge.

Tesla Accused of Exaggerating How Far Its Cars Can Drive on a Charge

By Tony Ho Tran

During Tesla's Battery Day event on Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk revealed how batteries could be integrated into the structural elements of the car.

Elon Musk: In Future Teslas, “Structural Battery” Will Be Part of the Car’s Frame

By Victor Tangermann

To anticipate the massive amounts of hype surrounding Tesla's Battery Day, Elon Musk clarified something "important:" the tech is still two years away.

Elon Musk: Tesla’s Next Gen Battery Tech Still Two Years Away

By Victor Tangermann

An energy startup called NDB says it's making progress on a battery technology powered by small pieces of nuclear waste. Oh, and they say it's safe.

Researchers Test Battery Powered by Nuclear Waste

By Jon Christian

These Robots Can Store Energy in “Fat Reserves,” Like Humans

These Robots Can Store Energy in “Fat Reserves,” Like Humans

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Korean researchers claim their new carbon-silicon complex car battery could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles.

Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Double Electric Car Driving Range

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers working on a Tesla battery say their new model could last for up to 1 million miles over 6,000 recharging cycles.

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

By Dan Robitzski

A newly unveiled Energizer smartphone supposedly contains "the highest capacity battery ever seen in a smartphone" — but it's also incredibly big.

Robots and Machines

Energizer’s Brick-Like New Phone Has a Battery That Lasts 50 Days

By Kristin Houser

A new charge-storing system looks like a fabric that can be stitched into whatever you're wearing that day, helping discretely power biosensors.

Science & Energy

A New Battery Can Be Stitched Into Clothes to Power Wearables

By Dan Robitzski

Lime Recalled Thousands of Scooters Because They Were Catching Fire

Advanced Transport

Lime Recalled Thousands of Scooters Because They Were Catching Fire

By Victor Tangermann