Topic Intelligence: batteries

New York Times Business • 5d ago

G.M. Previews Talking Cars, Cheaper Batteries and Other New Tech

Drivers will be able to converse with an artificial intelligence assistant while cars largely drive themselves in certain situations, the company said...

Bullish 50.0

New York Times Business • 17d ago

Can I Take Batteries on a Plane? What to Know Before You Fly.

Is it OK to check your phone’s power bank Can you charge your tablet in the overhead bin? What about a cordless hair dryer? The rules have changed this year. Here’s what to know.

Neutral 0.0

New York Times Business • 19d ago

Base Power, a Battery-Focused Power Company, Raises $1 Billion

The company, which leases out residential batteries as well as sells energy, is betting that it can profit from a new approach to soaring energy demands.

Strong Bullish 83.0

BBC Business • 38d ago

Electric aviation awaits a battery breakthrough

With batteries still too heavy, start-up plane makers are exploring hybrid options for new aircraft.

Strong Bullish 100.0

New York Times Business • 48d ago

Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries

The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by t...

Neutral 0.0

NPR Business • 68d ago

Cobalt-free batteries reign in Chinese EVs. Why not the US?

There’s been an era-defining race underway between two types of batteries used in electric vehicles: lithium batteries that use cobalt, and ones that use iron phosphate. Cobalt, a metal with a checkered human rights record, has been in the lead. Un...

Optimistic 25.0

CNBC Top Stories • 74d ago

This startup wants the $80-billion U.S. railroad industry to switch from diesel to batteries

Voltify, a start-up, has a bold ambition to convince Class 1 railroads to buy its battery-electric VoltCars, charged via a U.S. network of microgrids

Neutral 0.0