CATL with Yutong will sell EV batteries with a 1.5 million km (932,000 mile), 15 Year warranty. They have zero degradation in the first thousand charge / discharge cycles. These will be used in buses. CATL launches new EV battery with close to a 1 million mile, 15-year lifespan
2025-08-09 Extracting Manganese Dioxide, Zinc And Carbon From Batteries
I haven’t watched it yet. https://www.facebook.com/NileRed2/videos/574195931876803/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-06-20 Batteries Are So Cheap Now Solar Power Doesn’t Sleep
Electrek article. “”A new report from global energy think tank Ember says batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world.”” “”And as battery tech keeps improving, round-the-clock solar could become the backbone of clean energy systems
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2025-04-08 Sodium Ion Batteries – Will They Take Up To Half Of The Market
Matt / Undecided tells us about the current state of the sodium ion battery market. Some of the new developments.
2025-03-05 Solving Renewables Recycling In The US
Matt Ferrel describes how renewables – solar panels and wind turbine blades – and battery storage are being recycled.
2024-12-14 EV Battery Replacement Will Be Cheaper Than Fixing Gas Engine
But EV batteries will seldom if ever need to be replaced. Some EVs have a million kilometer warrantey, and MG is giving a lifetime battery warrantee. The whole anti-EV crowd is a bunch of BS.
2024-10-19 Recycling Lead Acid Batteries From UPSes
A short video that says they won’t go to the landfill. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1199773171098373?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-09-23 CATL Guarantees 1 Million km EV Battery
Sam Electric Viking’s 10.7 min video tells about CATL’s 600 thousand mile battery.
2024-09-21 Study Finds Electric Car Will Fall Apart Before Its Battery
Quote: “”A new study of 10,000 electric cars shows that their battery packs should outlast the vehicles themselves….”” Your electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study finds
2024-05-29 Solar Panel Controller To Charge Lead-Acid Battery
This is a simple charge controller that includes a dump load to dissipate excess power from the PV panel. D1 is the reference voltage that feed the 393 comparators, and its forward voltage changes with temperature. It would be better to use a low power LM317 to give a stable 1.25 volts. Instead of a
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