The Ion SmartScooter is a stand-up electric scooter prototype that is lightweight, foldable and compact, with its creators claiming it can carry an average adult for distances of up to 17 miles (27 km ...

R esearchers in Germany have developed a new type of sodium-ion battery made from wood waste that could be used for ...

After two years of use, lithium-ion battery electric vehicles (BEVs) result in a reduction in cumulative carbon dioxide (CO₂) ...

OPINION: "The Trump administration may not have been kind to electric vehicles, but it has not killed them, either," former ...

On a special episode (first released on July 14, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Many of today’s gadgets are powered by lithium-ion batteries, but that could be changing. Shirley Meng, a University of ...

Sodium-ion batteries may be the answer to the future of sustainable energy storage and could be used to make drinking water out of seawater. Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a ...

GOCE’s sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite’s post-launch commissioning phase.

When a Tesla burned in East Marion after a head-on crash last month, gray smoke billowed into the night and flames rose 15 to 20 feet. Two occupants remained trapped inside as volunteer firefighters ...

Ola Electric Technologies (OET), the manufacturing and tech arm of Ola Electric Mobility, approved on Thursday a second ...

While ion thrusters are a promising propulsion method for future spacecraft, their working life is limited by the amount of propellant they can carry. Now, scientists at ESA and Italian space company ...

Most people understand that electric cars are far different than the gas-guzzling vehicles of the last century, but there are still plenty of misconceptions about battery-powered automobiles. Many ...