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  • Electric Cars Will Be “Biggest Revolution In Motoring” Since 1913

    07/18/2021 11:51:22 PM PDT · by Cronos · 181 replies
    Clean Technica ^ | 18 July 2021 | Matt Pressman
    Many observers are forecasting that the world’s transition to electric cars will take place much sooner than expected. Now, BBC is also joining the fray. “What makes the end of the internal combustion engine inevitable is a technological revolution. And technological revolutions tend to happen very quickly … [and] this revolution will be electric,” reports BBC‘s Justin Rowlett. Rowlett points to the late ’90s internet revolution as an example. “For those who hadn’t yet logged on [to the internet] it all seemed exciting and interesting but irrelevant — how useful could communicating by computer be? After all, we’ve got phones!...
  • Researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials that double driving range

    03/20/2020 7:55:47 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    Phys.Org ^ | February 21, 2020 | by National Research Council of Science & Technology
    KIST researchers developed cathode material of carbon-silicon complex by simply mixing and heating silicon mixed with oil with green ingredients corn and sweet potato starch. If batteries made of this material are installed in electric vehicles, the driving range will more than double. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) _______________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Lee Byung Gwon) have announced the development of silicon anode materials that can increase battery capacity four-fold in comparison to graphite anode materials and...