Weight is one of the biggest banes for car designers and engineers. Batteries are exceedingly heavy and dense, and with the internal combustion engine rapidly pulling over for an electric future, the ...

So far, most electric car batteries are built around a predictable hierarchy: Cells go into modules and modules assemble into a pack. In many cases, the case and internal frame of the pack make up its ...

This article is based on Tesla’s patent application, “Integrated Energy Storage System,” and also on the two cutaways of the new Model Y structural battery pack that were shown at the Giga Berlin ...

Any potential industry shift toward cylindrical battery cells in EVs is far from a foregone conclusion, let alone an actual trend. Case in point: The battery supplier CATL makes a strong argument for ...

Freudenberg e-Power Systems will use the XALT gigafactory in Midland to assemble battery cell modules for electric commercial vehicles as part of a contract with LG Energy Solution. The company will ...

This week at IAA Munich, the Volkswagen Group unveiled its "unified" battery cell. Developed by VW subsidiary PowerCo, the prismatic cell will debut in the automaker's line of affordable EVs launching ...

Detroit — General Motors Co. will again accept battery supply from LG Energy Solution, allowing replacement battery modules for recalled Chevrolet Bolts to ship to dealers as soon as mid-October, the ...