TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

StoreDot , the Israeli next-generation battery technology startup touting an “extreme fast charging” (XFC) battery for electric vehicles, has secured the first close of its latest funding round led by Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast. StoreDot’s Bio-Organic Battery Tech Can Charge From Flat To Full In 30 Seconds.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

The battery — which has been colloquially called a “million mile” battery in reference to how long it can last in a car before breaking down — is being co-developed with Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The company held a similar event focused on self-driving technology in April 2019.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CATL has pledged to offset part of the development costs for its suppliers and make advance payments for their technology innovation, a move made with the hope of accelerating the application of new battery materials and equipment, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But for Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of battery tech startup Sila, hard tech problems are also some of the most tantalizing. It’s always a good time to be a hard tech startup,” Berdichevsky said at TechCrunch Disrupt. For founders and investors alike, such long timelines can seem daunting.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. Verdi , EyeGage , Animal Alternative Technologies , RoboDeck , Adventr.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

Gogoro CEO Horace Luke tells The Verge the deals with DCJ and Yadea have been in the works for around two years and that the Chinese companies dug deep into Gogoro’s technology before deciding to partner up. When they use lithium battery, you [have to] carry the lithium ion battery back home to charge, it’s unsafe.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Longer-term energy storage is a drag, and a lot of battery tech has been focusing on “how quickly can we charge these batteries so I can drive my EV for another couple of hundred miles.” It points out that this is a fast-growing market segment, not well served by existing battery technologies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

. “World Fund provides a strong climate capability, deep tech knowledge and operational expertise with an extensive network. “World Fund only invests in startup technologies that can save at least 100 megatonnes of CO2e annually by 2040. “This will enable true green and circular mobility.”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

That’s roughly four to five times longer than conventional lithium-ion battery packs, which would be good for both your wallet and the environment. The Elecjet Apollo Ultra is a lithium-polymer battery that’s been enhanced with Real Graphene USA’s proprietary battery technology. Charges from zero to full in 27 minutes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That’s why technologies coming from companies like Malta , an energy storage technology developer that just raised $50 million in new financing, are attracting attention and venture capital investment. “In practice we are heading towards a system where electricity is priced close to zero,” Swaminathan said.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, tweeted in late February that the EV company plans to shift its standard distance cars away from nickel-hungry lithium-ion battery cells. Calling nickel the company’s “biggest concern for scaling,” he said that Tesla will be moving to iron cathode tech, but it’s hard to tell how long that process will take.

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TechNode

APRIL 29, 2024

Chinese battery manufacturer and technology company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Details: The company’s current level of research on solid-state batteries stands at 4, on a scale of 1-9 for technical and manufacturing maturity, CATLs chief scientist Wu Kai disclosed at a battery technology seminar.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Just take a look at Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt. Other deals that caught my attention … Accure , a startup that uses AI to predict lithium-ion battery failures, raised $7.8 Several Silicon Valley and freight tech industry angels also participated, according to the company. NaaS Technology Inc. ,

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Google is using the same Soli technology that was in the Pixel 4 smartphone underneath the mirrored finish to automatically detect when you are standing in front of the thermostat and wake it up. Instead of a built-in rechargeable lithium battery, the Nest Thermostat runs off of two standard AAA batteries.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2020

Founder Henrik Fisker spent the first few years promoting a luxury sedan and claimed he was developing a solid-state battery that would last longer and be easier to build than the lithium-ion batteries that power modern electric vehicles. Using Volkswagen’s tech would be a big reversal from Fisker Inc.’s Fisker Inc. s original goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

(For background on blockchain and why it matters for nonprofits and NGOs, this Thrive Global article, Blockchain Positive Impact: Social Enterprise and Nonprofits , provides use cases and a brief technology overview.). Technology & Platforms. The beautiful, artistic streets of downtown Toronto, Canada. 4 th Industrial Revolution.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Xiaolang Zhang pleaded guilty this week to stealing confidential driving information from the tech giant and then going to work for an electric vehicle company. Today, a startup out of Paris called Ravel Technologies is emerging from stealth with an approach it believes could be the missing link between those two, Ingrid reports.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

There’s a lot of value in waste; just ask metals processing company Nth Cycle , which has developed a technology to help mining and recycling companies recover every bit of critical minerals from their operations. There, she received $500,000 in funding to scale the technology and prepare it for demonstration to private funders.

