“There is work that is being done on the charging infrastructure. Charging infrastructure needs a lot more work to do and we are also doing some work in that area,” says Ravi Pandit, Chairman, KPIT Technologies.Can you outline for the benefit of our viewers that how has KPIT benefited because of EVs? How much of …
Pacemakers and other devices that go into your body often rely on batteries that need to be replaced or recharged in some way. However, a newly designed oxygen battery could remove the need for invasive surgeries to replace those important batteries, as they run off the body’s oxygen supply instead. The proof-of-concept is outlined in …
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“Just like we do research with corn, wheat, soybean, getting these plants to be more efficient in taking up nutrients—nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium—well, there needs to be this research that goes into understanding the mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation,” says McNear. “And then enhancing that, whether it be through gene editing or whatever.” ARPA-E is eying a …
An entire town in Finland could very well get a lot of its heat from a giant sand battery before too long. The new battery has officially been announced and will be built by Polar Night Energy. It’s a really clever concept that will essentially just be made up of a massive silo filled to …
Apple has updated the iPhone 15’s battery lifespan. The company said on Tuesday its latest iPhones can retain 80 percent of their original charging capacity after 1,000 cycles — double the company’s previous estimate — without any new hardware or software updates. Not so coincidentally, the change will arrive in time for upcoming EU regulations that will …
Venturing out by themselves That’s why Chinese auto companies, which have become such prominent exporters thanks to the rise of EVs, are starting to form their own shipping businesses. News that BYD was looking to buy or charter ships was first reported by the shipping outlet Lloyd’s List in late 2022. In December that year, …
A team at Northwestern University has created a paperback-sized device that can rest within the soil and draw energy from it. The dirt-powered fuel cell is quite unique and can draw almost limitless energy from the soil it is placed within. The device is what scientists call a microbial fuel cell. These nifty inventions have …
Google’s Pixel Watch could soon get a much-needed quality-of-life feature: full battery notifications. Nail Sadykov, the editor of the Google News Telegram channel, discovered the feature in the latest version of the Pixel Watch app. However, the feature is hidden behind a flag and isn’t available to users yet. Sadykov was able to enable the …