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Will lithium battery costs ever come down?

Battery-powered cars have a lot to recommend them, but they still have one major flaw - the batteries! Compared to almost any other energy storage solution, even the best of today's electrochemical batteries still have very low energy density and very high cost. Every major car manufacturer is pursuing electrically-driven vehicles with lithium ion batteries as a solution to the problem of CO2 emissions and oil consumption. They all are aware of the fact that virtually all of these cars will be money losers for at least the first few years until ... Read more →

Geneva Motor Show: Rick Wagoner affirms commitment to energy diversity

During a speech at the Geneva Motor Show today GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner repeated the mantra from the Chevy Volt introduction in Detroit in January that the future of energy supplies would be ...

Will lithium battery costs ever come down? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Battery-powered cars have a lot to recommend them, but they still have one major flaw - the batteries! Compared to almost any other energy storage solution, even the best of today's electrochemical batteries still have very low energy density and very high cost. Every major car manufacturer is ...

Geneva Motor Show: Rick Wagoner affirms commitment to energy diversity 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

During a speech at the Geneva Motor Show today GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner repeated the mantra from the Chevy Volt introduction in Detroit in January that the future of energy supplies would be much more diverse than they are today. In light of that GM is developing a wide range of alternative ...



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