How to build a thermal battery

MIT Technology Review— This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The votes have been tallied, and the results are in. The winner of the 11th Breakthrough Technology, 2024 edition, is drumroll please thermal batteries!  While the editors of MIT Technology…

TechSpot—A battery that can recharge in seconds: Researchers use supercapacitor parts to build a new type of sodium-ion battery. Sodium-ion batteries aren't new, but they've only started to gain traction in recent years. Compared to their lithium counterparts, the materials used in sodium batteries are far more abundant (up to 1,000 more plentiful) and affordable. They are also much safer than lithium-ion batteries, and can be discharged to 0VRead Entire Article

The Independent—Scientists build battery that can charge in seconds. Breakthrough battery can be used in everything from electric cars to smartphones

CP24—Honda to build electric vehicles and battery plant in Ontario, sources say. Honda Canada is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant near its auto manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont., where it also plans to produce fully electric vehicles, The Canadian Press has learned. Senior sources with information on the project confirmed the federal and Ontario governments will make the announcement this week, but were not yet able to give any dollar figures. However, comments Monday from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli...