A Tesla Megapack In Australia Goes Up In Flames
A 28,000 pound Tesla Megapack battery went up in a furious blaze this morning. This thermal event occurred at a battery storage facility located in south-east Australia. The fire broke …
Tag: Batteries
Here is a Little Info on Lithium Ion Batteries
What is a Buck Converter And How Does It Work? The buck converter is a fantastic little device that can efficiently convert a higher source voltage to a lower output …
How Lithium Metal Batteries Are Going to Bring Electric Vehicles to The Masses
The cost of Lithium ion battery technology has been plummeting since 2010. In fact, it costs 1/10th as much today to produce the same lithium ion cell in 2010. You …
Tesla has Officially Installed More Than 200,000 Powerwall Batteries
Despite some complications with its Solar Roofs, Tesla’s Powerwall has done really, really well. Tesla has announced that it has sold over 200,000 Powerwall units overall. This year alone, it …
Tesla Uses Small Startup’s Technology to Build Better Batteries
In September, during battery day, Elon Musk promised to reduce lithium-ion battery prices to half of what they currently are. Also, he claimed some of the savings would come from …
Apple to Use Tesla’s Megapack Batteries in California Solar Farm
Apple has announced that it is building a large energy storage facility at a Northern California solar farm that it took over in 2015. What the company failed to mention, …
Researchers Drastically Reduce The Cost of Redox Flow Batteries [$25 Per kWh]
Humanity’s ability to store energy is going to be a huge factor in the coming renewable energy revolution. In some instances energy producers pay energy consumers or distributors to take …