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TechNode

APRIL 16, 2024

Chinese automaker GAC Group said on April 12 that it had broken through several obstacles regarding the durability and safety of all-solid-state batteries, and expected its future rollout of the technology to offer drivers a range of over 620 miles per charge by 2026.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Building on technologies developed in the stem cell research labs of UCSF, EndoCrine is looking to commercialize a better way to discover and develop drugs. Rather than building autonomous trucking from scratch, NuPort’s solution is designed to retrofit semis with autonomous technologies. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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TechNode

JUNE 19, 2024

Dongfengs Voyah will source batteries from Chinas CATL and Sunwoda for the upcoming Zhiyin model, scheduled for launch in the second half of 2024, according to the registration filings released by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The five-seater SUV measures 4.7 meters in length and 1.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

This time the market is China, where Gogoro’s technology, including its swappable smart batteries, will be used in scooters made by Dachangjiang Group (DCJ), one of the country’s biggest motorcycle makers, and Yadea , one of it top electric two-wheel companies.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High Tech said on Thursday that the first locally-made battery pack has rolled off assembly lines in the facility it partners on with state-owned energy giant PTT in Thailands Rayong province.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Heat has the benefit of being extremely fast — you don’t have to worry about the speed that a Lithium battery can absorb electricity. For the heating — there’s no magic there: your toaster and hairdryer uses the same technology for generating heat as we do. “If you put brick in your oven, and heat it up.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Virgin lithium mining is a focal point for the U.S. Yet, there is another primary source to secure key battery materials (lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese), and that is recycling end-of-life and scrap batteries. produces black mass (the output recycling lithium-ion batteries metals that can be put back into the supply chain).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nourish Ingredients, a food tech company that creates animal-free fats using synthetic biology , secured $28.6 Minerva Lithium : Uses absorbent material to change the way we extract lithium. Reverion : Has developed a way to get more electricity out of biogas and existing fuel-cell technology. Big Tech Inc.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here's our look at the most interesting and fun things that happened in nonprofit technology this year. The MIT Technology Review deemed it a top 10 breakthrough technology even though the app has been around for a few years. Lithium ion battery failures were big again this past year. Technology for Good.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The production version of these bikes include all features and technology found on the Serial 1 Tribute prototype, with more contemporary styling and finish. Each model will come with integrated lighting in the front and rear, a frame-integrated lithium-ion battery, and a maintenance-free Gates carbon belt drive.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

According to the “Top 5 Compound Robot Shipments in the Chinese Market in 2022” report released by the High-Tech Robotics Industry Research Institute, YOUIBOT ranked first and is also among the “Top 20 Most Competitive Robot Companies Globally.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

And it’s one that, if it scales up, could help break some of the biggest limitations currently facing lithium-ion technology. What he didn’t expect when founding Sila, though, was the boom in wearable tech, which opened up a lot of new doors. You have less competition when you solve the hardest problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Rob Stuart, who passed away recently and who was instrumental in the creation of the nonprofit technology movement always had a favorite question, “What tools are in your tool box?” Kami Huyse , Zoetica, points to Lithium , a monitoring and measurement tool. While not free, another favorite tool mentioned as Radian 6.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This month, Xiaomi is making its biggest effort yet to bring its “HyperCharge” technology to a mainstream, global audience. So I talked to Daniel Desjarlais, international head of communications and global spokesperson at Xiaomi, about the company’s fast-charging technology efforts and what people outside China should expect from the 11T Pro.

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TechNode

MAY 24, 2024

A lot of climate technologies are sitting in a laboratory somewhere and haven’t found a pathway to market, Alexander Bent, managing partner at investment firm Undivided Ventures, said on Friday at the BEYOND EXPO 2024 tech conference in Macao. Ltd, a Chinese lithium-ion power battery maker. Ltd, told the audience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

We love to see tech helping bikers stay safe. Apple has hired Luigi Taraborrelli, a 20-year veteran of supercar maker Lamborghini, to work on the tech company’s not-so-secret electric autonomous vehicle program, Bloomberg reported. — Rebecca Bellan. A little bird. We hear things and we share the tidbits that we can verify.

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TechNode

MARCH 15, 2024

Details of new electric vehicle models from Chinese auto and tech majors including Huawei, Xiaomi, and Geely have been leaked online via an official regulatory process. Xiaomi SU7 A post from Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on March. 12, 2024 shows a new variant of Xiaomi S7 with 220 kW of peak output.

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TechNode

APRIL 12, 2024

At Huawei’s spring product launch event on Thursday, Consumer BG CEO Yu Chengdong introduced the MateBook X Pro, a slim lightweight laptop featuring cutting-edge technology such as the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and Pangu AI integration. The 2024 Huawei MateBook X Pro introduces a 14.2-inch billion color display.

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TechNode

JUNE 7, 2024

Beijing also wants to replicate its success story of electric vehicles from land to sky, as part of its ambition to become a global leader in technological innovations. So is it almost like EVs in the air?

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