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Innovations in next-generation battery development are changing the industry fast, and this might soon make frequent charging of your devices a thing of the past. Photo: Reuters
Tech

Next-gen batteries to power the future

With rapid advancements in battery technology, the dream of having uninterrupted power might not be as far-fetched as it initially seems

Chinese company Betavolt claims to have developed a battery that could power mobile phones that never need to be charged and drones that can fly forever. Photo: Betavolt.tech
Tech

China develops radioactive battery to keep your phone charged for 50 years

Countries with most battery manufacturing capacity
By The Numbers

Countries with most battery manufacturing capacity

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk and Shanghai's Mayor Ying Yong attend an opening ceremony for Tesla's China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Tech

Inside Tesla's drive to keep Musk's battery promise

The mock of lithium-ion battery is displayed during a news conference at Asahi Kasei Corporation's Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
World+Biz

Japan calls for $24 bln investment to boost battery competitiveness

An Aries lithium iron phosphate battery pack is seen waiting to undergo testing at Our Next Energy headquarters in Novi, Michigan, U.S., April 25, 2022. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook
Global Economy

Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets

Technological innovation to replace old batteries
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Technological innovation to replace old batteries

Machines are seen on a battery tray assembly line during a tour at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Analysis

Soaring battery costs fail to cool electric vehicle sales

From lithium compounds and spodumene to PVDF, prices over the last year have risen by as much as threefold. Now, graphite is beginning to see the surge too. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg Special

EV battery makers are getting their hands on everything

Cables and lithium-ion battery components on the production line at an automobile manufacturing plant in Dingolfing, Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Rising battery costs hit carmakers, threaten climate-change push

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Analysis

Why an electric car battery is so expensive, for now

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USA

Biden’s electric vehicle plan includes battery recycling push

QuantumScape’s ceramic separator. Photographer: Kelsey McClellan for Bloomberg Green
Tech

Inside the secret battery lab with a $20 billion breakthrough